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2/13/2007: This day in 1926 started out with much excitement for the sisters of Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Dickinson. An expansion had just been completed, and upon the sisters’ inspection, especially of the woodwork in the new chapel, the new addition was deemed satisfactory.
Q. Do life expectancy rates keep increasing? A. Life expectancy in the United States has been increasing steadily throughout our history. Major increases were made during the 50-year period from 1900 to 1950. Age-adjusted mortality rates estimate...
Indoor toilets weren’t yet universal, and outhouses were present even in cities. “All outside toilets are inspected and cleaned at night,” the public health officer in Devils Lake wrote. The crude sanitation practices at the time created breeding grounds for pathogens. Mayville passed an ordinance in the spring of 1919 requiring all people selling cows within city limits to be tested for tuberculosis. The city’s public health board recommended that Mayville “take action at once to comply” with state law on garbage disposal, “but as yet little has been done by the city for garbag...