Show I Influenza n aen za zaMore J Is J More Deadly 1 ir b TT fl T Than Big War WASHINGTON Nov O 1 17 The Tho I recent epidemic of influenza In ln tho the United States caused more deaths than occurred among the American expeditionary forces Corces Cromall from Crom all causes from the time tho rho first unit landed In France until ho hostilities hostilities hos hos- ceased This announcement today b by the census bureau was based on unofficial unofficial estimates c of or the total cas ens- casualties casualtIes among mong the overseas O forces and reports from flom six forty cities leaving having a n. combined 1 population of oC which showed ed deaths from Influenza and pneumonia pneumonIa pneumonia nia from flom September 9 D to November Novem o November ber 0 9 Total casualties In the American Ameri Ameri- can expeditionary forces Corce said tho the announcement have ha recently been unofficially estimated at On tho the basis of the number thus far reported It may be as assumed that the the deaths from all alJ causes I Including I ng d disease and accidents are arc probably less than 45 15 per cent an and may not ho bo moro mono than 10 per percent percent percent cent of the total casualties On this assumption Chit tho loss 1088 of ot life Ute In the American e expeditionary forces to date is about or Tine Tho total of or deaths due clue to the influenza epidemic in this country countr Is not not- known the announcement I said as only the six forty cities for tor which tI figures ures were given report vital statistics to the census bu hu hureau hu- hu reau react Tho The greatest reate t mortality due to the epidemic in proportion to population was 7 7 74 4 per pcr 1000 In Philadelphia and the next greatest 67 per thousand was reported from I Baltimore |