Jail and poor house report, 1899.

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Jail and poor house report, 1899.

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The State Board of Health required each county board of health to exercise general superintendance over jails and poorhouses (Ala. Code, 1-58-2430, [1896]). This record consists of a statistical report on the county board's findings during inspections of jails and poorhouses. Information contained in this record consists of facility condition, number of inhabitants per month by race, number of deaths per month by race, average number of inhabitants and deaths for the year, and total number of inhabitants and deaths for the year. This information is contained on one form, the Jail and Poor House Report. This series consists of reports from Escambia County and Winston County.

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Sources: Alabama Government Manual, 1982. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1979. Code of Alabama 1975, Sec. 22-2-1 to 22-2-14. Acts 1874-1875, No. 34, Feb. 19, 1875. Code of Alabama 1940, Title 22, Sec. 9. Dept. of Public Health, 1988 Annual Report. The State Department of Public Health exercises general control over the enforcement of laws relating to public health. The principal goal of t...