5,572 –12,472

lornajarrettblanchard March 1, 1891

Document created by Wayne Blanchard, Dec 2019, for website: Deadliest American Disasters and Large-Loss-Of-Life Events. https://www.usdeadlyevents.com/

— 12,472 Blanchard compilation based on State breakouts below.

California ( 13)

— 13 Apr USMHS. Weekly…San. Rpts., V.VI, N21, 5-22-1891, 239

Connecticut ( 33)

— 33 Statewide Apr USMHS. Weekly…San. Rpts., V.VI, N21, 5-22-1891, 239

— 26 “ May USMHS. Weekly…San. Rpts., V.VI, N26, 6-26-1891, 294.

Chicago, IL (6,800)

–6,800 Mar-Apr Evans. “The 1890 Epidemic…Influenza…Chicago…” ~1918, 845.

Iowa ( 17)

— 17 Statewide Apr USMHS. Weekly…San. Rpts., V.VI, N23, 6-5-1891, 261.

Michigan ( 14)

— 14 Detroit Apr USMHS. Weekly…San. Rpts., V.VI, N22, 5-29-1891, 251

Missouri ( 13)

— 13 Kansas City Apr USMHS. Weekly…San. Rpts., V.VI, N22, 5-29-1891, 252

New York (5,572)

–1,000 Statewide Mar USMHS. Weekly…San. Rpts., V.VI, N23, 6-5-1891, 261.

–4,500^[1] “ Apr USMHS. Weekly…San. Rpts., V.VI, N23, 6-5-1891, 261.

— 33 Buffalo Apr USMHS. Weekly…San. Rpts., V.VI, N27, 7-3-1891, 304.

— 13 “ May USMHS. Weekly…San. Rpts., V.VI, N27, 7-3-1891, 304.

— 26 Rochester Last week Dec Peck. History…Rochester, Monroe Co., NY, V1. 1908, 107

Rhode Island ( 10)

— 10 Apr USMHS. Weekly…San. Rpts., V.VI, N22, 5-29-1891, 252

Narrative Information

Chicago, IL

“In 1891 the disease recurred for we find Dr. J. D. Ware, then health commissioner, saying in his annual report, “During March and April there were 3,400 deaths in each month largely due to pneumonia and influenza which seemed to be epidemic”.” (Evans and Heckard (MD’s, Chicago Dept. of Health), ~1918, p. 845.)

Rochester, NY

In the latter part of 1889 the malady known as the grip (an Anglicization of the French form, la grippe) made its first appearance here, and throughout the succeeding winter it was very prevalent, being directly fatal in many cases but in a greater number bringing with it lifelong infirmity and the susceptibility to other diseases; the next year it was just as bad, twenty-six deaths occurring from it during the closing week of 1891…” (Peck 1908, 107)

Sources

Evans, W.A. and M.O. Heckard (Chicago Dept. of Health). “The 1890 Epidemic of Influenza in Chicago and Its Influence on Mortality, 1890 to 1893 Inclusive.” Circa 1918. Accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1362262/pdf/amjphealth00232-0033.pdf

Peck, William F. History of Rochester and Monroe County, New York (Vol. 1). NY & Chicago: Pioneer Publishing Co., 1908. Digitized by Google at: http://books.google.com/books?id=ivssAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false

United States Marine Hospital Service, Treasury Department. Abstract of Sanitary Reports, Vol. VI, No’s 1-52,1891. Digitized by Google at: http://books.google.com/books?id=ZMAsAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false

[1] “…in April [“the epidemic of influenza or la grippe”] has apparently been the cause of 4,500 to 5,000 deaths, excess above April, 1890, all allowances being made.” (NY Monthly Bulletin for April, in: USMHS. Weekly…San. Rpts., V.VI, N23, 5 June 1891, 261.)