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. 2012 Feb;105(2):66–73. doi: 10.1258/jrsm.2012.110249

Table 1.

Detailed listing of historical influenza outbreaks in institutions and small societies

Location and reference Type Year Group Number in group Attack rate %
“Shaftsbury”, Exmouth3 Training ship 1890 Boys 395 51.6
“Mount Edgecumbe”, Saltash3 Training ship 1890 Boys 196 43.4
1890 Officers 12 33.3
St Mary's Orphanage, Southall3 Orphanage 1890 Boys 601 12.6
1890 Staff 24 25
London Orphan Asylum3 Orphanage 1890 Boys 302 23.2
1890 Girls 167 26.4
1890 Officers 21 9.5
1890 Servants 28 14.3
Gordon Boy's Home, Chobham3 School 1890 Boys 185 45.9
1890 Staff 32 18.8
Kerrison Reformatory3 School 1890 Boys 87 77
King Edward's Schools3 School 1890 Girls 240 72.9
1890 Staff 14 14.3
Industrial Schools, Swinton3 School 1890 Children 589 29
1890 Staff 33 30.3
Pentonville3 Prison 1890 Prisoners in solitary labour 1126 5.7
1890 Prisoners in associated labour 220 12.4
1890 Prisoners in associated labour (not including the wheel) 120 17.7
1890 Warders 98 19.2
Wormwood Scrubs3 Prison 1890 Prisoners in associated labour 188 22.9
1890 Prisoners in solitary labour 231 5.2
1890 Warders 86 11
Wandsworth3,13 Prison 1890 Prisoners 902 18
1890 Warders 87 22
Birmingham3,12 Prison 1890 Male prisoners 289 14.5
1890 Female prisoners 58 29.3
1890 Warders 49 16.3
Asylum for Imbeciles, Dareth3 Asylum 1890 Male patients 495 8.1
1890 Female patents 610 10.1
1890 Male staff 37 35
1890 Female staff 69 14.3
School for Imbecile Children, Dareth3 School 1890 Male children, workers 25 56
1890 Female children, workers 37 29
1890 Male children at school 226 11
1890 Female children at school 105 9.5
1890 Helpless male children 142 10.6
1890 Helpless female children 115 0
King's College School, Cambridge2 School 1918 Boys 24 58.3
Friends' School, Saffron Walden2 School 1918 Children 163 88.7
San Quentin, California10 Prison 1918 Prisoners first wave 1900 27
1918 Prisoners second wave 1900 3.7
1918 Prisoners third wave 1900 3.1
HMS Africa23 Naval vessel 1918 Crew 779 75
HMS Britannia23 Naval vessel 1918 Crew 800 58
HMS Weymouth23 Naval vessel 1918 Crew 437 55
HMS Newcastle23 Naval vessel 1918 Crew 450 51
RN School Greenwich23 School 1918 Boys 1000 63
1920 Boys 1000 44
Junior Village16 Children's home 1957 Children 3 – 5 years 37 100
1957 Children 6 – 12 years 124 70
1957 Children 13 – 17 years 62 62
Ramsey Unit II, Texas11 Prison 1972 Prisoners 213 69
US Air Force Academy, Colorado19 Barracks 1972 Solders 3935 19.8
Christ's Hospital, Horsham17 School 1976 Pupils 859(average) 24
1978 Pupils 859(average) 49
Queen Margaret's school, Escrick, York24 School 1978 Girls 248 64.6
Christ's Hospital, Horsham17 School 1980 Pupils 859(average) 23
1983 Pupils 859(average) 29
1986 Pupils 859(average) 21
Hellenic Air Force recruit training centre, southern Greece5 Barracks 1996 Recruits 1304 45.4
USS Arkansas4 Naval vessel 1996 Crew >500 42
Sheffield8 Nursing home 1997 Nursing home A, upper floor 30 83
1997 Nursing home A, lower floor 30 67
1997 Nursing home A, staff 73 15
1997 Nursing home B 28 57
1997 Nursing home C 50 25
Psychiatric unit, New South Wales6 Prison 2000 Prisoners 17 35
2000 Staff 24 13
Infectious disease Ward, Barcelona25 Hospital 2001 Staff 57 29
2001 Patents 23 34
IDF base, Israel18 Barracks 2002 Solders, acute respiratory illness 3000 4.7
2002 Solders, of which influenza like illness 3000 2.8
San Patrignano, Italy7 Drug Rehab 2004 All patients 1310 15.9
2004 HIV positive 171 25.7
Long term care facilities, USA26 Nursing home 2009 Residents, Colorado 39 28.2
2009 Staff, Colorado 25 40
2009 Residents, Maine 125 6
2009 Staff, Maine 175 5
2009 Residents, New York 368 11
2009 Staff, New York 615 22
First Nations community, Canada22 Isolated community 2009 General population 3200 18
Alexander Maconochie Centre, Australia20 Prison 2009 Prisoners 140 8.6
ATC 13121 Naval vessel 2009 Crew 355 22