Punch,  13 (1847), 243.

Influence of the Influenza

Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Drollery

Subjects:

Disease, Government


    Describes some of the effects of the influenza on the 'public service', including the fact that Somerset House has been a 'perfect hospital' and everyone 'in attendance [...] has been speaking through a worsted comforter', while 'postmen [...] have come gasping and tottering to our doors in a most deplorable state'.



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