Influenza and Inequality: One Town's Tragic Response to the Great Epidemic of 1918

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5 index 163 Abdallah, John, 55 Allen, Frederic W., 114 Allport, Gordon, 146–47n10 Ambrose, Alfred (Alec), 16, 47, 49, 108; and epidemic, 59–60, 77, 84, 104 American Brake Shoe and Foundry Company, 18, 81 Americanization, 3, 45, 46, 106–8, 110, 122 Austria, immigrants from, 61 Bagnato, Bonaventura, 81, 93 Bago ius, Fortunatus J., 54, 150n6 Balch Elementary School, 20, 35, 51 Barry, John, 9, 121, 151n16 Beecher, Henry Ward, 26–27, 51 Bird and Son, 1, 27, 52, 59, 63, 96, 115, 154n13 Blevins, Ina, 75 Board of Health, 51, 58–59, 98–99, 101–5, 112 Board of Selectmen, 59 Board of Trade, 19, 37 Bolshevism, 109–12, 122 Boy Scouts, 69 Buividas, Felix, 81, 107 Callahan, Cornelius, 19–20, 56, 74 Camp Devens (Mass.), 65–67 Camp Dix (N.J.), 65–67 Carlson, Carl, 67, 85 Carter, Daisy, 75 Cassel, John, 124 Cattarino, Nojar, 58, 88, 93, 96 Cattarino, Romeo, 58, 88, 93, 96 Cattarino, Rosa, 58, 82, 88, 93, 96 cemetery. See Highland Cemetery; Old Parish Cemetery Christian Hill (neighborhood), xviii, 1, 2, 32; and epidemic, 84, 94, 98, 104 Civic Association, 3, 14, 15–16, 97; and Americanization of immigrants, 43–47, 44, 46, 61, 107; as emergency hospital, 68–73, 69, 85–87, 95, 99 Civic Herald, 14, 45, 46, 144–45n6 Cleveland, Frederick A., 107–8, 111 Italicized page numbers refer to illustrations 164 index Fanning, Charles, x, xi, xii Fanning, Mary F., x, xi, xii, 137n2 Fentross, James, 127 Finland, immigrants from, 2, 28–30, 37–38; and epidemic, 79, 81–82, 91 Finnish Workingman’s Association, 29, 71, 71 Fischette, Michael, 93 Fisher, Evelyn, 84–85 Flaherty, Bridget, 24 Flaherty, Patrick, 24–25 Flats (neighborhood), xi, xviii, 2, 34–36, 56, 146n7, 146n8; attitudes toward, 36–40, 77, 78, 101, 103; and epidemic, 71–74, 82–83, 98, 99. See also South Norwood Folan, James, 59–60, 151n17 Germantown (neighborhood), xviii, 1–2, 27, 60–63; and epidemic, 67, 71, 74, 79, 98 Germany, immigrants from, 1, 27, 60–62, 64–65, 79 Giandominico, Albert, 87 Giandominico, Frank, 87 Girl Scouts, 69, 72–73, 85 Grist, Roy (Dr.), 66 Haponich, Sergay, 116 Hartman, Geoffrey, 127 Hays, Samuel, 138n4, 148n13 Highland Cemetery, xi, 88–94, 92, 119, 155n26 Hitchcock, John (Dr.), 21 Holli, Melvin, 148–49n14 Holm, Nan, 96 Holm, Thomas, 96 Home Guard, 62, 63, 73, 83. See also Committee of Public Safety; Night Riders Hughes, Cornelius, 5 immigrants: and alien registration, Coady, Walter, 24, 25 Collins, Daniel J., 42 Committee of Public Safety, 62–63, 100, 114, 121; and epidemic, 68–69, 78, 96–98; and January wave, 101, 103–4. See also Home Guard; Night Riders Cork City (neighborhood), xviii, 1–2, 18, 61; and epidemic, 70–71, 74, 78, 85, 96, 98, 99 Crosby, Alfred, 10, 93, 118, 127–28, 159–60n16 Cullinane, Tom, 80, 81 Curtin, Abigail Agnes, 19–20, 72, 85 Cushing, J. Stearns, 31, 32, 146n6 Cvilikas, Anna, 82, 93, 99 Davis, Michael, 118 Devorak, Demetri, 115–16 Dicizii, Annie, 82 Dower, James, 104 Drummey, Mary, 99 Drummy, Julia, 85, 99 Dublin (neighborhood), xviii, 1–2, 18; and epidemic, 24, 56, 70–71, 74, 79, 98, 99 Emergency Hospital, 68–72, 69, 83, 99, 104, 121; deaths at, 74–75, 78, 82, 87–88; and patient care, 72–74, 80, 81–82, 85–87; and staffing, 75–77, 85–86 epidemic behavior theories, xi, 4–7, 120–25, 139–40n7, 160nn17–18, 161n26 Epidemic Committee, 59–60; activities of, 76–78, 83–85, 100, 104, 119; and end of October epidemic, 95–97; and preparations, 68–82, 74 Eppich, John E., 67 Erikson, Kai, 129 Everett, Win, 45 index 165 60, 64; attitudes toward, 16, 35–38, 39–51, 46, 63–65, 117–19, 147–48n4, 149n26, 160n18; and health, 8, 118; and medical inspections, 47–48; and misspelled names, 40, 92–94 influenza, etiology of, 4–5, 22, 138–39n5 influenza (1918): 8–11, 20–22, 24, 65–67, 117; and marginal groups, 117–21, 128, 159–60n16, 160nn17–18; and media, 9, 121, 151n16; prevention of, 75, 79; symptoms of, 22, 79–80; transmission of, 22, 79, 83, 105, 125n20; treatment of, 9–10, 87 Ireland, immigrants from, 1, 17–20, 30, 37–38, 42, 59–60; and epidemic, 24–25, 79, 99 Jordan, Edwin O., 10 Kallgren, Anders, 28 Kaplan, Mark, 7 Katz, Robert S., xi Keady, Coleman...