Accounts of expenditures for fighting the influenza epidemic, 1920-1921.

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Accounts of expenditures for fighting the influenza epidemic, 1920-1921.

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The series consists of a handwritten journal of funds (primarily payroll) expended to combat the outbreak of influenza. Influenza is an acute, highly contagious viral disease characterized by sudden onset, fever, prostration, severe aches and pains, and progressive inflammation of the respiratory mucous membrane. In February, 1920 (Chapter 5), the legislature appropriated $50,000 for use by the State Commissioner of Health for the "suppression and control of influenza and other diseases of the respiratory tract".

.3 cu. ft. (1 volume) (1 microfilm reel)

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