The influenza outbreaks of 1918 to 1919 also known as Spanish flu pandemic. First reported in Haskell County in Kansas in March of 1918 the disease spread throughout the world and may have killed as many as 25 million people.
    

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A monster representing an influenza virus hitting a man over the head as he sits in his armchair. Pen and ink drawing by E. Noble, c. 1918.

Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919

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Catalogue

Britain and the 1918-19 influenza pandemic : a dark epilogue / Niall Johnson.

Living with enza : the forgotten story of Britain and the great flu pandemic of 1918 / Mark Honigsbaum.

A history of the great influenza pandemics : death, panic and hysteria, 1830-1920 / by Mark Honigsbaum.

Astounding attitude of the Sheffield City Council's Health Committe : startling statistics and deplorable death-rate / by F. Philip Dyson.

Black flu 1918 : the story of New Zealand's worst public health disaster / Geoffrey W. Rice.