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The San Francisco Health Board blames every single epidemic from 1870 to 1905 on Chinese immigrants.

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According to Trauner (1978): "The Chinese were the focus of Caucasian animosities, and they were made responsible for mishaps in general. A destructive earthquake would probably be charged to their account."