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In 1890, the
Board’s budget was $2,492.67, with
expenditures of $2,025.87
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Thirty-four
counties had boards in one or more towns. The local boards failed to send in
reports, with very few exceptions
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Influenza was the
major disease threat for the year, according to the annual report:
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Our people, in
common with almost the entire human family, have undergone during the present
year one of the most widespread epidemics that has visited us within the
knowledge of man. It showed no preference for high or low. Its subjects were chosen equally from
castle or cottage; rich and poor; young and old; weak and strong - all were
amenable to its visitation...this influenza, without serious fatality,
remained with us throughout the spring...
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State Board of
Health. Eleventh annual report of the State Board of Health of South Carolina
for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1890. Columbia, SC: State Printer.
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