Thomas 'Guy' Sheringham - Influenza Pandemic of 1890-1892 - Europe and England

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3 young medical students, including Thomas 'Guy' Sheringham, from Guys Hospital London died suddenly in April 1891. I have been unable thus far to verify to the cause of death, but strongly suspect the influenza pandemic raging at that time.

Does anyone have more details on this pandemic in London at this time?

https://books.google.com/books?id=BUBYAAAAMAAJ&lpg=SL5-PA37&amp...

19 deaths from influenza in London, April 1891

Thank you!

This is an interesting tidbit also

http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2013/03/25/2892/

An increased mortality from all or most of the causes that have been mentioned characterises all influenza epidemics, and not that of 1892 alone. It is impossible to believe that the invariable coincidence between the rise of these various causes of death and influenza is accidental, and the conclusion seems inevitable that influenza itself is the determining cause, though it does not so appear in the returns furnished to the Registrar-General. This being the case, in estimating the mortality of any particular epidemic it is necessary to allow for the deaths returned under other heads than that of influenza.

Citing –On the Influenza Epidemic of 1892 in London :: BMJ 2:353-356 (1892)

Interesting indeed.

I wish the cause of death was always listed in the obituaries, as I don't always want to pay for a Death Certificate.

... Which may very well have found a different (but related) cause of death.

You should add them to the project

http://www.geni.com/projects/Influenza-1889-1890-Flu-Pandemic/28068

I will invite you to collaborate on it.

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