INFLUENZA TAKES HEAVY TOLL IN U.S.A.
12,000 DEATHS IN 65 CITIES. ROLL OF VICTIMS GROWING STEADILY. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Sunday, 7 p.m. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. The United States Census Bureau has reported the influenza epidemic is now in its ninth week and has taken over 12,000 lives in the 05 principal cities. Weekly reports have shown a steady rise in deaths from influenza and pneumonia since November 3, the latest of which, for the week ending December 29, showed 2,957 deaths from both diseases. Additional deaths are expected before the epidemic passes.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6804, 7 January 1929, Page 6
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95INFLUENZA TAKES HEAVY TOLL IN U.S.A. Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6804, 7 January 1929, Page 6
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