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… advent of vaccination, antibiotics and better sanitation, epidemics have been more readily controlled. However, the … 2020 showed that the danger of widespread loss of life from epidemics was far from over. … Epidemics …
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… An epidemic occurs when there is an abnormally high level of a … to infectious diseases, but it is also possible to have epidemics of non-infectious diseases such as heart disease … Epidemics, pandemics and disease control …
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… Despite improved uptake of the vaccine, seasonal influenza epidemics continue to have an impact, especially on older … did occur . New Zealand experienced two large measles epidemics in the 1990s. The first, in 1991, resulted in … New epidemics, 1970s to early 21st century …
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… population fully immunised. Legislation and regulation In epidemic or pandemic situations, the Health Act 1956 and … caused by eating chicken that has not been properly cooked) epidemic peaked in 2006 and then abated, probably due to new … poultry industry. Monitoring Because of the ongoing risk of epidemics, health practitioners and medical laboratories are …
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Part of story: Epidemics
… by two influenza pandemics (1890–94 and 1918), with annual epidemics in between. Plague made its first and only New … been vastly improved, which makes modern statistics for epidemics more reliable. 1913 Northland smallpox epidemic …
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Part of story: Epidemics
… at Auckland on 12 October 1918. There had been a mild epidemic of influenza among the crew, with one death, but no … disastrous. Auckland was already in the grip of a serious epidemic of influenza. This suddenly worsened towards the …
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… pneumonia. Tuberculosis was a constant killer – an endemic epidemic – from this period until the 1950s. Evidence of epidemics Evidence for epidemics in New Zealand is imprecise …
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Part of story: Epidemics
… diseases such as cancer and heart disease replaced epidemic diseases as the leading causes of death. Ancient … varied between 2% and 10%. New Zealand experienced polio epidemics in 1916, 1925, 1927, 1937, 1948–49, 1952–53 and …
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… supplies. In Auckland in 1914 he investigated a typhoid epidemic; his scrupulous testing and quarantine methods … were marked by red flags on a map of the city; after the epidemic he gave Barbara her flag as a souvenir. After the … at Trentham and Featherston. During the 1918 influenza epidemic he was recalled from the Defence Department when …
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… on birth rates through sterility and stillbirths. When epidemics affected Māori, the phrase ‘tokotoko rangi’, or … In addition, many adults and older children suffered from epidemics of viral disease and typhoid fever, as well as … Sometimes officials organised emergency responses to epidemics. Sporadically there was vaccination against …
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Part of story: Te hauora Māori i mua – history of Māori health
… the original intention or fact quite unrecognisable'. 1 Flu epidemic Failure to quarantine the SS Talune , which arrived … Auckland in November 1918, allowed the global influenza epidemic to spread to Western Samoa. As a result, 8,500 … Samoans, more than a fifth of the population, died. The epidemic did not spread to neighbouring American Samoa, …
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Part of story: Pacific Islands and New Zealand
… the first crises she had to deal with was the 1913 smallpox epidemic. This spread throughout the Auckland province, … overseas, she was called upon to assist with the influenza epidemic. Her primary duties involved organising voluntary … volunteers' had passed through her hands. Following the epidemic Bagley's attention returned to developing the rural …
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… in isolated rural areas. They remained vulnerable to severe epidemics of illnesses such as measles, often accompanied by … of 1918 was more than eight times that for Pākehā. Serious epidemics occurred regularly in Māori communities until the …
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Part of story: Death rates and life expectancy
… and the sick and lonely were visited. During the influenza epidemic in 1918 the sisters nursed the sick in their homes … to care for the children of those who were ill. After the epidemic Mother Mary Kostka continued her work in education …
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… arrived she was required to tend the victims of a typhoid epidemic. In 1911 Florence's mother became ill and she was … region she found herself in the midst of a smallpox epidemic. Once she had been in contact with victims she was … the school. She also nursed Maori during the 1918 influenza epidemic. On 4 February 1919 at Whitianga Florence Woodhead …
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… money and time generously. When the terrible influenza epidemic of 1918 struck Waimate Cruickshank was already … of 14 New Zealand doctors who lost their lives during the epidemic and one of 17 victims who died in Waimate. The …
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… living on small islands. The first New Zealand-wide epidemic of measles in 1854 may have killed 7% of the Māori … influx exposed Māori to new diseases, leading to severe epidemics. Newly introduced illnesses that were common in …
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Part of story: Death rates and life expectancy
… services. The Red Cross assisted during the influenza epidemic of 1918 and a polio epidemic in 1925. It also arranged community classes in home …
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Part of story: Voluntary welfare organisations
… with several major health emergencies. During a smallpox epidemic in 1913, hundreds of Maori were vaccinated by … to operate for nearly 40 years. In the 1918 influenza epidemic, an emergency hospital was established in the …
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… Zealanders smoked, and warnings were also given in Māori. Epidemics In the 1990s there was an alarming increase in the …
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Part of story: Society