Monday, May 5, 2008

Scarlet Fever at Cold Spring

New York, 1895

Scarlet fever is so prevalent at Cold Spring that it became necessary for the Board of Education to close the school and dismiss the teacher. Ten families were quarantined on Monday by Health Officer George B. Banks.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, N.Y., Jan. 11, 1895, p. 1.

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