THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.
London, Jan. 5. The influenza which is attacking people in England is assuming the Russian type. Two hundred of the General Post Office employes are down with the disease and some of the cases are very bad. The influenza is becoming more prevalent, and some of the cases are of mild Russian type. There is a great run on hospitals, doctors, and druggists. Postmen, policemen, the training schools, and the barracks have all been attacked by the influenza, which is now spreading to several of the country towns. The mortality in Paris and the French provinces, Vienna, and Madrid, have been heavy. Out of 1200 women employed in a French tobacco factory, only fifty have been oble to continue work. The Empress ’Augusta, Dr Doleumer of Bavaria, and the Right Hon. Henry Chaplin, Minister of Agriculture, have been attacked by influenza.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1991, 7 January 1890, Page 1
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144THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. Temuka Leader, Issue 1991, 7 January 1890, Page 1
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