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

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Health.
Date:
1920
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report on the pandemic of influenza, 1918-19 / Ministry of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dd4 Influenza Death-Rate per 1,000 of the Population in the Age and Sea oreune obtained from the Statistics of Ration Cards. en cgi 5. 10. 15a eae ges, Males :— Rate per 1,000 4.°(0 43 8°0 296 “2 7°2 Females :— Rate per 1,000 he? 10*5 70 3:6 2° 7. 6°4 The death-rate per 1,000 among the female population at any age-group appears to have been higher than among the males except in the case of children 2—5 (males 8 and females 7 per 1,000). The following tables show the number of deaths that occurred in the various age-periods during the three waves :— SUMMER. ok Ne) . 4 . . ; - és ¥ : is &~ = ae me. |S ORS te fe eg see oases fost th aoen eo aoats ele q = e i= | © | | Females. - 1 - = 3 ~ 2 3 6 4 3 1 -.| 23 Males - _ 3 - 2 4 8 4 74 1 - 24 AUTUMN. Fem les i) 3) ER |r FOP 8818128) eisege 7 oe ede toe Male - ] — | 10 le 1 4 SAA aki 16 8 {11 5 4 80 | WINTER. Females 3 4 9 5 ] 4 ode art A 9 6 | 10 4 5 ris Males = 2 3 7 4 - 1 Be bss 9 5 9 7 - 64 i Population from Ration Cards :— Females - - - : - - - - 38,116 Males - - - : . - - - 30,561 Total Female deaths, 223 = 5°8 per 1,000. » Male A 168 = 9°4 - A striking feature is the fact that there were few deaths among males of the age-periods 10-25 compared with the number of female deaths at the same ages, From our investigation, however, the actual incidence of illness among males was higher than among females of those ages. males (females, 5°8 per 1,000; males, 5:4 per 1,000). In the Summer wave the deaths among females were very similar both in number and age-group affected to those occurring among males, but the death-rates worked out on the population estimated from the Ration Cards was: males, 7 per 1,000; females, °6 per 1,000. ON a a a ee a ee ee Te a ee a Se ie Retbene el i EE ei ie ee tee - val ee yee