Warning of future pandemics

LONDON: The report of the Ministry of Health furnishes a grave warning, which is applicable to the whole world, of the possibility of further epidemics similar to the influenza outbreaks of 191819, which were responsible for more deaths than those which occurred during the war. A number of the most eminent men state that the world’s outlook in regard to future pestilence is gloomy. The report emphasises that influenza is a mystery disease. Despite all bacteriological tests and other data, medical men are at a loss to define the