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  • 19th Century Health Care
    Few health-care services existed in Newfoundland and Labrador at the start of the 19th century.
  • 19th Century Migration
    Newfoundland and Labrador experienced immigration during the first half of the 19th century and emigration during the latter decades of the century.
  • Looking Back at Child Protection
    A history of the Child Welfare Association that provided services to mothers and children in the St. John's area from 1921 to 1976.
  • Newfoundland’s 1906 Chinese Head Tax
    About the $300.00 head tax imposed by the Newfoundland Government on each chinese immigrant entering Newfoundland in 1906.
  • Health Care under the Commission of Government
    One of the Commission of Government's chief ambitions upon taking office was to improve health care in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Cottage Hospitals and Health Care in Newfoundland
    Cottage hospitals and health care during the commission of Government in Newfoundland which lasted from 1934-1949.
  • English
    About the English and Irish origins of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians that immigrated between the 17th and 19th century.
  • Ethnic Diversity
    Newfoundland and Labrador is often described as having the most homogeneous population of European origin in Canada.
  • Fighting Tuberculosis in Newfoundland and Labrador
    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.
  • French Involvement in the NL Fishery
    France was one of the earliest European nations to engage in the migratory fishery and dominated the industry throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • French Migration in NL, 1504-1904
    French migrations to Newfoundland and Labrador began in the early 16th century and lasted for approximately 400 years.
  • French Settlement in NL, 1504-1904
    Newfoundland and Labrador's cod fishery was the major pull factor attracting French settlers to the colony from the 16th through 19th centuries.
  • Grenfell Mission
    The Grenfell Mission provided some of the earliest permanent medical services in Labrador and northern Newfoundland.
  • Health-Care Organizations
    Leading up to the Commission of Government, health-care organizations did much to promote public health and welfare in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Health on the Home Front - Health Care and World War II
    About health conditions in Newfoundland during WWII such as problems with housing and veneral disease and the need for wartime hospitals.
  • Health
    Medicine in Newfoundland and Labrador has steadily evolved throughout the centuries, often as a result of political and social change.
  • Irish Migration
    Irish migrations began in the late-17th century and peaked in the early 19th century, when up to 35,000 Irish arrived on the island.
  • The Irish in Newfoundland
    The Irish migrations to Newfoundland, and the associated provisions trade, represent the oldest connections between Ireland and Canada.
  • Irish Settlement Patterns
    The cod fishery and its mercantile activities greatly influenced Irish settlement patterns in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Malnutrition in Newfoundland and Labrador
    About the consequences of malnutrition in Newfoundland and Labrador and the efforts to prevent deficiency diseases.

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