Lorne Victoria Australia
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Spanish Flu leads to the first hospital to be established in Lorne in 1919.
The Geelong Advertiser of February 1919, reported that the Lorne Hotel was quarantined, when five Melbourne visitors contracted influenza and Dr Kirkpatrick of Birregurra, health officer for the district, 0rdered it to be quarantined. Two constables were sent from Geelong to enforce the law.
In order to be prepared for a further outbreak, the Winchelsea Shire Council took over a house owned by Mrs Potts and equipped it as a hospital. Arrangements were made for a trained nurse to stay in Lorne and be ready for duty should further cases occur.
Lorne’s first hospital at 16 Armytage Street
Lorne Hospital history is well documented at the Lorne Medical Centre displaying large pictures.
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- Lorne Hospital History 1
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- Lorne Hospital History 2
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- Lorne Hospital History 3
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- Lorne Hospital History 4
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- Lorne Hospital History 5
Sources:
- Lorne Historical Society Collections
- Geelong Advertiser, 10 February 1919 (http://nia.gov.au/nia.news-article165249462)
