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Preface

<table border="1" cellpadding="1" width="600"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> Section </td> <td width="50"> Page </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> Cover and General Contents </td> <td> i </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> Chief Medical Officer's Introduction </td> <td width="50"> iv </td> </tr> </tbody></table> PART 1 - Influenza in Great Britain and Ireland

<table border="1" cellpadding="1" width="600"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> Part 1: Contents </td> <td width="50"> 1-2 </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50"> 1 </td> <td> The History of Influenza in England,1658-1911 </td> <td width="50"> 3 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 2 </td> <td> A General Statistical Study of the Influenzas of 1918-19 in the United Kingdom </td> <td> 35 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 3 </td> <td> Clinical Features of the Epidemics of 1918-19 </td> <td> 66 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 4 </td> <td> The Bacteriology of the Influenzas of 1918-19 </td> <td> 110 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 5 </td> <td> The Infectivity of Influenza </td> <td> 127 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 6 </td> <td> Natural Immunity and the Protection conferred by a previous Attack of Influenza </td> <td> 131 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 7 </td> <td> The relation between Meteorological Conditions and the Death Rate from Respiratory Diseases with particular reference to Influenza </td> <td> 150 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 8 </td> <td> Domestic Overcrowding and Influenza </td> <td> 164 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 9 </td> <td> The General and Special Prophylaxis of Influenza </td> <td> 173 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 10 </td> <td> A General Discussion of the Epidemiology of Influenza </td> <td> 182 </td> </tr> </tbody></table> PART 2 - Influenza in Foreign Countries, 1918-19

<table border="1" cellpadding="1" width="600"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> Part 2: Contents </td> <td> 197 </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50"> 1 </td> <td> Europe and the Western Hemisphere </td> <td width="50">
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</td> <td> Chapter 1 Contents and Introduction </td> <td> 199 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>
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</td> <td> United States of America </td> <td> 281 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 2 </td> <td> Australasia and Parts of Africa and Asia, by Lieut.-Col. S. P. James, MD. </td> <td> 349 </td> </tr> </tbody></table> PART 3 - Appendicies

<table border="1" cellpadding="1" width="600"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> Appendicies: Contents </td> <td width="50"> 387 </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="90"> Appendix 1 </td> <td> Report on Incidence of Influenza in the University and Borough of Cambridge, and in the Friends' School, Saffron Walden </td> <td> 388 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Appendix 2 </td> <td> Report on an Inquiry into the recent Epidemic of Influenza in the County Borough of Leicester </td> <td> 445 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Appendix 3 </td> <td> Analysis of the results of a Block Census undertaken in Manchester in December 1918 </td> <td> 456 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Appendix 4 </td> <td> Report on the Epidemic of Influenza in Manchester, 1918-19. </td> <td> 471 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Appendix 5 </td> <td> Report on Influenza amongst the employees of two firms of chemical manufacturers, Messrs. the United Alkali Company of Widnes, and Messrs the Castner Kellner Company of Runcorn, together with?for control purposes?certain figures relating to the incidence of the disease amongst Ironworkers </td> <td> 521 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Appendix 6 </td> <td> Report on an Investigation of Epidemic Influenza in the County Borough of South Shields, 1919 </td> <td> 529 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Appendix 7 </td> <td> Report on an investigation of the incidence and effects of Influenza among the Population of Warrington (Lancs.) </td> <td> 539 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Appendix 8 </td> <td> Analysis of an Influenza Census at Newcastle-upon-Tyne </td> <td> 556 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Appendix 9 </td> <td> Summary of Results of an inquiry at Wigan </td> <td> 564 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Appendix 10 </td> <td> Summary of Results of an Inquiry at Blackburn </td> <td> 567 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Appendix 11 </td> <td> Extract from a Report on the incidence of Influenza on certain classes of Workers in the Southern Section of the Swansea Valley </td> <td> 573 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Appendix 12 </td> <td> Note on the Periodicity of Influenza </td> <td> 575</td></tr></tbody></table>
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