Wilson Nick, Ferguson Catharine, Rice Geoffrey, Baker Michael G, Schrader Ben, Clement Christine, Thomson George
Professor, University of Otago, Wellington.
Kerikeri, Northland.
N Z Med J. 2017 Nov 10;130(1465):53-70.
To systematically identify physical memorials to the 1918 influenza pandemic in an entire country.
Internet searches, contact with local historians and field expeditions were conducted.
Despite the high impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic in New Zealand (~8,600 deaths), only seven publicly accessible local memorials which referred this pandemic were identified. Another 11 memorials were identified, but these were in private settings or did not refer to the pandemic. There is no national memorial and a marked contrast exists with the number of war memorials (260 times more per 1,000 deaths for one war), and for 20 smaller mass fatality events (one of which has eight memorials alone). The current educational value of these pandemic memorials is likely to be minimal since only three are in cities, there is a lack of supporting signage and there are no links to online resources.
Despite the major impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic in New Zealand, publicly accessible memorials were found to be rare. This was in marked contrast to other disaster-related memorials and particularly to war memorials. There appears to be major scope for enhancing public education around the persisting threat of future pandemics via improved use of physical memorials and linkages to online resources.
系统识别整个国家纪念1918年流感大流行的实物纪念物。
进行了互联网搜索、与当地历史学家联系以及实地考察。
尽管1918年流感大流行对新西兰影响巨大（约8600人死亡），但仅识别出七处可公开访问的提及此次大流行的当地纪念物。另外还识别出11处纪念物，但这些位于私人场所或未提及此次大流行。没有国家层面的纪念物，且与战争纪念物数量形成鲜明对比（一场战争每1000例死亡对应的战争纪念物数量多260倍），对于20起规模较小的重大死亡事件也是如此（其中仅一起就有八处纪念物）。这些大流行纪念物目前的教育价值可能微乎其微，因为只有三处位于城市，缺乏配套标识，且与在线资源没有链接。
尽管1918年流感大流行对新西兰产生了重大影响，但发现可公开访问的纪念物很少。这与其他与灾难相关的纪念物，尤其是战争纪念物形成了鲜明对比。通过更好地利用实物纪念物并与在线资源建立联系，在围绕未来大流行持续威胁开展公众教育方面似乎有很大空间。
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