Craig County (Va.) Board of Health Minute Book, 1901

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Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
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Richmond, VA 23219
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Preferred citation:

Craig County (Va.) Board of Health Minute Book, 1901. Local government records collection, Craig County (Va.) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Craig County (Va.) Circuit Court
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Craig County (Va.) Board of Health Minute Book, 1901. Local government records collection, Craig County (Va.) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Craig County (Va.) Board of Health Minute Book, 1901, contains minutes of three meetings of the Board, January-March 1901. The minutes document efforts to employ guards to prevent the spread of smallpox, to enforce compulsory vaccinations, and take other measures as allowed by Act of the General Assembly 1900 Mar. 7. The minutes also document the appointment of physicians to take charge of smallpox patients.

Biographical / historical:

On March 7, 1900, the General Assembly voted to amend legislation providing for the appointment of a state board of health and local boards of health to allow a local board of supervisors chair, with the approval of two members of a local board of health, to make certain contracts for the removal and quarantine of parties suspected of smallpox, or for compulsory vaccination.

Craig County was named for Robert Craig, a nineteenth-century Virginia congressman. The county was formed from Botetourt, Roanoke, Giles, and Monroe (now in West Virginia) Counties in 1851, and several subsequent additions were made from Alleghany, Giles, Monroe, and Montgomery Counties. The county seat is New Castle.

Acquisition information:
This items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Craig County Circuit Court under accession number 45448.
Physical description:
1 v. (7 p.)