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A very slight fall in the rate of death from cancer of lung
and disease of arteries is shown in Tottenham, but for cancer as a
whole there is a very slight rise,
Asian Influenza
Following outbreaks of influenza in the Far East in mid April,
the spread of the disease was observed in the daily press. Every
body was thus kept informed of "Asian Flu"': and it received more
attention than it probably deserved.
In early June the Ministry of Health circulated information on
the outbreaks. From this it was apparent that onset was sudden
and that most cases were clinically mild with headache. generalised
pains and fever lasting two or three days, and followed by about
4 days disability.
Later in the month cases were reported in England and some
were confirmed pathologically. In Tottenham the first case
occurred in late August; with similar symptoms as above Throat
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and nasal swabs were taken but isolation of the virus was not consfirmed
by Colindale Public Health Laboratory
By September influenza began to spread and definite cases
appeared. Fortunately most cases were mild; but the young and
the aged were more liable to complications.
Large numbers of persons were confined to bed each week and
the Local Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance Offices kept
the department informed of the weekly sick rate. The number of
new sickness claims reached 4,456 over a four week period compared
with the average figure of 1,104. The epidemic then receded, the