1923

Timeline Panorama SLCA typhoid epidemic hits Salt Lake City, with 188 cases treated and 13 deaths attributed to the breakout. The hunt for the cause quickly led to a woman clerk in a delicatessen store. Ill for two weeks with mild ‘walking’ typhoid, she continued to handle food. The typhoid epidemic followed in about three weeks. Eight nurses working in typhoid wards in one Salt Lake City hospital died of the malady.

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