South Haven woman died of Typhoid fever, another prevalent health concern in the late 1910s
Sumner Newscow report — As if influenza was bad enough, typhoid fever was a concern in the late 1910s. Miss Grace Olive Black died in Fairfax, Okla. in late December, 1918. She was from South Haven. She was in charge of a local hospital in Halifax, Okla., and developed Typhoid after caring for patients. She was 25. She had attended South Haven schools and graduated at Mercy Hospital in Arkansas City.
Typhoid is a bacterial disease that grows in the intestines and blood. Typhoid is spread by eating or drinking food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person. caused in the growing in the intestines and blood.
