Creator

C. F. Davidson

Creator

C. F. Davidson

Recipient

E[dward] T. Parsons

Transcription

[illegible] C. F. DAVIDSOLL MD. [illegible] INSPECTORJ. E. CRICHTON, M. D.COMMISSIONER OF HEALTHThe City of SeattleWashingtonDEPAHTMENT OP HEALTH AND SANITATIONSeptember 26th, 1912. E.T. Parsons,Sierra Club,402 Mills Bldg., San Francieco. Dear Sir:A copy of your letter to this department under date of August 21st, 1912, was handed me by Miss Nettleton who spent some time with you this summer In reply to your questions I enclose a copy of Dr. Crichton's letter, dated August 26th, replying to your note of August 21st.Further I may say that we now have a physician representing the department, constantly on duty in the municipal camps in our watershed. In connection with protection from typhoid fever he is required to test every workman who applies for a position in those camps as to the possibility of his being a typhoid carrier or having recently had typhoid fever. This is done by the use of, so called, Widal reaction. Those to whom any suspicion attaches are excluded from the watershed. Further, all employs working in the camps are required to submit to immunization against typhoid fever.Our records show less typhoid fever in Seattle this year than ever. The record for the present month shows but fifteen new cases, nine of which acquired their infection outside of the city.06327

-2-E.T. Parsons.Trusting this report may cover the points concerning which you desired information, I beg to remain,Respectfully,J.E. CRICHTOHCommissioner of Health[illegible]ByChief Medical Inspector.CFD/B06327

Location

Seattle, Wash.

Date Original

1912 Sep 26

Source

Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir20_1339-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 20, Image 1339

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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Owning Institution

Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.

Pages

2 pages

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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