Kentucky Secretary of the state Board of Health made influenza a reportable disease across the state

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On Oct. 2, 1918, Kentucky Secretary of the state Board of Health Dr. Joseph N. McCormack made influenza a reportable disease across the state, and ordered ten-day quarantines for infected households.

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Source: Influenza Encyclopedia, University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine
Credit: Courtesy University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine.