Tuberculosis in DeKalb County in 1920

From the May 6, 2020, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois)  "Looking Back."

1920, 100 Years Ago.

"DeKalb County is to have a visiting nurse  to work in conjunction with the anti-tuberculosis movement.  She will be engaged continually in a survey of the county to discover the tuberculosis cases and attend to their treatment and entrance, where possible, at the sanitarium."

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"Dr. J. Stanley Brown, president of the DeKalb County Anti-Tuberculosis League, says that at the present time there are 93 cases of tuberculosis in DeKalb County at the present time and a large number of suspect cases."

Other Epidemics in the Past.  --Cooter