INFLUENZA
SWEEPING EUROPE. MILD IN ENGLAND. MORE SEVERE ON CONTINENT. BY CABLE -PRESS ASSOCIATION--COPYRIG iIT LONDON, .Tan. 4. A serious wave of influenza is sweeping over Europe, and from all countries come reports of growing lists of victims. So far the English epidemic is mild, though it- is causing anxiety in France. It is most severe in the southern and central districts and less violent in the Paris district. In Montpellier the deaths average 20 daily, and have been as high as 32. One day it- was estimated that 100,000 people were affected. Spain is suffering from a milder form of the malady, though 94 deaths have ■been reported in Madrid in a week. There are over 2000 cases in Basle, where, the schools have been closed. There are 20j,000 cases in Berlin alone and work generally is considerably hampered, while in Central Bavaria the epidemic is spreading like wildfire.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 6 January 1927, Page 5
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150INFLUENZA Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 6 January 1927, Page 5
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