LinkLinks Washingtonian: The Forgotten Epidemic: A Century Ago, DC Lost Nearly 3,000 Residents to Influenza By Editor On Oct 31, 2018 41 Share In October of 1918, during the last stages of World War I, major US cities were swept by a devastating wave of Spanish influenza. Washington was especially hit hard: an estimated 50,000 cases were reported from October 1918 to February 1919, affecting more than 10 percent of the city’s population at the time. In total, approximately 3,000 DC residents died on account of the virus. DC History 41 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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