Black flu 1918 : the story of New Zealand's worst public health disaster / Geoffrey W. Rice.
Many New Zealand families were affected by the 1918 influenza pandemic. In the space of about six weeks, over 6400 Pakeha died and an estimated 2500 Maori ... Because the victims' bodies turned black when they died, many believed it was the plague ... This book shows how we coped back in 1918 -...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Christchurch, New Zealand :
Canterbury University Press,
2017.
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| Summary: | Many New Zealand families were affected by the 1918 influenza pandemic. In the space of about six weeks, over 6400 Pakeha died and an estimated 2500 Maori ... Because the victims' bodies turned black when they died, many believed it was the plague ... This book shows how we coped back in 1918 - the response of public health officials, how the sick were nursed, how thousands of convalescents were fed and the lessons learned that may still be useful today. |
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| Physical Description: | 96 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour) ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1927145953 9781927145951 |