Typhoid Fever Victims

My daughter's great grandfather died in 1918 of typhoid fever, and his death certificate [copy attached] contains absolutely no information about his funeral or burial arrangements. I started wondering how the deceased victims of typhoid fever were treated after death. If anyone has any information about this period in American history when, not only was the world at war, but was also being ravaged by this pandemic disease, I hope you can find the time to share that information. Thank you.

Tags: 1918, Disease, Fever, Pandemic, Typhoid

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Permalink Reply by Unknown Ancestor on October 16, 2009 at 4:36pm

You can google for a lot of sites about the typhoid disaster. It depends how medically technical you want to get.
Many of them are related to the military's involvement with the disease and its spread.

Besides local news items, be sure to go for coroner's inquests. Mass cremations or burials do not mean there is no paper trail...