Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Diphtheria in a Protectory

New York, 1895

Diphtheria has broken out in St. John's Catholic protectory, half a mile north of Hicksville. Dr. Mann of Jericho on Sunday reported the case to the health authorities of Oyster Bay, and Dr. Zabriski paid a visit to the protectory on Monday. He will order the place quarantined. Fifteen boys are stricken with the disease.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 22, 1895, p. 4.

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