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‘An Enormous Amount of Distress Among the Poor’: Influenza in Newry, Cookstown and Clones

2021; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-030-79500-9_10

2662-6500

Patricia Marsh,

Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

It is apparent from the case studies that although the local authorities in Belfast, Londonderry, Lurgan, Portadown, Larne and Ballyclare all approached the pandemic with varying degrees of competence, none of them encouraged a charitable response to helping the poor in their districts. The public health committee in Manchester was aware of those in need in the city who required additional nursing, food or fuel to help and supplied the same as part of their response. In this chapter the public health and medical response of Newry, Cookstown and Clones are discussed but what sets these towns apart from those already examined is that their citizens responded to their neighbour’s plight in a philanthropic way.