Title: Board of Health Report Type:Document Date: 1921 Source: Minnesota Historical Society
Description: This report describes the smallpox epidemic in Red Wing and notes the ages and symptoms of those who had the disease at the time. Read Transcription
Activities:
What information does this chart give you about the people who had smallpox in Red Wing at this time?
What might be alarming to a doctor about the fact that the last fives cases on the list attended school before they were diagnosed?
What does the author of this report suggest be done about the situation?
Why might it be simple for a doctor to mistake a case of chickenpox for a case of smallpox?