Christine Rutter

THE SPANISH FLU It was the fall of 1918 and the beautiful new Regent Theatre was about to launch on Picton’s Main Street, when suddenly the Spanish Flu hit the entire world with apocalyptic intensity. 50 million people died across the globe50,000 were in... Canada. With dozens of County victims, the Medical Officer of Health issued a shutdown order for public venues, like billiard halls, taverns...and theatres. To read the complete article, click on link below: https://lifeaulait.com/born-in-a-pandemic-1918-the-regent-/? fbclid=IwAR0eRR88WaFS_fb49IuOXERFz_8wSpefM9BI8NPEsmvWSGoNiNdr5LkSnVA The following information came from The Prince Edward Historical Society: 65 people died in the flu’s brief reign here in PEC, between September 1918 and January 1921. Thirtyeight of those people, over two thirds of those who died, were aged between 13 and 40; it was startling to learn that no one in that age group died in the County in the five months before and the five months after that period. The relative isolation of the community may have contributed to the low levels of mortality. There were a couple of interesting stories behind the figures such as the young Picton auctioneer who was the first person to die, and the seven-year-old daughter of the Telegraph Island lighthouseman. The following is from an article in the Belleville Intelligencer, August 2019, Luke Hendry: Melissa Wakeling of Glanmore: The pandemic hit here (Hastings County) in the fall of 1918, shortly before the war ended. A second wave came in the spring of 1919, with a third in 1920. There was no effective vaccine available and no antibiotics available to treat secondary infections. People scrambled to prevent the spread of the virus. There was no church. Schools were closed. Public gatherings were discouraged. There were no telephone operators left to operate the switchboards so they started to ask for volunteers, specifically children, to run messages. POSTER FROM 1918 Wellington on the Lake Residents’ Association 25 Autumn skies & pumpkin pies O See more

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