Death record, counties, 1801-1910.

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Death record, counties, 1801-1910.

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Certificates of deaths that occurred in Maryland counties. Entries on 3x5 inch cards include name of decedent, place and cause of death, age, place of birth and names of parents, race, occupation, marital status and name of spouse, if any. Arranged chronologically by month and year, then alphabetically by surname for each county. Indexed for 1898-1910 by the BOARD OF HEALTH Death Record, Counties, Index series [MSA S1177].

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Maryland State Archives

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Established in 1874, the State Board of Health consisted of five physicians appointed by the governor to "take cognizance of the interests of health and life among the people generally" and "make sanitary investigations and inquiries respecting the causes of diseases, especially epidemics, the sources of mortality and the effects of localities, employments, conditions, and circumstances on the public health" (Laws of 1874, ch. 200). The board served in an advisory capacity and lacke...