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Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

WEBThe Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Website is an ambitious public history project that aims to provide school students and the general public with a wide range of …

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19th Century Health Care

WEBFew health-care services existed in Newfoundland and Labrador at the start of the 19th century. Photographer unknown. Reproduced by permission of Archives and Special …

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Health-Care Organizations

WEBIt was also able to build on a variety of other existing health-care and social services nongovernmental organizations established in Newfoundland and Labrador during the …

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The Development of Nursing in Newfoundland and Labrador

WEBThey were responsible for maternity cases, school health, nutrition, child welfare and other community health needs. There were 54 district nurses in 1936. A second nursing …

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Government Response to the Great Depression

WEBThe impact of the great Depression was devastating to Newfoundland and Labrador’s export-based economy. A sudden slump in international trade dramatically reduced …

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Select Bibliography: 19th-Century Health Care

WEBSelect Bibliography: 19th-Century Health Care. Crellin, J.K. "Medical Books: For Information of Learning? Reflections on the Books of Three Newfoundland Physicians, …

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Grenfell Mission

WEBThe Grenfell Mission provided some of the earliest permanent medical services in Labrador and northern Newfoundland. Before the mission opened its first hospital at Battle …

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Health Care under the Commission of Government

WEBDespite these efforts, providing better public health care in Newfoundland and Labrador was a challenge for government officials. The country's scattered population made it …

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Cottage Hospitals and Health Care in Newfoundland

WEB17. Fogo (1952-2004) – Opened in September 1952, this was the second cottage hospital built by the provincial government. It was also the last of the cottage hospitals to be …

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Health on the Home Front

WEBWorld War II brought many changes to Newfoundland and Labrador – economic, political, cultural, and social. The area of health care was no exception. Despite the problems …

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The 1918 Spanish Flu

WEBThe 1918 Spanish Flu. The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918-19 killed between 20 and 40 million people worldwide, making it one of the largest and most destructive outbreaks …

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Select Bibliography: Cottage Hospitals and Health Care in

WEBTypescript. Taylor, Mary Lillian. "A far sighted excursion into socialized medicine or a bureaucratic perversion of medical practice: Newfoundland's cottage hospital system …

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History of Tuberculosis and Its Prevalence in Newfoundland

WEBTuberculosis was widespread in Europe throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, and at various times the cause was attributed to witches, fairies, poor diet, and poor air quality. …

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Indigenous Self-Government

WEBIndigenous groups argue they have an inherent right to self-government because they were the first people to govern Canada and did not willingly surrender their autonomy to …

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Health Bibliography

WEBHealth Bibliography “A Short History of 'NONIA' Newfoundland Outport Nursing and Industrial Association.” St. John's: NONIA Gift Shop, 1963.

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Select Bibliography: Health

WEBSelect Bibliography: Health. Baker, Melvin. "William Gilbert Gosling and the Establishment of the Child Welfare Assocation, 1917-1921." Newfoundland Quarterly 77.4 (1981-2): 31 …

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Fighting Tuberculosis in Newfoundland and Labrador

WEBBy the 1970s, tuberculosis was no longer the dreaded disease it had once been. Living conditions in Newfoundland and Labrador had improved, and better diet, medical care, …

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