The last plague : Spanish influenza and the politics of public health in Canada

Humphries, Mark Osborne, 1981-

Book 2013

"The 'Spanish' influenza of 1918 was the deadliest pandemic in history, killing as many as 50 million people worldwide. Canadian federal public health officials tried to prevent the disease from entering the country by implementing a maritime quarantine, as had been their standard practice since the cholera epidemics of 1832. But the 1918 flu was a different type of disease. In spite of the best efforts of both federal and local officials, up to...

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ISBN:

9781442641112
9781442610446
1442641118
1442610441

Description:

xii, 323 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-306) and index

Contents:

I. Introduction
II. Establishing the Grand Watch: Epidemics and Public Health, 1832-1883
III. 'Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business': Sanitary Science, Social Reform, and Mentalities of Public Health, 1867-1914
IV. A Pandemic Prelude: The 1889-90 Influenza Pandemic in Canada
V. Happily Rare of Complications: The Flu's First Wave in Canada and the Official Response
VI. A Dark and Invisible Fog Descends: The Second Wave of Flu and the Federal Response
VII. 'A Terrible Fall for Preventative Medicine': Provincial and Municipal Responses to the Second Wave of Flu
VIII. The Trail of Infected Armies: War, the Flu, and the Popular Response
IX. 'The Nation's Duty': Creating a Federal Department of Health
X. 'Success is somewhere Around the Corner': The Changing Federal Role in Public Health
XI. Conclusion
XII. Bibliography of Sources Consulted

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2013427180

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925666

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