The Richmond School of Social Economy was incorporated April 17th with the following Board of Directors;
Mr. J. J. Scherer, Jr. … President
Mr. Wortley F. Rudd … Vice-President
Miss Virginia S. McKenney ... Secretary
Mr. F. B. Dunford … Treasurer
(Names of board members follows)
Administrative Officers
Mr. J. J. Scherer, Jr., Chairman
Miss Virginia McKenney
Mr. F. B. Dunford
Dr. H. D. C Maclachlan
Mrs. Roy K. Flannagan
Dr. O. L. Hatcher
Father Chas. Hannigan
Dr. F. T. McFaden
Mr. W. F. Rudd
The Richmond School of Social Economy was incorporated April 17th with the following Board of Directors;
Mr. J. J. Scherer, Jr. … President
Mr. Wortley F. Rudd … Vice-President
Miss Virginia S. McKenney ... Secretary
Mr. F. B. Dunford … Treasurer
(Names of board members follows)
Administrative Officers
Mr. J. J. Scherer, Jr., Chairman
Miss Virginia McKenney
Mr. F. B. Dunford
Dr. H. D. C Maclachlan
Mrs. Roy K. Flannagan
Dr. O. L. Hatcher
Father Chas. Hannigan
Dr. F. T. McFaden
Mr. W. F. Rudd
Promotional materials for "Stop Polio Sunday. Second Dose Jan. 19." A hand drops the vaccine onto a sugar cube.
Text: "everyone needs Sabin Vaccine.
For complete protection against polio, EVERYONE over two months old needs ALL THREE TYPES of Sabin oral vaccine. Sabin school clincis will be open JANUARY 19 from NOON TO 6 P.M. to offer you your second dose of Sabin oral vaccine.
BE SURE AND ATTEND YOUR LOCAL SABIN CLINIC AND TAKE THE SECOND DOSE OF SABIN VACCINE. HELP TO BANISH POLIO FROM THE RICHMOND AREA FOREVER.
Check the other side for clinic nearest you."
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The (near) elimination of polio is one of medicine’s great success stories. Jonas Salk (1914–1995) developed the first effective polio vaccine in 1953. Albert Sabin (1906–1993) developed an oral version of the vaccine in 1956.
Polio cases dropped dramatically wherever the vaccines were used, and polio was eliminated in the U.S. by 1979. Through the efforts of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, formed in 1988, worldwide polio cases were down to 37 by 2016.
Poliomyelitis vaccines were not without problems, though, especially initially. The Sabin version was more effective and easier to administer, but in very rare cases (1 in 2.9 million), it could produce a form of polio. It was abandoned in the U.S. by 2000.
The Sabin vaccine required three doses, given six to eight weeks apart. In Richmond, Sunday vaccine drives were organized in the 1960s, leading to widespread city vaccination rates.
The school was located at 219 W. Cary Street, Richmond, Va. The photograph was taken in the early-20th century.
Students from the old Cary Street School (Madison School) in Richmond, Va., demonstrate handwashing before having lunch. Washing hands regularly with soap and water remains one of the most important steps in preventing the spread of many illnesses.
The school was located at 219 W. Cary Street, Richmond, Va. The photograph was taken in the early-20th century.
Lantern slide. Image taken in Richmond, Va in 1907.
The Richmond Health Department formed in 1906. One of its early initiatives (1907) was to investigate 433 cases of typhoid fever, creating the city’s first systematic study of infectious disease. In 1908, Dr. Ernest C. Levy (1868–1938), head of the Richmond Health Department, published the survey findings in The Old Dominion Journal of Medicine and Surgery. Dr. Levy discussed the generally declining rate of typhoid fever cases in Richmond from 1880 to 1907 but noted several outbreaks of the disease in 1881, 1884 and 1900.
While one cluster of outbreaks in Church Hill was determined to come from a typhoid-infected confectioner, a larger proportion of cases were from properties on the outskirts of the city that generally used well water and lacked sewage systems.