1890
*Budget $2,492.67, expenditures $2,025.87
*34 counties had local boards of health in one or more towns. The local boards failed to send in reports, with very few exceptions. *Influenza struck the state, but was not of a deadly nature
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In 1890, the Board’s budget was  $2,492.67, with expenditures of $2,025.87

Thirty-four counties had boards in one or more towns. The local boards failed to send in reports, with very few exceptions
Influenza was the major disease threat for the year, according to the annual report:
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...

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.