THE 1918 SPANISH FLU

ENDEMIC, PANDEMIC or EPIDEMIC?

LARGE CLUSTEROF DISEASE IN

LOTS OF COUNTRIES; GLOBAL

LARGE CLUSTER

OF DISEASE FOUND

REGIONALLY

NORMAL DISEASE

FOUND FROM YEAR TO YEAR

Spanish Flu Details

When = Occurred in 1918

Cause = H1N1 virus

Symptoms = Same as typical flu. More severe for some people. Led to death for many people.

Distribution = 1/3 of world population was infected. Also affected pigs.

DEATH TOLLS BY COUNTRY 1918

1918 Spanish Flu Distribution

Death Rates in USA (Male & Female)

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“The City Board of Health this afternoon issued an order closing all schools in this city beginning tomorrow morning. Schools will remain closed until further orders from the board. Parents are requested by the board to see that children are kept at home and not allowed to congregate on the street or in public places. Members of the board expressed themselves as feeling that this is most important and the co-operation of the public is asked.”

http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/slovault/2009/05/spanish-flu-of-1918-part-ii/#storylink=cpy

“Mrs. Isabella M. Williston of Atascadero died last night at Camp Fremont where for a week she was in charge of sixty cases of Spanish Influenza. Mrs. Williston was the wife of Second Lieut. Williston of the Atascadero Home Guard and chief linotype operator of the Lewis publishing interests.When a call came for volunteers to care for the sick at the army camps Mrs. Williston was among the first to respond, being sent to Camp Fremont. Funeral arrangements are as yet unannounced.”

http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/slovault/2009/05/spanish-flu-of-1918-part-ii/#storylink=cpy

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/photo-gallery/influenza/

PICTURES ABOUT THE SPANISH FLU

LETS TAKE SOME NOTES

Write a 2-3 full sentences paragraph about the Spanish flu,

including the words written in blue: infectious disease, symptoms, epidemic and

pandemic.