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‘Ravages of Influenza’: The Human Cost of Influenza in Ireland

In: The Spanish Flu in Ireland

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This chapter examines two distinct aspects of the pandemic in Ireland, how and where did influenza enter Ireland? What was the human cost to the country? It explores theories about the origin of this global pandemic and considers how and where influenza entered Ireland as well as theories on factors contributing to the dispersal of the disease throughout the country. The global mortality figures are reviewed as well as the existing Irish figures. The Irish mortality figures are re-examined and it discusses why it is so difficult to be definitive about the number of fatalities that occurred during this influenza pandemic, and particularly so in the context of an Ireland at war. Finally mortality trends relating to age, location or occupation are examined and theories as to why the death rate in County Donegal was so high are discussed.

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  • Patricia Marsh, 2021. "‘Ravages of Influenza’: The Human Cost of Influenza in Ireland," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: The Spanish Flu in Ireland, chapter 0, pages 17-70, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-79500-9_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-79500-9_2
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