Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Record of Contagious Diseases - Mark Township 1896 - 1897

 The trustees of each township were in charge of reporting any contagious diseases directly to the Board of Health.  The information was to include the residence of the ill person, the disease and doctor who diagnosed it, the date reported and the outcome of the disease - discharged or died.

These entries were in the book of the David Gusler (trustee) family of Mark Township.

Edger Burd , son of Myron Burd, Mark Township, typhoid fever, reported September 18, 1896, Dr. George Rock, no discharge information.

Mrs. Delilah Rohn, Henry Rohn, Mark Township, typhoid fever, reported September 18, 1896, Dr. Geo. Rock, no discharge info.

Oliver Denning, son of Gill Denning, Mark Township, typhoid fever, reported September 18, 1896, Dr. George Rock, no discharge information

Elmer and Hattie Denning, children of Gill Denning, Mark Township, typhoid fever, reported Sept 20, 1896, Dr. J. L. Demuth.

Adeline Jones, daughter of Albert Jones, residence -Mark Center, typhoid pneumonia, reported Sept. 24, 1896, Dr. J. L. Demuth, discharged Sept 25, 1896

Frank Strattler, son of Stotler, Section 10, Mark Township, typhoid fever, reported Sept. 30, 1896, Dr. Geo. Rock, no discharge information given.

Poulter - John, Charley, Arthur, Wallace, Anna and Bernice, children of August Poulter, Section 26, Mark Township, diptheria, reported October 24, 1896, Dr. Geo. Rock.  It was requested of the Board of Health by Dr. Rock that on Oct.26, 1896, to quarantine to the premises, as he cannot make the people stay there in the house and keep others away.



Bernice Jones, daughter of Albert, Section 27, Mark Township, typhoid fever, reported on October 31, 1896, Dr. J. L. Demuth, no discharge information.

Mirrel Garver, father Chas. Garver, Mark Township, Section 15, typhoid fever, reported February 5, 1897,Dr. George Rock, no discharge information

Clinton Rickerd, son of P.P. Rickerd, Mark Township, Section 18, scarlet fever, reported May 15, 1897, Dr. J. Demuth, discharged May 30, 1897.

Ephram Stuckman, Kyle &Anderson's Addition, Lot 9, Mark Center, typhoid fever, reported August 19, 1897, Dr. Geo. Rock, discharged Sept. 11, 1897.

lMrs. E. Lovejoy, father Hill, Mark Center, Block 12, typhoid fever, reported August 21, 1897, discharged Sept. 11, 1897.

George Holton, father Nath. Holton, Mark Center, Block 3, Lot 1, typhoid fever, reported Aug. 30, 1897, Dr. Geo. Rock, died September 6, 1897, buried in Sherwood Cemetery on Sept. 7, 1897.

E. J. Pugh, son of W. H. Pugh, Mark Center, Block 11, Lot 5, typhoid fever, reported September 15, 1897, Dr. Geo. Rock, discharged September 27, 1897.



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