‘No Room in the Fever Hospital for a Great Number of Influenza Patients’: Influenza in Larne and Ballyclare

Patricia Marsh ()

Chapter Chapter 9 in The Spanish Flu in Ireland, 2021, pp 211-221 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Larne was a market town and seaport in County Antrim, situated in the north-east of Ireland about 17 miles from Belfast. During this period it was a naval port as its location made it a particularly good anti-submarine base. It was situated in the Larne poor law union. Ballyclare, located approximately 11 miles south-west inland from Larne was a growing industrial town. It was situated in the Antrim poor law union district. Both towns had influenza outbreaks during the autumn of 1918. This chapter discusses how the local authorities in both towns responded in an organised and proactive way to prevent the spread of influenza despite receiving little or no guidance from the Local Government Board for Ireland.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-79500-9_9

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