Mortality Rate Chart

Mortality Rates in the US and Europe, Fall 1918

This chart of weekly mortalities from all causes in New York, London, Paris and Berlin, shows a spike in October and November 1918.

Across the world, the flu killed about 40 million people, or 2% of the world’s population.

Objects and Images Related to 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

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Emergency Hospital in Camp Funston, Kansas Emergency Hospital in Camp Funston, Kansas

British Troops in France British Troops in France

Mortality Rate Chart Mortality Rates in the US and Europe, Fall 1918

US Troops to Transport US Troops to Transport, New Rochelle, NY

Spanish Flu Ward Spanish Flu Ward at Walter Reed Hospital

Face Masks and Flu Ordinances Face Masks and Flu Ordinances

President Woodrow Wilson Portrait of Woodrow Wilson