Salt Lake Telegram | 1906-12-31 | Page 6 | "Gastric Influenza," due to Plum Pudding, is the Latest Malady

B5J-2 TC mil P'JSKFJfl, :. ,-;, '-v'-v .: ' .-s r'lr..t LONDON, Dec. 31.-7-The Daily Express reports that a newly discovered disease, termed by the doctors Agastric Agas-tric influenza," is prevalent in London as an accompaniment accompani-ment of the Christmas festivities. Influenza,' it is stated, always attacks the weakest spot in its victim, and this has given rise to the suggestion that the present scourge owes its origin to an indulgence in plum pudding and mince pies. The doctors, however, do not all hold to this view. The deaths in London last week, due to influenza, numbered 82, as compared with 43 the previous week.