Influenza Epidemic 1918

A DigitalNZ Story by Stephanie Hutchinson

Primary Sources about the Influenza Epidemic of 1918

Epidemics, New Zealand, Influenza, 1918-19

Image: Cheerful boy scouts acting as messengers to distribute food and medicine to patients at their houses during the influenza epidemic

Cheerful boy scouts acting as messengers to distribute food and medicine to patients at their houses during the influenza epidemic

Christchurch City Libraries

Image: New Plymouth Public Health Committee :Influenza; instructions to volunteer nurses or family attendants. Tar[anaki] News Print [1918?]

New Plymouth Public Health Committee :Influenza; instructions to volunteer nurses or family attendants. Tar[anaki] News Print [1918?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Public warning. Be it known to all men that, according to medical opinion, a further outbreak of the influenza epidemic may occur in the next few months ... the public is hereby warned not to jeopardise their individual lives by acquiescing in the demands of the Prohibitionists to prevent the use of alcoholic stimulants, either in health or disease. NZ Times Print [1919]

Public warning. Be it known to all men that, according to medical opinion, a further outbreak of the influenza epidemic may occur in the next few m...

Alexander Turnbull Library