Board of Health Newspaper Clipping Scrapbooks at City Archives of Philadelphia, 1891-1908
Sewers, Pollution, and Public Health in 19th Century Philadelphia
Dealing with the city’s wastes in the mid-19th century
Includes activities to maintain the healthfulness of the city, and the animals (such as pigs) and diseases (such as cholera, yellow fever, and typhoid fever) that were the objects of public health efforts.