title: Baptism of fire: New Brunswick's public health movement and the 1918 influenza epidemic.
abstract: In the fall of 1918 when war-weary New Brunswickers were hit by the influenza pandemic, theirs was the only Canadian province with a Minister of Health, the first to be appointed anywhere in the British Empire. But it was a new position and a controversial one. This paper traces the growth of a public health movement in New Brunswick in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the campaign for the establishment of a provincial Department of Health, and the role played by the 1918 influenza epidemic in legitimizing and consolidating the newly minted Department, masthead of the public health movement.
authors.affiliation: Science and Technology Studies, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
authors.forename: Jane E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Jenkins
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history*; D009509:New Brunswick; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000266:history*