COLLECTION NAME:
McCracken County Health Department Collection
Record
Filename:
MCPL_MCHD_004.pdf
Identifier:
MCPL_MCHD_004
Title:
1945-1949 McCracken County Health Department Scrapbook
Creator:
McCracken County Health Department
Subject:
Public health
Subject:
Medical care
Subject:
Diseases
Description:
Items found within this scrapbook detail the McCracken County Health Department's activities for the years 1945 and 1949. Newspaper clippings detail health inspector visits, lectures, disease information and the opening of the new health center in Paducah, McCracken County, KY. Topics include communicable diseases, tuberculosis, infant hygiene, preschool hygiene, dental hygiene, general sanitation, and milk. Other mentions include typhoid fever, measles, scarlet fever, rocky mountain fever, cancer clinics, plumbing inspection, DDT, garbage collection, X-Rays, polio, rabies, whooping cough, diphtheria, poliomyelitis, meningococcus meningitis, infant mortality, sanitary conditions, malaria, measles, social work, nurse recruitment, carnivals, sanatoriums, fluoridation, restaurant health violations and vaccinations.
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Contributor:
McCracken County Health Department
Date:
1945
Date:
1946
Date:
1947
Date:
1948
Date:
1949
Type:
image/pdf
Format:
pdf
Language:
English
Coverage:
McCracken County (KY)
Rights:
Permission for reuse of this image must be obtained through the McCracken County Public Library Local and Family History Department.