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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: September 12, 2017
Caption: Death Rate for Typhoid Fever
United States,
1900-1960
Additional Description: The rate of typhoid infection fell with the construction of sanitary water and sewer systems throughout the United States after epidemics like the one that occurred in Rockville. Typhoid is now considered an uncommon disease and most people in the United States who contract it are infected during overseas travel to underdeveloped countries.Close-up of chart on marker
Submitted: September 13, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p398506
File Size: 0.688 Megabytes

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