INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.
REPORTS FROM EUROPE. (BY TEIiEGHiPH-PEESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Jail. 23. The Minister of Health, the Hon. J. A. Young, has received a cablegram from the High Commissioner stating that the influenza figures show au increase in the number of deaths in England. In 105 great towns, including London, death® numbered 326 for the week ending January 15. Deaths in the County of London numbered 137 ; and in greater London 233. Notifications of pneumonia totalled 1867, showing a slight decrease. So far London is chiefly affected by a mild type of the disease. Complications are rare and confined principally to children and the aged. On the Continent, there is practically no change. The disease is prevalent in France, in Switzerland it is decreasing, but Germany reports an increase in influenza cases, but generally of a mild type. Although Europe is generally affected, influenza is not prevalent in Austria or the Irish Free State.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 24 January 1927, Page 5
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