Return to: The Floating Clinics: M/V Health and M/S Hygiene - In post-World War II Alaska, the battle against tuberculosis was the territory's major health issue, especially among Alaska Natives.
UAA-hmc-0375-partI-series1c-17 The floating clinics of the late 1940s included two “Hygienes”: the F/S Hygiene alongside the larger M/S Hygiene II. University of Alaska Anchorage, Archives and Manuscripts.