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.
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. For metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area definitions used by the OES survey, see the Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area definitions page. These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, a metropolitan statistical area in Washington. Additional information, including the hourly and annual 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentile wages and the employment percent relative standard error, is available in the downloadable XLS file.