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end of October, but during the succeeding months remained somewhat higher than it had been previous to the epidemic.
Two other diseases which offered difficult problems for the medical force were measles and spinal meningitis. Measles
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/WWI/officialthumbnails/94040973o320141p1.jpgDiagram 56: Deaths per 1,000 soldiers each week in the United States, showing effect of influenza epidemic.
was prevalent during the first year of the war, and was particularly dangerous as the predecessor of pneumonia. After vigorous efforts to control it, the number of cases was greatly reduced. Meningitis has caused nearly 2,000 deaths, ranking next to pneumonia as shown in diagram 55. Both of these
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contagious diseases were largely the result of bringing numbers of men together in the confinement of camps and cantonments where the control of contagion is difficult. In the case
Diagram 57: Venereal cases in hospitals among each 10,000 men in the American Expeditionary Forces.
of measles, men from rural communities who had not been immunized by previous exposure were particularly susceptible.
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Todesrate durch Grippe: 1 von 250 Soldaten starb damals PRO WOCHE! Genau hinsehen. es ist nicht pro Jahr, sondern pro Woche. Und es ist noch pro Infiziertem, sondern pro Anwesendem.
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