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OBJECT TYPE: notice
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0797.001

MANUFACTURER: Board of Health
MODEL: Quarantine- Whooping Cough
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 27.7 cm
Width: 18.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Health
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used c. 1940, and possibly later.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: To identify, warn and confine source of potential risk to health.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Sign face reads "QUARANTINE/ WHOOPING COUGH/ Anyone removing this card without permission of the Board of Health is liable to a fine of $20.00./ By order of/ THE BOARD OF HEALTH". UHN catalogue no. "991.17.90" printed by hand in pencil on reverse.
Missing: None.
Finish: Bright red-orange cardstock sign bears bold black text.
Decoration: N/A

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Board of Health, Sign, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2002.0797, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0797.001/

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