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Charles Mix County allows quarantine and disinfecting costs as diphtheria and smallpox responses continue
Summary
Across multiple sessions the board approved Board of Health bills for quarantine, disinfecting and veterinary testing tied to diphtheria, smallpox and glander cases, allowed payments to physicians and disinfecting teams, and rejected some charges; the minutes list names and amounts but record no detailed debate.
The Charles Mix County Board of Commissioners approved a series of Board of Health claims and public-health expenditures across 1907 in response to diphtheria, smallpox and glander cases. The minutes list physician and veterinary attendance, quarantining and disinfecting work, medicines and related costs that the board allowed for payment.
Why it matters: County boards fund and authorize urgent public-health work—quarantines, disinfecting and veterinary testing are authorities counties exercise to control contagious…
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