The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
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Updated: 25 Oct 2017
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Created byCaitlin Nueman
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Events
February 1918: Some people traveled
from Haskell to Funston.March 4: The Funston camp
hospital started recieving
infected soldiersMarch 18: Influenza had spread between
military camps. The sickness was
now present in Georgia.April 1918: First large scale
outbreak in Europe in Brest, FranceApril 10: First apperance of
Influenza in French ArmyLate April 1918:
Influenza struck Paris
and Italy / Intense outbreaks
occurred in the field with
German troopsMid-April 1918: The sickness
broke out in the British MilitaryJune 1918: Influenza
struck EnglandMay 1918:
Influenza reached
Spain, Portugal, GreeceJune/July 1918: The amount of
deaths due to Influenza in
England, Scotland, Wales
were at a major highJune 1918: An Influenza
epidemic swept over GermanyJuly 1918: The sickness
reached Denmark and
NorwayAugust 1918: People in Holland
and Sweden began suffering from
InfluenzaMay 29: Influenza reached Bombay,
Calcutta, Madras, Rangoon / Shanghai was reachedSeptember 1918: The flu
reached New Zealand and
Australia
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