INFLUENZA IN AMERICA.
HUNDREDS OP DEATHS DAILY.
The influenza epidemic had assumed very serious proportions in the United States and Canada when the New Zealand press delegates passed through on their return journey from Britain. Members of the delegation, who were passengers by the Makura, stated that the epidemic had not developed seriously in Britain when they left on their return journey about October sth, but when they reached New York' on October 19lh the conditions there were alarming. At that time there was a daily record of between GOO and 700 deaths in New York. At Montreal between 200 and 300 were dying daily. The delegates crossed Canada to Vancouver, and found that the epidemic bad spread across the whole continent. Passing through the province of Alberta, every passenger on the (rain had to wear a mask. At Vancouver the influenza appeared to be less serious, but there were many deaths there also. No part of (be United Slates or of Canada escaped. Some American States reported more deaths within the State from influenza than the whole loss of life to the United States on account of the war.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1911, 5 December 1918, Page 3
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190INFLUENZA IN AMERICA. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1911, 5 December 1918, Page 3
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