Salt Lake Telegram | 1904-02-17 | Page 2 | Pneumonia Prevalent |

Type	issue
Date	1904-02-17
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
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Article Title	Pneumonia Prevalent
Type	article
Date	1904-02-17
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Page	2
OCR Text	Show PNEUMONIA PREVALENT Chicago Physicians Kept Busy and Hospitals : Overcrowded. CHICAGO, Feb. 17. Pneumonia, Influenza In-fluenza and bronchitis are keeping Chicago Chi-cago physicians busy. Nearly every hospital in the city has one or more cases of pneumonia, while the less serious se-rious diseases are even more prevalent. Added to these are the far greater number of cases treated at home, making mak-ing the list of sufferers a long one. The situation is complicated by the fact that nearly every one of Chicago's big hospitals is filled and unable to take more patients. ' Of the 660 deaths reported last week by the Health department. 175- were from pneumonia, while thirty-seven were from cases of bronchitis and influenza. influ-enza. . ,..-:
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