Wood P J
Nurs Prax N Z. 1993 Nov;8(3):24-9.
Childhood epidemics were a commonly accepted part of life in the two decades around the turn of the century. Official health and education records portray, however, not an apathetic acceptance of epidemics but a public concern with their prevention and control. Education boards referred to outbreaks of measles, mumps, whooping-cough, scarlet fever and diphtheria in explaining poor attendance rates while school inspectors commented on the impact that epidemics had on schoolwork. District health officers closed and disinfected schools to prevent the spread of infection, and outside of schools nurses became actively engaged in the public health campaign to counteract epidemics, particularly in the remote rural districts. Both health and education records therefore portray the public concern and official actions in contending with childhood epidemics at the turn of the century in New Zealand.
在世纪之交前后的二十年里，儿童流行病是人们普遍接受的生活一部分。然而，官方的健康和教育记录所描绘的并非对流行病的冷漠接受，而是公众对其预防和控制的关注。教育委员会在解释出勤率低的原因时提到了麻疹、腮腺炎、百日咳、猩红热和白喉的爆发，而学校督学则评论了流行病对学业的影响。地区卫生官员关闭学校并进行消毒以防止感染传播，在校外，护士积极参与公共卫生运动以对抗流行病，特别是在偏远农村地区。因此，健康和教育记录都描绘了新西兰世纪之交时公众对儿童流行病的关注以及官方应对这些流行病的行动。
