Garland City Globe | 1918-12-21 | Page 8 | 359 Cases of "Flu"

" 359 CASES OF "FLU" Sinco tho influenza epidemic hit Brlgham City we havo had '359 cases, twenty-four developed develop-ed into pneumonia and sixteen died of the disease. There are now not to exceed 70 cases in tho city and all, apparently, are getting along flno. This is the Information secured secur-ed from the health officers Sun-d Sun-d a y. It is a well known .fact, however, that for good reasons-all reasons-all bad colds and "grip" in tho city aro called influenza.and are being treated for influenza to be on- the safe side. So that this year we aro having no colds or lagrlppe llko wo have had other years. It is a safo bet that ono half of the cases in the city now are colds and tho old fashioned "grlpp"and that Is considered by everybody as "bad c o u g h." iTho doctors are not to be criticized criti-cized for calling it the "flu" for tlie symptoms in both cases are : practically the same, Box Elder ; Journal.