Item 05: Walter Bruce Rainsford diary, 1 January-31 December 1918 - Page 142

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[See image for sketch of Cape Town & Table Bay, South Africa.]
just swept over South Africa and from which no less than 50,000 people, black & white have died in the Union. In Cape Town alone there have been 18,000 deaths, 10,000 taking place in the first fortnight of the epidemic. The influenza was at its worst from 9th to 20th Oct. and the natives died in scores, motor lorries & carts going round and collecting the bodies. Now everything is alright again but every precaution is being

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