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Sickness
People and soldiers started getting sick and an Army privately reported to the camp hospital just before breakfast that a soldier was complaining of fever, sore throat, and headache. After a while another soldier was then complaining almost about the same things. -
Influenza
Public health officials in Philadelphia issue a bulletin about the so called the Spanish influenza. -
Onboard
Sailors stationed onboard the Receiving Ship at Commonwealth Pier in Boston and began reporting to sick-bay with the usual symptoms of grippe, 50 cases had to be transferred to Chelsea Naval Hospital. -
Newspapers
The Massachusetts Department of Health alerts area newspapers that an epidemic is underway. Dr. John S. warns that there is probability that the disease will spread to the civilian population of the city. -
Advices
General Rupert Blue of the United States Public Health Service gives an advice to the press on how to recognize the influenza symptoms. He says to rest, eat good food, take salts of quinine, and aspirin for the sick. -
Rumor
Philip Doane spoke in Washington, D.C he fuels the rumor and speculation by blaming the Germans for the deadly influenza that was striking Americans. -
Falls ill
Edward Wagner, a Chicagoan newly settled in San Francisco, falls ill with influenza -
New cases of influenza
people gather for the 4th Liberty Loan Drive in Philadelphia and days after the parade, new cases of influenza were reported. Churches, schools, and theaters were ordered to be closed, along with all other places of public amusements.
US Surgeon General Rupert Blue set out to hire over 1,000 doctors and 700 nurses. -
Deaths
Boston registers 202 deaths from influenza, shortly thereafter the city canceled its Liberty Bond parades and sporting events and churches were closed. -
Record
Philadelphia posts the record for the month about 289 influenza related deaths in a single day. -
Vaccine
Dr. C.Y. White announces in Philadelphia that he has developed a vaccine to prevent influenza. Inoculations were delivered to the Philadelphia Board of Health and the so called vaccine played much of a role in loosening the flu’s grippe on the city. -
Death rate
New Yorkers die of influenza or the resulting pneumonia in a single day. The city’s death rate for one week is 700 times higher than normal. -
Deadliest monthh
The month turns out to be the deadliest month in the nation’s history as 195,000 Americans fall victim to influenza. -
World war I
People celebrating the end of World War I, 30,000 San Franciscans take to the streets to celebrate and many people were wearing face masks. -
Legal to remove masks
Sirens wail, letting the Franciscans know that it is safe and legal to remove their protective face masks. At that point, 2,122 are dead due to influenza. -
More deaths
The War Department records indicate that another 20,000 deaths have occurred among soldiers. -
Influenza in New Mexico
The chief clerk of the Navajo Indian reservation reports that influenza has taken the lives of more than 2,000 Navajos in Apache County, New Mexico. -
New cases
Boston reports more than 400 new cases of influenza in a single day.The epidemic will continue its lethal campaign into 1919 and It will be deemed the worst epidemic in American history.
