Influenza pandemic depot, 1918
Central Medicine Depot, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, 4 December 1918. This photo shows the former Patriotic Bazaar converted by the Health Department to dispense 'the Government Standard Influenza Medicine'.
The sign on the right says 'Simulants for Patients. Small Bottles of Whisky, Brandy or Stout will be sold at the Central Medicine Depot'. The partly obscured sign at left reads: 'Medicine Supplied Only to Poor People with actual bad cases in the house'.
Read about dispensing alcohol in Wellington
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/1-008542-G
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