Influenza Figures Rank Buffalo High For Public Health

• Last night, Health Commissioner Frank C. Gram said that the city is done with the epidemic, but there are still lingering effects.• “The death rate remains high yet is decreasing day by day.”• In the 24-hour period ending at 11 pm last night, there were 24 new cases and 7 deaths, including 6 from influenza and 1 from pneumonia.• Statistics have been calculated only for October so far, since November data are still being sorted.• Influenza hit hardest individuals between 20-40 years old, as was the same with pneumonia. • Men were affected more than women.• There is a table of the 1,435 influenza deaths in October, divided by age.• The article also gives this breakdown: it lists 4,418 of these as being white, but this number exceeds the total number they list of 1,435, I do not know if that is a typo. They then list 17 as “colored.”• Other breakdowns: 784 males and 651 females; 689 single and 689 married, 53 widowed, 4 divorced.• Pneumonia tables show 281 deaths in October, hitting hardest among those in midlife.• Bronco pneumonia is described separately, and the article lists 189 total victims, 110 of which were under five years old.• Statistics compiled by the United States health dept. for October showed that Buffalo had better outcomes than most other cities.• The article lists several types of death rates for various cities, as well.• Health Commissioner Gram said that criticisms have been made of the precautionary measures recommended by the dept. of health.• Dr. Gram also said that it would be difficult to know which measures in particular helped most, but rather that the combination was successful. • Dr. Gram also says that the vaccine was suggested as a prophylactic measure, and that there is not a “record of a single death occurring in a case in which the influenza vaccine had been used.”• At the moment, the total number of cases is reported as 24,608, and 2,248 total deaths – this includes 1,644 from influenza, 353 from pneumonia, and 251 from broncho pneumonia.• 948 patients were taken to public hospitals in October, and by the end of the month, there were 497 cases there. Now, there are under 100 cases in the hospital, and all of them are at the Central High school hospital.• Most individuals who died, that were admitted to the hospital, did so within two days of being admitted. If individuals were admitted earlier than this “acute stage,” they had better chances of recovery.Newspaper article5