FIGHTING THE INFLUENZA IN BRISBANE.

New Zealand Tablet, 10 July 1919, Page 22

FIGHTING THE INFLUENZA IN BRISBANE.

Though the female conscription Ist brigade lias not responded to the appeals for workers to fight the influenza and nurse the infected, it is gratifying to know that the sober-minded ladies of the community have risen to the occasion (writes the' Brisbane correspondent of the Catholic Press). His Grace Archbishop Duhig has early taken action, and he placed at the disposal of the Government St. Laurence’s magnificent school as a hospital, whilst the Christian Brothers vacated their residential quarters in favor of the nursing staff. An organised body of Catholic ladies are hard at work, nobly doing their duty in attending to the wants of the sick, and St. Stephen’s Schoolroom has been a hive of industry lately, voluntary workers preparing food and sick comforts for afflicted families, regardless of color or religion. It is indeed splendid and heartening to witness the whole-hearted co-operation of these ladies, and the willingness to be of service in brightening the lot of those who are stricken and unable to help themselves. The Sisters from the Mater Misericordire Hospital have taken over full charge of St. Laurence’s Hospital, and have done splendid service already in relieving the congestion which has taken place in the other public institutions. The equipment. and furnishing of St. Laurence’s is on the most modern lines, and is in keeping with the well-ordered and scientific efficiency of the nursing Sisters of Mercy.