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100 Years Ago: Inspector of Hygiene for Alton Schools Makes Annual Report

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Mrs. Daisy Creswick Rice, inspector of hygiene for the Alton schools, published her 1925/1926 school year annual report in June 1926, and an article in the Alton Evening Telegraph on June 28, 1926 summarized the findings. There were 1,032 cases of measles,125 cases of scarlet fever, and 26 cases of smallpox reported during the school year. There were also six cases of diphtheria, seven cases of whooping cough, 51 cases of mumps, and 46 cases of chickenpox. A free dental clinic inside