FRESH OUTBREAK OF INFLUENZA.
TREMENDOUS DEATH RATE.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received February 24, 9.50 p.m.)
LONDON, 20th- February.
There is every indication that the present outbreak of influenza will likely equal the October ■ epidemic, which resulted, in 150,000 deaths. Hundreds of fresh cases are hourly reported, the doctors are over-worked, and there is a 'great'shortage of nurses. . The outbreak in the South of Ireland continues to spread, with an alarmingly high death-rate. Some of the doctors are complaining of the scarcity of whisky and brandy; ' They assert that more'spirits would save thousands of lives. (The Times.)
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 50, 1 March 1919, Page 6
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