
Week of Sept. 11, 1933
Encephalitis (sleeping sickness) sweeps through St. Louis, Mo., killing 60 and striking at least 475. Surgeon General Hugh Smith Cumming requests $25,000 from the $400,000 federal fund for combating epidemics.
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Week of Sept. 11, 1933
Encephalitis (sleeping sickness) sweeps through St. Louis, Mo., killing 60 and striking at least 475. Surgeon General Hugh Smith Cumming requests $25,000 from the $400,000 federal fund for combating epidemics.