“All authorities agree that the present visitation of influenza, so far as numbers affected, is much less serious than anything prevailing last summer.” An article on the current spread of influenza on page 4 takes an unfortunate downplaying view in hindsight given what would happen over the winter. An article below this from South Africa gives a grimmer picture that is closer to the reality of what would turn out to be the deadliest flu pandemic in human history.