Letterbooks, 1901-1913.

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Letterbooks, 1901-1913.

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This series contains the letterbooks of outgoing correspondence of the State Health Officer, Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, for the years 1901 to 1913. This correspondence documents Porter's term as the State Health Officer and his duties as the Federal Quarantine Officer for the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service at Key West. The series also contains Porter's personal outgoing correspondence.

59 v.1 cubic ft.

Florida State Archive

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United States. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service

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Florida. State Board of Health

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Article XV of the 1885 Constitution provided for the creation of the State Board of Health, but the Board was not created until the 1889 special session of the Legislature (1889, Ch. 3839, Laws). The session was called by Governor Francis Fleming when yellow fever reached epidemic proportions. The Board was given powers to investigate and prevent yellow fever, smallpox, and cholera. The Board was headed by the State Health Officer and located in Jacksonville. It could also impose co...

Porter, Joseph C.

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