Influenza in Spokane, 1918-1919
This file appears in: Spanish Influenza Victims, Riverside Cemetery
Narrator: Julie Y. Russell
Photo Credits:
Keirsten E. Snover's M.A. Thesis, "The Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919: The Spokane Experience."
King County Website - Health Services
Flu.gov website
Spokane Newspapers, 1918-1919
This file appears in: Spanish Influenza Victims, Riverside Cemetery
Spanish Influenza Victims, Riverside Cemetery
Spokane: Another statistic of the 1918 influenza pandemic. In fact, Spokane's mortality rate was nearly three times the national average, 6%. The Spanish flu, as it was commonly called, first…