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about the health risks to gain influence with the city council. After the issue was addressed with medical association members, they realized that the extent of the issue was underestimated, for instance, there were places where there was open sewage on the streets, which were covered with boards to prevent people from walking through it. The public, however, did not respond to the concerns until a flood on May 22, 1878, flooded

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responsibility, such as gathering statistics about sewage disposal and water supply. Bancroft also advocated for research into what altitudes were best suited for children's development mentally and physically. Because of their limited role in advocated public health issues, members resigned and waited until the end of their terms to leave their posts. There were no members and the board failed to exist on June 1, 1886.

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prostitutes. In 1875, the Denver Medical Association's physicians decided that management of prostitutes was a solely a police matter. Bancroft continued to advocate a licensing system, as well as making abortion an attempted murder crime. Denver, though, was not ready to relinquish its "sex-drugs-and-gambling lifestyle" from the

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In 1876, he was elected president of the Denver Medical Association. He was a member of the American Medical Association. Bancroft was elected president of the Colorado State Medical Society in 1880. The following year he helped found the University of Denver and Colorado Seminary Medical Department.

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had been contaminated with waste from slaughterhouses, factories, and butchers. The group — Dr. Charles Denison, Dr. William Whitehead, Dr. Harrison Lemen, Dr. Henry Steele, and Dr. William McClelland — discussed these concerns, as well as the need to address unsanitary wells and gain public support

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became more prevalent in the city. Bancroft noted in a March 1873 report to the city council that, of tuberculosis deaths that he reported, 75 of 79 were ill before they sought treatment in Colorado. He had also noted in the 1870s that Denver's citizens had injuries or illnesses due to livestock

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Bancroft was a founder and president of Agricultural ditch beginning in 1875. It was an important irrigation canal for the Denver region. After having played a key role in 1868 in the development of Denver's Grand Army post, Bancroft became department commander for Colorado and Wyoming. He was

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Bancroft met with Denver Medical Association leaders on March 12, 1878 to discuss the city's poor sanitary conditions. He said that even though the city was only 20 years old, it was "one of the dirty cities of the country. Filth has been accumulating for nearly twenty years, with but little

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Bancroft said, the death rate in the city of Denver was low; He reported that in 1876 the annual death rate is the city was 9.35 per thousand, "almost incredibly low". There was also a low morbidity rate for tuberculosis because the outlying, dry state that had not had the factors to make it

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in the city. Bancroft, with the Denver Medical Association, advocated licensing, stipulation of allowed services, and testing and examinations of the city's prostitutes. The proposed program was to be managed by physicians and police. The city decided instead to outlaw prostitution and fine

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signed legislation into law creating the nine-member board to investigate public health issues and recommend resolutions. It had an annual budget of $ 500,000. The Colorado State Board of Health was established on March 22, 1877, with Frederick Bancroft as its president. It had limited

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being driven through and penned on the city streets, sewage and other debris on the city streets, and outhouses placed too close to wells. He stated in a couple of annual reports that the contamination is a significant public health issue and could result in a

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Other physicians from across the state who were members of the board were William H. Williams, A.V. Small, Thomas G. Horn, William Edmondson, Russell J. Collins, Timothy M. Smith, and Thomas N. Metcalf. The secretary was Harrison A. Lemen. He became

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He came to Colorado on June 1, 1866, and set up a medical practice in Denver. At that time, Denver had only been a city for seven years. Bancroft, considered to be "one of the most prominent physicians" in Colorado by the obituary reported by the

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in 1969. He wrote about climatology and how certain diseases were affected by climate, which garnered national attention. He was a founder and first president of the State Historical and National History Society of Colorado, now called

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in 1969. Lambert Dairy was located near the intersection of Morrison Road and Harlan Road. The sanitized milk that was produced at Lambert Dairy was supplied to St. Lukes Hospital, where many of his patients were victims of

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The Bancrofts had four children: Mary McLean (1872–1949), George Jarvis (1873–1945), Anna Chloe (1875–1878), and Frederick Wolcott (1880–1963). Frederick Wolcott Bancroft became a physician. Bancroft's granddaughter,

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counties, is named for him. Noted for his work in public health and the state's history, the summit was named for the doctor, at the request of his son, George Jarvis Bancroft (1873–1945). The decision by the

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disturbance." He found that it was imperative for public health to clean up filth from the streets, which included bodies of dead rats and cats, as well as other human and animal refuge. In addition, the

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physician. He was a physician in the city of Denver between 1872 and 1878, during which time, the dry climate and a widespread vaccination campaign of Denver citizens significantly reduced the threat of

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Some of the farm land was donated by his son, George Bancroft, for the construction of a one-room school that was named "Bancroft School". The Bancrofts also donated land in the area for Midway School.

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susceptible to a significant outbreak. But with more people with tuberculosis coming into the state to improve their health and with the contamination issues, the city was at risk for future outbreaks.

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in 1876. From 1872 to 1876, he was the president of East Denver's Board of Education. Bancroft was one of the founders of St. Luke's Hospital and was on the staff until a few years before he died.

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and his wife, to cure her tuberculosis. (George A. Jarvis had read an article in a Connecticut paper about Bancroft's view of the curative qualities of the Colorado climate.) Her granddaughter,

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Denver's pension examiner. Bancroft helped to improve the Denver schools and from 1872 to 1876, he was president of East Denver schools. He assisted in the administration of

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said of him, "Dr. Bancroft was prominent In his profession and foremost as a citizen, and iad been identified with the best in the city's progress for almost forty years."

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and tuberculosis epidemic, he cautioned the city council. Although there were earlier attempts, it was not until 1880 that Denver began construction of a sewer system.

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Mary Caroline died in 1899 soon after the marriage of her son George. Frederick died in 1903. A few years after he retired, Bancroft died of heart failure in

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on Grant Street, "the Avenue of Kings". Their street address was 1775 Grant Street. Bancroft had two working ranches and a summer home on 2,400 acres between

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Bancroft had a number of assignments from the spring of 1862, when the regiments left the camp, until the following springs when he outfitted a hospital at

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Bancroft advocated for public health measures to prevent the spread of communicable diseases and licensing prostitutes to reduce the prevalence of

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until the Confederate President learned that he was from New England. Thereafter, he was treated by a physician who supported the southern cause.

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created the public health system for Denver, Colorado to improve the health of its citizens. In 1876, Bancroft was the first president of

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president in 1880. Bancroft was a founder and professor of the University of Denver and Colorado Seminary Medical Department in 1881.

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president in 1880. He was a founder and professor of the University of Denver and Colorado Seminary Medical Department in 1881.

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family and his father was a farmer. Bancroft descended from early New England settlers, the earliest arriving in 1660 to

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before he settled in Colorado, where he was considered to be "one of the most prominent physicians", according to a

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was, for several decades, the "default physician-in-charge" for the city. From 1866 to 1869, he was the

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made a painting of the farmhouse in 1941; it is displayed in the Western History section of the

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in the 1870s. Because children were sent to school when they were ill, there was a problem with

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created the public health system for Denver, Colorado to improve the health of its citizens.

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Henly W. Allen, MD (February 1906). "Early Days in the Practice of Medicine in Colorado".

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in the 1870s. Bancroft advocated fining parents who sent their sick children to school.

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