Report on the pandemic of influenza, 1918-19 / Ministry of Health.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Health.
Date:
1920
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Credit: Report on the pandemic of influenza, 1918-19 / Ministry of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AUTUMN. September, October, November, December, 1918. Females -| — 1 6 6 a 6 6 | 14 Percentage | — |5°5/7°6|5-5 ame ae 4:°9|2-97/4-5] — | - Males = - 62 1) 2 = = 1 Percentage Pan Gen oe ay i, 8:2 WINTER. January, Febuary, March, 1919. Females -. |. - | 1 Dees sind) ei|...0 filo | Lbs. 8 3 | — | ~ 70 Percentage — |5°5}1°214°6)8°5|6°3) 8-4 |11-J]11°8]13-°1/ 6-8] - | deel cop Males -| = 1 5 | 10 | OO a, a a 5 a ee = ee J ee 1 | - | 59 Percentage = 14°71 8°919-0)7°377°8]7°6)10°7| 7-1i1L-6) - ee —~ | 7:9 i | In the summer wave the high incidence in the 20 to 25 years group was mainly due to the excessive number of females affected, whereas in the Autumn wave both sexes in the group (35-45) with the largest incidence appeared to suffer equally. In the groups 45 to 55 in the Winter wave again the proportion of females was larger than that of males. Children and persons over 55 years of age in all three waves escaped comparatively lightly, although in the Autumn wave the incidence among children of 2-5 years was six times and in the Winter wave was three times as heavy as it was in the Summer wave. 3. Occupational Incidence.-The occupations of those affected is shown as follows :—~ TABLE X. Incidence of Occupation. Percentage affected. | affected. 116 29° | Housewife - - - - - - 395 3 Scholar - . - - : - 360 | 82 22°7 Tronworker : “ : . - U59 4 4.0 25-4 Child under school age _ - - - 218 19 8:7 Wireworker - - - - - 72 14 19°4 Rubberworker - - - - - 21 10 47 °6 Shop assistant - - - - - 22 8 36°6 Railwaymen - - . eee 35 20°0 Clerk - - - - See - 21 7 33°3 Soap maker ; eee - - 39 7 17°9 Cotton operative - eee - 49 5 10°2 Tannery and leather worker . . | 30 | 5 16°6 56 5) 8°9 No occupation - —- i : :