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Typhoid Fever - These Premises Are Under State Quarantine

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    Object Details

    Description (Brief)

    Yellow cardboard sign with black text reading, "TYPHOID FEVER- These Premises Are Under State Quarantine. No person shall be permitted to enter, leave or take any article from this house without written permission from a legally authorized agent of the Board of Health, excepting physicians, nurses in charge of the sick, or the clergyman. Animals must not be permitted to leave these premises. No person other than those authorized by the Board of Health shall remove this placard. Any person or persons defacing, covering up, or destroying this placard render themselves liable to the penalties of the law. Act of the Assembly approved May 14, 1909, provided that anyone violating the provisions of this Act, upon conviction thereof may be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $10.00 or more than $100.00, to be paid to the use of said county, or to be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than ten days or more than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court.' By order of the Board of Health. Herman Lang, Health Officer"

    Location

    Currently not on view

    date made

    ca 1930s

    ID Number

    2005.3079.07

    catalog number

    2005.3079.07

    nonaccession number

    2005.3079

    Object Name

    quarantine sign, typhoid fever

    Physical Description

    cardboard (overall material)

    Measurements

    overall: 17.7 cm x 25.3 cm; 6 15/16 in x 9 15/16 in
    overall: 9 7/8 in x 7 in; 25.0825 cm x 17.78 cm

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    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-bb94-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1292507

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    Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections

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