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Typhoid Cases, 1892-1929

1931

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Typhoid Cases, 1892-1929
  • Title
  • Typhoid Cases, 1892-1929
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • 1931
  • Identifier
  • 715.3113429.CP
  • Description
  • Chart of City of Pittsburgh resident Typhoid Fever deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, 1892-1929. The threat of Typhoid was very real for major metropolitain areas such as Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh had the highest death rate from Typhoid between 1893 and 1907. For an in-depth analysis of Pittsburgh and its water system, please see Joel A. Tarr's paper, Pittsburgh Wastewater Issues: The Historical Origins of an Environmental Problem, http://www.ifz.tugraz.at/index_en.php/article/articleview/658/1/30/.
  • Extent
  • 5 x 7 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Typhoid fever--Mortality--Charts, diagrams, etc.
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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