Matching Articles"Health" (Total 8)

  • The Spanish flu did not originate in Newfoundland and Labrador, but the ports, shipping schedules, and global trade relations made it vulnerable.
  • The Spanish flu of 1918-19 killed between 20 and 40 million people worldwide. It is one of the largest outbreaks of disease in recorded history.
  • One of the industries which the Smallwood government managed to lure to the province with the promise of cheap power was the ERCO.
  • Newfoundland and Labrador experienced numerous social changes involving health, education, population, etc. during the period of naval government.
  • Few health-care services existed in Newfoundland and Labrador at the start of the 19th century.
  • About the many reasons why tuberculosis took a strong hold in Newfoundland in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the methods of controlling the disease.
  • The Spanish flu did not originate in Newfoundland and Labrador, but the country's ports, and global trade relations made it vulnerable to the disease.
  • About the Spanish influenza pandemic that reached Newfoundland and Labrador in 1918 and killed more than 600 people in less than five months.