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Show (INFLUENZA WOK WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 The recent re-cent epidemic of influenza in the Uni-I Uni-I tod States caused more deaths than occurred among the American expeditionary expedi-tionary forces from all causes from the time the first unit landed in France until hostilities ceased. This announcement today by tho census bureau was based on unofficial unoffi-cial estimates of the total casualties among the overseas forces and reports from forty-six cities, having a combined com-bined population of 23,000,000, which showed S2,30fi deaths from influenza and pneumonia from September 0 to November 9. "Total casualties in the American expeditionary forces," said the announcement, an-nouncement, "have recently been unofficially un-officially estimated at 100,000. On the basis of the number thus far reported, it may bo assumed that the deaths from all causes, including disease and ! accidents, are probably less than -15: per cent, and may not be niorc than! 10 per cent of the total casualties. "On this assumption the loss of lifo in the American expeditionary forces ' to date Is about -10,000 or 45,000." The total of deaths due to the in- fluenza epidemic in this country Is not known, the announcement said, as, only the forty -six cities for which fig-1 ures were given report vital statistics to the census bureau. The greatost mortality due to the epidemic, in proportion pro-portion to population, was 7.4 per 1000 In Philadelphia, and the next greatest, great-est, G.7 per thousand, was reported from Baltlmove. |