MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Bicentennial Issue

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Bicentennial Issue: Prepared as part of the celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the United States of America by the Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
  
  In celebration of the nation’s bicentennial, this companion issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report was written as it might have been in the eighteenth century with the exception of an occasional twentieth-century editorial note, always so dated. The articles were written by Center for Disease Control experts on the various diseases and are based on historical accounts or trends.
  
  Although there were registration laws in the Colonies, they were often ignored. As a result, there were no good bills of mortality kept by the Colonies. The best mortality data from this period came from pri­vate sources—often a physician or a clergyman who kept such figures for a town or for a congregation. The United States did not begin officially keeping federal mortality records until the 1850 Census. Morbidity statistics for this period are even scarcer; where they exist, they are very localized in nature, with the
  
  exception of data on smallpox and yellow fever.
  
  The current medical terms for the diseases discussed in this issue are: Small Pokkes-Smallpox; Agues-Malaria; Consumption—Tuberculosis; Itch—Scabies; Measles-Small Pokkes—Measles; Bloody Flux—Dysen­tery; Large Pokkes—Syphilis; Bilious Plague—Yellow Fever; Cynanche angina—Diphtheria.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events Dysentery History Malaria Measles Mortality Plague Pruritus Smallpox Smallpox Vaccine Syphilis Tuberculosis

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• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 1976; v. 25, no. 54
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print)
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States ; Massachusetts ; Pennsylvania
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  54
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/1047/cdc_1047_DS1.pdf
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