TY - JOUR AB - Influenza in Paris The municipal statistics of Paris are published to cover periods of ten days. The last two reports show an increase of deaths of about 200 for each period. This may be attributed to diseases of the respiratory passages and to influenza, which has appeared in a virulent form. The normal average of deaths from influenza for each period is about five. The report for the last period in December was thirty-live, and for the first ten days of January, sixty. The incidence is much greater among women than among men. In a recent report, there were 310 adults with influenza in the hospitals of Paris, 117 of whom were men and 193, women. This difference (noted also during the epidemic of 1918) seems likely due to clothing worn by women which does not protect them adequately, especially light shoes and thin stockings. Among children there is not TI - PARIS JO - JAMA DO - 10.1001/jama.1924.02650340054023 DA - 1924-02-23 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-medical-association/paris-0vXMqzRhc0 SP - 644 EP - 645 VL - 82 IS - 8 DP - DeepDyve ER -