Whooping Cough Quarantine Sign - McPherson County Health Department

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Object Details

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Pierson, Weir

Description (Brief)

Yellow cardboard sign with black print. "WHOOPING / COUGH / Minimum quarantine period is six weeks. All members of the household, except those who / have previously had the disease, included. No person 14 years of age or under will be / permitted to attend school, church, or any other public gathering until 14 days after / exposure.--Chapter 205, Statutes 1917. / McPherson County Health Department"

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

In Memory of Dr. and Mrs. Weir Pierson from their children

date made

ca 1950

ID Number

2013.3021.08

nonaccession number

2013.3021

catalog number

2013.3021.08

Object Name

quarantine sign, pertussis

Physical Description

cardboard (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 11 in x 13 7/8 in; 27.94 cm x 35.2425 cm

overall: 27.9 cm x 35.4 cm; 10 31/32 in x 13 15/16 in

place made

United States: Kansas, McPherson

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Antibody Initiative: Whooping Cough

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-e6e8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1446261