Washtucna Stopping Typhoid at the Outhouse
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Typhoid was a very real killer in the United States a century ago. Although tremendous gains had been made in understanding and fighting the disease by the early 20th century, typhoid killed over 1400 Washingtonians between 1909-1915, including former Governor McGraw in 1910. WSL has some interesting state publications from this time period addressing the problem. The primary source of typhoid, according to these…