what were the steps taken by the government during the spanish flu?
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While reading the book The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19, New Perspectives — specifically, a chapter titled Coping with the Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919: The Bombay Experience by Mridula Ramanna — one is stuck by the similarity of response by the then British government in tackling the Spanish flu and the manner with which the present governments are responding to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
A staggering 17-18 million died from the Spanish flu in the Indian sub-continent.
Ramanna, a medical historian, shares a fascinating account of the responses — both official and non-official — to the influenza pandemic in 1918-19.
She refers to historical documents and archival sources — including reports prepared by the then British government and government / health officials in Bombay (now known as Mumbai) — and accounts left by voluntary agencies and private medical practitioners as well as newspaper reports.
The sickness was first observed on June 19, 1918 when seven police sepoys, one of whom was working in the docks, was admitted to hospital for a non-malarial fever, with the city’s health officer JA Turner tracing day-to-day progress of the illness.
The British Government’s role was lacking: Other than collecting statistics, it recommended prompt isolation of the infected, opening of poorly ventilated dwellings and encouraged people to sleep in the open.
All hospitals and dispensaries expanded their premises to treat patients. Out of a total 233,346 indoor and outdoor patients, 220,000 were recorded as having the disease, while the rest were either treated by private practitioners or not at all.
The British government issued memorandums (now called notifications) that recommended education of the public, with instructions to “keep fit, avoid infection, (follow) healthy living” and suggested the closure of schools, colleges and cinemas.
The wearing of face masks and the use of disinfecting sprays and gargles was also recommended.
The government permitted the provisional government to exercise powers under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to formulate necessary rules to control and prevent a future outbreak of influenza.
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