INFLUENZA AT HOME.
ft' • KING AND QUEEN STAY OUT OF LONDON. '■■',]'■ FIVE THOUSAND DIE IN ff JANUAEY. ::'!_ (TKfTB» MESH ASSOCIATION— BY ELECTRIC TKUSOBAPH—COrYBIQHT.) LONDON, February 2. Lait week's influenza deaths totalled 1934, and tho death roll for January was jpi3. Their Majesties tho King and Queen, acting upon medical advice, | hare postponed their departure from Sandringharn owing to the influenza |:' ,! " > ' epidemic in London. I The King is in excellent health, but, it ia important that tho risk of his con-' » tracting tho malady bo roduccd to a minimum. The firat notice of the- outbreak of an influenza epidemic in Great Britain fame on January 8, when it was stated that, although it was = the worst for many years, it was of a mild type, ineapaeitatiug people for only a few day*. The rapid increase in the number of deaths resulting from the disease is shown by the last four weeks' figures. These arc:— January 13 .. .. 400 ! January 20 .. .. 1041 January 27 .. ~ 158!) m February 2 .. .. 1934
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20772, 4 February 1933, Page 15
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