Public notice issued by Dr. J.F. Macaulay that outlines influenza’s contagious nature and requests public cooperation to prevent further spread of the disease.
Source: RS136-L5d5-1.1. / RS136-L5d5 (2): Records of the Deputy Minister of Health.
The efficacy of many Public Health measures hinged on community cooperation. The following notices, photographs, and correspondence touch on government orders issued to the public to prevent further spread of the virus. Citizens were directed to avoid crowded areas, cover their sneezes and coughs in public, and isolate after direct contact with a sick person.
Public notice issued by Dr. J.F. Macaulay that outlines influenza’s contagious nature and requests public cooperation to prevent further spread of the disease.
Source: RS136-L5d5-1.1. / RS136-L5d5 (2): Records of the Deputy Minister of Health.
Notice from Department of Health, in 23 October 1918 issue of Fredericton’s Daily Gleaner, for businesses to prevent crowds and loitering on their premises.
Source: MC1474: The Daily Gleaner fonds: [1889-2008], FF02946.
Board of Health poster instructing public to cover faces to limit spread of coughs and sneezes. Marginalia reference closure of schools and churches in October 1918.
Source: RS136-L5d5. / RS136-L5d5-1.2: Records of the Deputy Minister of Health.
Female students who attend Netherwood School in Rothesay wearing masks during the fall of 1918.
Source: P602-113; 114; 127: Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley family fonds.
Netherwood School girls protecting themselves with face masks during the influenza epidemic quarantine of 1918 in Rothesay.
Source: P602-127: Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley family fonds.
Two Netherwood students sporting masks in Rothesay during the fall of 1918.
Source: P602-114: Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley family fonds.
Photograph of Alice Richardson Tilley, granddaughter of Father of Confederation, Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, outside Netherwood school in Rothesay during fall 1918, wearing a mask.
Source: P602-113: Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley family fonds.
Quarantine card to identify buildings that house influenza patients.
Source: RS136-T-1: Records of the Deputy Minister of Health.
Series of photographs captured during a quarantine, between April 26 and May 11 1918, against Spanish Influenza in Saint John. Those isolated in the Dufferin[?] House include Snyder, Frezell, Wade, and Lily Williams.
Source: P796-23-01; 02; 04; 05– Fred Alder Duffy fonds.
Photograph of Snyder, Frezell, and Wade occupying themselves with cards during their quarantine in Dufferin[?] House, Saint John during spring 1918.
Source: P796-23-01: Fred Alder Duffy fonds.
Photograph of Lily Williams lingering in Dufferin[?] House’s back door while quarantining in Saint John during spring 1918.
Source: P796-23-02: Fred Alder Duffy fonds.
Photograph of a group lounging on Dufferin[?] House’s rooftop in Saint John during a quarantine against the Spanish Influenza during spring 1918.
Source: P796-23-04: Fred Alder Duffy fonds.
Photograph of a group sitting out their quarantine on Dufferin[?] House’s rooftop in Saint John during the spring of 1918.
Source: P796-23-05: Fred Alder Duffy fonds.
List of preventative actions from federal Deputy Minister of Health J. A. Amyot to New Brunswick Minister of Health William F. Roberts, dated 21 January 1920. If faced with a resurgence of influenza, Amyot stresses the importance of both public awareness and increased medical personnel.
Source: RS136-L5d3 (12): Records of the Deputy Minister of Health.
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