Parramatta
quarantine
NSW in 1919
implemented some of the strictest forms of health initiatives such as
quarantine, the mandatory use of face masks, and a ban on public events.
Supplied:
State Archives and Records NSW
Pneumonic influenza, or the
Spanish flu, infected around
40 per cent of the population when it spread to Australia from
the WWI battlefields of Western Europe in 1919.
Around 15,000 people were
killed, but strict public health initiatives including quarantine camps, the
compulsory wearing of face masks, and the banning of public events slowed the
spread and severity of the outbreak….
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