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[196-]-1965 (Creation)
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- Rideout, Vern, Dr., fl. 1935-1994
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- .5 cm of textual records (album)
- 23 photographs
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Vern Rideout was a medical doctor born at Westville, Nova Scotia. Dr. Rideout removed to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia after working for two years in the tuberculosis clinic at the Roseway Hospital, Shelburne. In 1955 he became Director of the Western Nova Scotia Health Unit of the Nova Scotia Department of Health and continued in the position until 1986 when he retired. Dr. Rideout he was involved in the Sabin Polio Vaccine Study which was conducted in Wedgeport in 1961.
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Fonds consists of photographs and textual material relating to the Sabin Polio Vaccine Study, photographs of the opening of the Provincial building in Yarmouth, textual material which contains data on the Western Division of the Department of Public Health and textual material relating to the opening of the Wedgeport Consolidated School.
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Records were donated by creator in 1994.
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1997:04:00
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Further accruals are not expected.
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Search for selected iamges from the Dr. Rideout fonds in the ArchWay Photographic Database.