The Spanish influenza and Canada's criminal justice system

At the conclusion of the Fellowship, SIPP publishes the research the Scholar has undertaken in SIPP’s Scholar Series, thereby disseminating to a wider audience the ideas and findings of the Fellow. [...] Few other Canadian plans mention the courts or corrections, and when “policing” is included, it is usually in reference to expectations and additional duties.9 It is the intention of Volume 1 of this report to review the impact of the Spanish Influenza on the community component of the CJS with a focus on Regina, Saskatchewan, and to elaborate on specific issues. [...] The Annual Report of the SBPH published in 1921 covers 1919-1920, however, the section on Spanish Influenza covers the event over all three years 1918 to 1920 and includes 6 The events of World War I combined with the linear presentation of hard copy news meant that certain items normally occupied the front page. [...] The October 1918 edition of The Public Service Monthly: A Periodical Bulletin on Matters of Public Interest in Saskatchewan commented on the “alarming rapidity” of the spread of the disease in the United States but quotes the same August 24, 1918, JAMA editorial: “Usually crisis has occurred after two or three days with rapid and complete recovery” (Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture, 1918, p. [...] An editorial in the July 13, 1918, BMJ appears to be the origin of the claim: “eight million killed in Spain.” Pettigrew (1983, p. 5) and Crosby (2003, p. 26) refer to the 8,000,000 figure, the former stating “eight million Spaniards fell victim” and the latter noting “[a]n estimated eight million Spaniards caught flu in May and June 1918.” The author of the BMJ editorial actually states, “It appe