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1916 New York City polio epidemic: Revision history


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  • curprev 14:5114:51, 9 May 2020BD2412 talk contribs 9,918 bytes +367 →‎Responses: Cities in neighboring counties and states enacted rules barring New Yorkers from entering those cities, with Hoboken, New Jersey going so far as to have police officers intercept travelers arriving from Brooklyn by ferry and escort them back to Brooklyn.<ref>"Cities of Nearby States Barring Out New Yorkers", ''Brooklyn Times Union'' (July 14, 1916), p. 2.</ref> undo

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  • curprev 03:2403:24, 20 July 2019BD2412 talk contribs 8,880 bytes +217 →‎Responses: By July 8, 1916, Blatteis had established six clinics in Brooklyn specifically set up to receive polio victims.<ref>"Fifty-six Epidemic Cases Reported in Borough", ''The Brooklyn Citizen'' (July 8, 1916), p. 3.</ref> undo

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  • curprev 22:5022:50, 29 May 2019BD2412 talk contribs 8,662 bytes +243 Polio was a poorly understood disease in this era, and efforts to stem its spread consisted primarily of quarantines, the closure of public places, and the use of chemical disinfectants to cleanse areas where the disease had been present. undo

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