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This book takes an in-depth have a look at Las Vegas’ controversial lifestyles and the way they’ve threatened public health: fatal alcoholism; unsanitary living conditions where youngsters played in sewage water; flies on meat within the markets; Block Sixteen’s notorious prostitution; rampant venereal disease; and infectious diseases and epidemics.
Through up to date interviews, Pestilence, Politics, and Pizazz reveals the beliefs of campaigners against prostitution and gambling; candid comments by the widow of Nevada’s “brothel doc;” and the experiences of brand new-day public health employees. The devastating effects of the still-deadly tuberculosis are checked out throughout the eyes of an infected carnival drifter.