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From: "Brady" <>
Subject: Re: [1918 'Flu epidemic]
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:58:02 +0200
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Thanks, David. My curiosity is now considerably piqued! The hunt is now on
for a copy -- just one small thing: on the UCT website his name was PHILLIPS
with 2 Ls.
Regards
Maureen

----- Original Message -----
From: David Morris <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [1918 'Flu epidemic]


Maureen, Keith, listers,

The reference I have is:

Philips, H. 1990. "Black October": the impact of the Spanish Influenza
Epidemic of 1918 on South Africa. Pretoria: Archives Yearbook for South
African History.

Regards
David

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brady" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [1918 'Flu epidemic]


> David & Listers
>
> Earlier I wrote to Keith off-List with some stuff I'd found -- possibly
the
> Phillips you mention is Associate Professor Howard Phillips, Department of
> History, University of Cape Town. There was an international,
> multi-disciplinary conference held at UCT from 12 to 15 September 1998
> entitled REFLECTIONS ON THE SPANISH FLU PANDEMIC AFTER 80 YEARS: CAUSES,
> COURSE & CONSEQUENCES. Do you think this is what you've got? There was an
> email address & I suggested Keith try & contact Prof Phillips & share the
> results with us if he has any success.
>
> Regards
> Maureen
> Johannesburg, SA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Morris <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 12:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [1918 'Flu epidemic]
>
>
> Dear Keith, listers,
> I see there has been some substantial response to this query. I'm not sure
> if anyone has picked up on one of the SA Archives Yearbooks that was
devoted
> to the Spanish Influenza in SA. I am presently on leave, so do not have my
> references to hand - but I vaguely recall that the author was named
> Phillips, and I think publication date was 1981 (all subject to
correction).
> The book has lots of useful stats, some regional treatment of the
epidemic,
> and what seemed to be a pretty thorough account of the history of its
sweep
> through South Africa. If needs be I can track down author, title, pub date
> etc on Monday.
> Regards
> David
>
>
>
>
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