Sign warning passersby that a resident of a home was infected with diphtheria.

Transcript: "NOTICE DIPHTHERIA IN THIS HOUSE” Any person or persons removing this notice without the permission of the Board of Health or one of its Officers shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $50, in the discretion of the convicting Judge or Magistrate, besides costs, which may also be inflicted, pursuant to the provisions of "The Public Health Act." BY ORDER OF The Local Board of Health"