Ncp 001603

The Influenza Epidemic of 1918

By anschuring

  • First Cases on Influenza appear at Fort Riley, Kansas

    500 soldiers came in sick in one week.

  • The Massachusets Department of Health lets newspapers know that an epidemic is underway

  • The US government gives $1,000,000 to doctors to deal with the epidemic

  • 202 Influenza deaths reported in Boston

  • 289 Influenza deaths are reported in Philadelphia

  • First case reported in New Mexico

    This is important because the virus had remained stationary on the east coast for the most part.

  • First vaccine deployed in Philadelphia; unsuccessful

  • 869 deaths in New York in one day

  • 195,000 deaths reported in the month of October

  • Sirens signal it is safe to remove masks in San Fransisco

    2,122 were already killed in San Fransisco at that point

  • US estimates that 300,000-350,000 deaths occured from Influenza

  • 5,000 new cases reported in San Frasisco the month of December