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Quarantine - Poliomyelitis - All persons are forbidden to enter or leave these premises without the permission of the Health Officer under Penalty of the Law

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    Object Details

    Description (Brief)

    Rectangular tan cardboard sign with text, "QUARANTINE POLIOMYELITIS All persons are forbidden to enter or leave these premises without the permission of the Health Officer under Penalty of the Law. This notice is posted in compliance with the Sanitary Code of Connecticut and must not be removed with out permission of the Health Officer---Health Officer. Form D-1-Po." Text on reverse reads, "Regulation 20 of the Sanitary Code of the State of Connecticut. The local health officer upon receiving a report of a case of any of the diseases designated in this regulation shall promptly institute and maintain control during the period of communicability by the method hereinafter designated: (b) when the disease is Diphtheria, Poliomyelitis, Scarlet fever, Smallpox the apartment or premises where such disease exists shall be placarded and the affected person and attendants shall be isolated and quarantined therein."

    Location

    Currently not on view

    date made

    ca 1920

    ID Number

    2005.3080.07

    nonaccession number

    2005.3080

    catalog number

    2005.3080.07

    Object Name

    quarantine sign, polio

    Physical Description

    cardboard (overall material)

    Measurements

    overall: 9 in x 6 in; 22.86 cm x 15.24 cm

    place made

    United States: Connecticut

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    Medicine and Science: Medicine
    Health & Medicine
    The Antibody Initiative
    Antibody Initiative: Polio

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-bb9d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1292353

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    Preventing Polio

    Eradicating Smallpox

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