Title	[Letter from Charles McIver about typhoid epidemic]
Date	1900-10-13
Creator	McIver, Charles Duncan, 1860-1906
Subject headings	University of North Carolina at Greensboro McIver, Charles Duncan, 1860-1906
Topics	Teachers UNCG
Description	This letter from the President of the State Normal and Industrial College to its patrons (including students' parents) addresses a student who arrived at school with typhoid fever. The student's mother arrived at the College and told McIver that her daughter had been nursing a typhoid case in recent weeks and that thirteen members of their community had the illness." McIver feels the need to write because of the outbreak from the previous school year. The State Bacteriologist had pronounced the school's drinking water to be "absolutely pure."
Type	Text
Original format	Correspondence
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	UA2.1 Charles Duncan McIver Records, 1855-1906
Series/grouping	2.1: State Normal Records/Correspondence
Finding aid link	http://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/scua/collections/university_archives/html/2_1.htm
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Additional rights information	NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
Object ID	UA002.1.012
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304
Transcript	October 13, 1900 . To the patrons of The State Normal and Industrial College: I regret to inform you that one of our students has typhoid fever. She arrived at the College with a severe headache late at night, and, the next day, was sent to the infirmary. She was not well enough to register on October 4th, the opening day of the College, and since October 5th has been under the constant care of Dr. W. P. Beall, who is at present the acting physician of the College. The mother of the young lady is here, and informs me that her daughter nursed a case of typhoid fever near her home a few weeks ago, and that there were thirteen cases of typhoid fever in that community. I mention these details because it is very important that the patrons of the College should be assured that this case of fever was contracted before the student left her home. So far as I can judge from my own observation and the advice of Dr. Beall, there is no reason why any patron should be alarmed, and I wish to assure you that, if another case develops, you will have prompt notification of the fact. Considering the large number of students assembled here from every section of the state, it is not remarkable that there should be a case of typhoid fever among them at the beginning of the college year; but, because of our recent experience, I am anxious notify the patrons as to the exact condition of affairs in order that they may know of the presence of this case of fever, and also that they may have an authoritative statement as to its origin. From the first this case has been isolated in the infirmary, a building some distance from any other of the college buildings. I will add that since the opening of the College, the drinking water used by the student has been analyzed by the State Bacteriologist and pronounced “absolutely pure.” Very truly yours, Charles D. McIver, President.
OCLC number	872132076

[Letter from Charles McIver about typhoid epidemic]

Page/Item Description