Families Under Quarantine in Rockingham County for Scarlet Fever, Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria, Chicken Pox, Whooping Cough, 1919

“September Health Report,” from the Oct. 16, 1919, issue of the Rockingham Post-Dispatch

Following are cases of contagious diseases as reported to quarantine officer J.M. Maness for September:

Scarlet Fever—Cye Wilson and Gertrude Miller, Cordova.

Chicken Pox—Mary Coppedge, Rockingham.

Typhoid Fever—Jane Batten and Homar Williams, Ellerbe Route 1.

Whooping Cough—Clara, Eva, Lillie, and Adam McQueen, colored, Ellerbe Route 1; Eva Page Bynum and T.L. Covington, Rockingham.

Diphtheria—Floro Quinn, Chapin Short, Molsie Murphy, J.M. Ledbetter Jr., Ruth Brigman, Rockingham; Roy Suggs, Ellerbe Route 1.