Files on milk-borne disease outbreaks, 1939-1942.

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Files on milk-borne disease outbreaks, 1939-1942.

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The series consists of copies of reports (some draft copies), memoranda, correspondence, laboratory test results, survey data, and news clippings documenting epidemic outbreaks of septic sore throat in parts of Ulster and Greene counties in 1939 and 1942. The outbreaks were caused by use of tainted raw milk, and were investigated and reported by officials of the Health Department, including those in the Bureau of Milk Sanitation.

0.2 cu. ft. (1 microfilm reel)

New York State Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8215369

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