After 1943, when Albert Schatz, then a graduate student at Rutgers University, discovered streptomycin, an antibiotic and the first cure for tuberculosis, sanatoria began to close. As in the case of the Paimio Sanatorium, many were transformed into general hospitals.
This Flood Insurance Study (FIS) revises and updates information on the. existence and severity of flood hazards in the geographic area of Spokane County, including the Cities of Airway Heights, Cheney, Deer Park, Liberty Lake, Medical Lake, Millwood, Spangle, Spokane Valley, Spokane; the Towns of. Fairfield, Latah, Rockford, and Waverly; and the unincorporated areas of Spokane. County (referred to collectively herein as Spokane County), and aids in the. administration of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood.
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States, defined by the mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it. Home to 1.77 million people, it is north of the larger, more populous Los Angeles Basin. Nearly two-thirds of the valley's land area is part of the city of Los Angeles. The other incorporated cities in the valley are Glendale, Burbank, San Fernando, Hidden Hills, Agoura Hills, and Calabasas.