Over 18,000 influenza cases had been reported to Detroit’s Department of Health

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By Nov. 20, 1918, over 18,000 influenza cases had been reported to Detroit’s Department of Health, and almost 1,700 had died. Cases resurged again in early 1919 before dissipating at last.

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Source: Influenza Encyclopedia, University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine
Credit: Courtesy University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine.