The Spanish flu epidemic in Florence 1918-1920. Suggestions for a review of epidemiological figures and models
Journal title PASSATO E PRESENTE
Author/s Giovanni Gozzini
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2024/122
Language Italian Pages 21 P. 22-42 File size 187 KB
DOI 10.3280/PASS2024-122003
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The article examines the 1918-1920 excess mortality data from Spanish flu epidemic in Florence, Italy. Two local documentary sources (the statistical abstracts published by the town administration and the admission registers of the Florence main hospital) provide empirical evidence for a revision of the national mortality data. The Italian case-study shows a pronounced excess mortality among women, as it happened even in England and India. Specific social and epidemiological expla- nations are debated. The Spanish flu was not socially-neutral; it did not change the traditional nexus between economic poverty and sanitary vulnerability.
Keywords: Spanish flu epidemic, mortality statistics, demography, epidemiology, gender
Giovanni Gozzini, L’epidemia di Spagnola a Firenze 1918-1920. Spunti per una revisione di conteggi e modelli epidemiologici in "PASSATO E PRESENTE" 122/2024, pp 22-42, DOI: 10.3280/PASS2024-122003