INFLUENZA IN BRITAIN
HALF A MILLION CASES
ATHLETES AMONG VICTIMS
LONDON, lath January. . There are over half a million influenza victims. The epidemic is dislocating bus'inesa throughout Britain. ' • . . Fifty "thousand sufferers are confined to bed, including 3000 postmen and telephonists. . - The death rate has risen to 400 a week. ' . ': ■ . . ■ The malady is 'specially attacking athletes and those engaged* in open-air occupations. Hospital staffs are infected' while nursing patients.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 12, 16 January 1933, Page 7
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68INFLUENZA IN BRITAIN Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 12, 16 January 1933, Page 7
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