Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1915 — Hiking Best Grip Killer. [ARTICLE]

Hiking Best Grip Killer.

The epidemic of influenza that has been troubling the city for nearly a month continued last week, according to a mortality bulletin issued yesterday by the board of health. The statement says there were 35 deaths in the city last week from this cause, or 20 more than the number for a single week in 1914. Deputy Health Commissioner Emerson says the best way to avoid catching influenza is to walk a mile in the open air twice a day. It will add 10 years to a person’s life, the doctor asserts. The number of deaths reported during the week was 1,778, compared with 1,566 in the corresponding week of 1914, the death rate increasing from 14.63 to 15.98 per thousand of population. Despite the epidemic of influenza the death rate for fne first 16 weeks of the year, 14.66, is .81 below the mortality for a similar period of 1914.—New York Sun.