14 events with tag "public health"
1877
ID: 1008
Milk inspection begins in Chicago
ID: 1008
1889
ID: 4218
Hollerith's tabulating system successfully tested by Baltimore Department of Health for vital statistics
ID: 4218
1908
ID: 1178
First water chlorination in America
ID: 1178
1909
ID: 1186
Chicago first compulsory pasteurization ordinance
ID: 1186
1910
ID: 1195
Over 25% urban population served by water works
ID: 1195
1914
ID: 5650
First laboratory-confirmed case of rabies in a skunk in California
ID: 5650
1916
ID: 1240
Boston had 2 million rats causing $72 million annual damage
ID: 1240
1925
ID: 1337
Stockholm infant mortality declines to 50 per 1,000
ID: 1337
1935
ID: 1440
Dr. Louis Dublin: 'All of the old menaces like typhoid, smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough and diphtheria have become minor causes of death'
ID: 1440
1943
ID: 1536
Typhoid fever deaths: 0.5 per 100,000 (98% decline from 1900)
ID: 1536
1949
ID: 5654
Michigan reports first major skunk rabies epizootic in the Midwest
ID: 5654
1953
ID: 5655
Texas begins systematic skunk rabies surveillance program
ID: 5655
1973
ID: 5657
First successful use of oral rabies vaccine baits tested on skunks
ID: 5657
2019
ID: 5662
CDC reports skunks as second-most common rabid wildlife in U.S. (after bats)
ID: 5662