INFLUENZA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17934, 30 October 1918, Page 7

INFLUENZA.

MORTALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and K.Z. Cablo Association. CAPE TOWN, October 28. An official statement estimates tho deaths resulting from tho epidemic in tho Capo Peninsula alono at 7500, of whom 25 per cent were Europeans. At Kimberloy the death roll is now nearly 5000. It is probable that the total mortality in the Union approximates 20,000. Tho opidemic is everywhere abating, except in Rhodosia, where it is at its height. HEAVY DEATH ROLL IN VIENNA. SEVERE EPIDEMIC IN INDIA. (Received October 29, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 28. The influenza epidemic is world-wide. India, South Africa. Argentina and] Scandinavia report the prevalence or the disease. Thero have been 13,394 deaths in Bombay alono, and 1753 died tin a week in Vienna. The suppl- of Coffins in Vienna is exhausted. Some bodies wero kept in ice for weeks and then were buried in paper sacks. Fifty-eight people wero picked up in London streets on Saturday and Sunday. Tho East Ham Council ha 4 closed tho elementary schools, and has forbidden children to attend kinemas.