This photograph shows a woman gardening at Oakwood Park, Lot 1. Lot 1 was known in the early years of Oakwood Park as Fredericks' Island. Camp Comfort's name was later changed to "Home Comfort." By 1905, porches had been added to the original house.
Home Life; Watermelon; Gustafson family; Peterson family; Peterson, Emily
The Gustafson-Peterson families enjoy watermelon in this charming slice-of-life scene taken at their homestead in Old Porter around the turn of the century. Emily Peterson, longtime Chesterton High School teacher and Porter librarian from 1914 to...
Indiana; Adams County; Age-Specific Death Rate; Alcohol; Allen County; Anti-Vaccination; Bartenders; Bence, Dr.; Biro, Father Michael; Boranda, Oscar V.; Brayton, A.W; Camphor; Carbolic Acid; Cause-Specific Mortality Rate;
Charlottesville;...
Abstract of mortality statistics for July, 1902 p. 73 / Disease prevalence in July p. 74 / Smallpox in July p. 74 / Smallpox epidemic at Knightstown P. 74 / Table showing status of smallpox in Indiana for the first six months of 1900, 1901, and...
Indiana; Adverse Health Effects; Age-Specific Death Rate; Bertillon System (Disease Classification); Burrage, Severance; Cause-Specific Mortality Rate; Communicable Diseases; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Daviess County; Descriptive Statistics;...
Abstract of mortality statistics for January, 1901 p. 1 / Smallpox in January p. 2 / Disease prevalence in January p. 2 / A change p. 2 / School sanitation and decoration p. 2 / Smallpox is a preventable disease p. 3 / A laboratory of hygiene p. 4...
Indiana; Age-Specific Death Rate; Cause-Specific Mortality Rate; Chemical Analysis; Descriptive Statistics; Diagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical & Gynecological; Environmental Monitoring; Exercise; Fines and Recoveries; Food Analysis; Food...
Analysis of mortality statistics for December, 1900 p. 25 / Sickness during December p. 27 / International Congress of Hygiene and Demography p. 27 / Open-air exercise for school children p. 28 / Chart showing geographical distribution of deaths...
Indiana; Age-Specific Death Rate; Allen County; Antitoxins; Birth Certificates; Blackford County; Bracken, H.M.; (Author); Business Enterprises; Canals; Cause-Specific Mortality Rate; Children; Chlorine; Communicable Diseases; Connersville; Death...
Analysis of mortality statistics for November, 1900 p. 13 / Sickness during November p. 14 / The preservation of the teeth of school children p. 14 / A state laboratory of hygiene p. 16 / The public water supply of Connersville p. 16 / Enforcement...
Indiana; Adams County; Age-Specific Death Rate; Airborne Diseases; Airborne Transmission; Alluminoid Ammonia; American Public Health Association; Armstrong, Wm.H. & Company (Indianapolis); Awards and Prizes; Bakeries, Retail; Berne; Blue, C.L.;...
Analysis of mortality statistics for October, 1900 p. 1 / Sickness during October p. 2 / How to prevent epidemics in Indiana p. 3 / The unsanitary pin p. 4 / Clean bread p. 4 / Bluffton's health Ordinance p. 5 / Indianapolis meeting of the American...
Indiana; Age-Specific Death Rate; Allen County; Beckes, L.M.; Bertillon System (Disease and Mortality Classification); Budget; Butter; Cause of Death; Cause-Specific Mortality Rate; Census; Cremation; Death Certificates; Descriptive Statistics;...
Analysis of mortality statistics for September p. 117 / Sickness during September p. 118 / Looking Backward p. 118 / The revision of the Bertillon classifications of causes of death p. 119 / Pure water on the farm p. 120 / The water we use p. 120 /...
Indiana; Descriptive Statistics; Age-specific death rate; Cause-specific death rate; Infant mortality; Homicide; Suicide; American Public Health Association; Bence, Dr.; Blankets; Boone County; Cana; Chickenpox; Cox, Dr.; Cranks; Crowthersville;...
Analysis of mortality statistics for August p. 105 / Sickness in Indiana during August p. 106 / Health notes from Grant County p. 109 / Model county officer's report p. 110 / The American Public Health Association p. 111 / Chart showing...
Analysis of mortality statistics for July p. 97 / Infant mortality largely caused by bacterial poisons in milk p. 98 / Chart showing geographical distribution of deaths from certain communicable diseases p. 101 / Deaths in Indiana by geographical...
Indiana; Age-specific death rate; Ague; Alum; Aniline; Ashland Township; Baker Township; Baking Powder; Birth Certificates; Bluffton; Bottle Feeding; Breast Feeding; Brandywine Creek (Hancock County); Cause-specific mortality rate; Chicago...
Analysis of mortality statistics for June p. 85 / Smallpox in Indiana in June, 1900 p. 86 / Notice to County Officers p. 87 / Department of Sanitary Science, Purdue University p. 88 / Morgan County Poorhouse p. 91 / Disease Prevalence in Indiana...
Indiana; African Americans; Age-Specific Death Rate; Anderson; Animal Experimentation; Animal Welfare; Anti-Vaccination; Anti-Vivisection; Bedford; Behme & Son (Evansville); Black's Grove; Brazil (Ind.); Bubonic Plague; Case Reports; Cattle...
Analysis of mortality statistics for May p. 73 / Smallpox during May p. 74 / Conference of state and provincial Boards of Health for North America p. 74 / Smallpox in Posey County p. 80 / Chart showing geographical distribution of deaths from...
Indiana; Descriptive Statistics; Age-specific death rate; Cause-specific death rate; Infant mortality; Homicide; Suicide; Infectious Disease; Indiana State Prison; Michigan City; Disinfection; Bottle Feeding; Nipples, Artificial; Hygiene Activity;...
Mortality in Indiana p. 61 / Tenth Annual Conference Indiana Health Officers p. 62 / Smallpox during April p. 62 Indiana state prison p. 63 / The technique of vaccination p. 64 / The slaughter of the innocents p. 65 / Health in Indiana during April...
Indiana; Age-Specific Death Rate; Allen County; Alum Cave; American Medical Association; Animal Welfare; Anti-Vaccination; Bloomington; Bottling; Broyles, Judge; Cause-Specific Mortality Rate; Chestnut; Clay County; Cole, W.H.; Columbia City; Cox...
Mortality in Indiana during March p. 49 / Smallpox in March p. 50 / A plea for vaccination and revaccination p. 51 / Deaths in Indiana by geographical sections and counties during the month of March, 1900 p. 58 / Deaths in Indiana by cities during...
Mortality statistics for February, 1900 p. 37 / General health notes p. 38 / Smallpox and Chickenpox p. 41 / Deaths in Indiana by geographical sections and counties during the month of February, 1900 p. 42 / Deaths in Indiana by cities during the...
Indiana; Age-Specific Death Rate; Beach, Fannie D.; Blue, Frank D.; Boards of Health; Cause-Specific Mortality Rate; Chickenpox; Clay City; Clay County; Conner, Orville E.; Descriptive Statistics; Diagnostic Error; Disease Outbreaks; Disinfection...
Summary of mortality statistics for January, 1900 p. 25 / Smallpox in January p. 26 / Abstract - Supreme Court decision on vaccination p. 27 / Reasonable rules and by-laws of health boards have the force and effect of law p. 28 / Appellate Court...
This home was found in city directories as early as the 1870's. Originally built by the prominent Powell Family, it was a lovely home facing Madison's Main Street. The Lewis and Frank Powell families both lived there at one time in the 1800's. In...
