Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-11-18 | Page 7 | Death Prize Won by Flu Mars Takes Second Place Scourge Worse than War

Death Prize Won by Flu m m m MARS TAKES SECOND PLACE . m m m Scourge WorseThanjWar Total Casualties of A. E. -F. Are 100,000, With Less Than 45 Per Cent Deaths; Flu Fatalities Ureater. : THE present epidemic of Spanish lnfluenxa, which swept over the . nation In a few short weeks, caused mora deaths than occurred oc-curred among the American expeditionary expedi-tionary forces from all causes from the time the first' unit landed in France until hostilities ceased. This announcement reached Salt Lake today in official press dispatches from the United States census bureau. The report is baaed on unofficial estimates esti-mates of the total casualties among the overseas forces and report from forty-six cities having a combined j population of 23,000.000, which showed 82,304 deaths from influenza and pneumonia from September to November No-vember 9. "Total casualties' in the American ! expeditionary forces," says the, announcement, an-nouncement, "have recently been unofficially un-officially estimated at 100.000. On the limns nf the nuinlrei thus lf reported it may be assumed that the deaths from all causes. Including; disease and accidents, are probably less than 45 per cent, and may not be more than per cent of the total casualties. Tm this assumption the lows of life in the American expeditionary forces to date Is about 40,000 or 45,000." The report states that the total deaths due to influenza cannot be estimated esti-mated at this time, as all cities have not reported their vital statistics to the census bureau. The greatest mortality mor-tality due to the epidemic in proportion propor-tion was 7.4 per thousand In Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, and the next greatest, .7 per thousand in Baltimore. San Kranc4sco churches and theatres were opened exactly a month after the closing order was issued by health authorities. au-thorities. The disease has been entirely en-tirely eradicated, according toa dispatch dis-patch today. The epidemic caused 1969 deaths there In four weeks. Only twenty-nine new cases and one death were reported in Halt Lake yes-l yes-l terday as a result of the epidemic Health authorities say the situation Is rapidly clearing and that the scourge has almost entirely lost Its epidemic character. Captain Samuel V. Hrooks. engineer corps. V. H. A, died In the isolation' hospital at Ft. Douglas yesterday from influenza-pneumonia. Captain Brooks j reported at the local post from San Francisco two weeks sgo. He Is the first officer to die at the post as a re- j stilt of Influenza.