Poverty, Plague, Pestilence

The Larsen Family c 1901 posted by Ian Smyth on Ancestry Kenny Kith and Kin site

This respectable-looking family from Kensington were the centre of attention in a Bubonic Plague outbreak in 1900.  Marilyn Kenny turns her quizzical eye on the case, examining the actions of the Council, the Department of Health, and the quarantine station at Portsea. Also a guinea pig is mentioned.  For the full story, visit Poverty, Plague, Pestilence.

Dr Flanagan, Medical Health Officer - a career

Dr Flanagan is in this group of Moonee Valley Racing Club officials, fifth from the right in a light coloured hat. 

 While Patrick Flanagan's family mainly worked in the hotel industry, Patrick's interests took a different turn, and he studied Medicine at the University of Melbourne.  He was also a very active sportsman, and managed to combine those interests by not only managing a private practice and becoming Essendon's Medical Health Officer, but also by becoming Honorary Surgeon for a number of horse racing clubs, and was a keen and active rider in the Oaklands Hunt Club.

Marilyn Kenny has put together a detailed account of his life and interests which has many unexpected turns.  Have you heard of the Russian flu epidemic of 1890?  If not, you had better read on....