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Clippings relating to public health in Louisiana and New Orleans

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS C 475

Scope and Contents

Contains clippings apparently collected by the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in New Orleans. Subjects include many aspects of public health with a substantial ber of clippings pertaining to bubonic plague.

Dates

Creation: 1914-1923.

Extent

0.8 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Creator

United States. Marine Hospital (New Orleans, La.) (Organization)

Biographical / Historical

The New Orleans Marine Hospital was founded in 1801. Located on land known as the Foucher-DeBore Plantation, it became part of the newly-formed U.S. Public Health Service in 1912. As part of the PHS, The hospital was concerned with the health and protection of all Americans.