Influenza Not Severe In Great Britain
LONDON, Jan. 15. A Ministry of Health official said that despite the fact that there were 47 deaths from influen/.a in Londori and the big towns of England and Wales in the past week compared witl, 29 the ])j'eviotis week, there was stilJ no sign of any epiftemic influenza in Britain. The onset of an epidemic would be marked by a stidden steep rise in figures. The official pointed out that there were 165 deaths from inlltienza in tlie corresponding week of 1946 ahd added that the latest fepofts frohl the Continent indicated that the influenza. prevalent in France was generally of a mild eharaeter.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 January 1949, Page 5
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