Revised Statistics
Show Increase of Deaths Due to Flu
Washington—The influenza epidemic which swept the country
during the latter part of last year caused 111,683 deaths in the 46 largest
cities and increased the combined death rate for those communities in 1918 to
19.6 per thousand, according to statistics made public by the census bureau.
Total figures for the country were not available.
Baltimore with 26.8 per thousand and Nashville with 26.4 had
the highest rates of the registration cities, while St. Paul with 13.9 and
Minneapolis and Grand Rapids with 14 each had the lowest.
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