Kōrero: Epidemics

Children affected by the influenza pandemic, 1918 (3 o 3)

Numerous women holding young children and babies.

Though children were less vulnerable to the influenza virus than adults, many were affected because their parents died or became very ill – 6,415 children lost one parent and 135 lost both. These young children, some of whom were orphaned during the pandemic, are being cared for at the Myers Kindergarten in Auckland.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Geoff Rice, 'Epidemics - The influenza era, 1890s to 1920s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/27790/children-affected-by-the-influenza-pandemic-1918 (accessed 25 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Geoff Rice, i tāngia i te 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 8 Feb 2024