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1918 Spanish Flu in South Dakota

 

The following is a county by county breakdown of deaths by influenza in 1918. 

State of South Dakota, Department of History. Division of Vital Statistics, Thirteenth Annual Report, December 31, 1918.

 

County Influenza Deaths
Lawrence 145
Brown 118
Beadle 98
Minnehaha 95
Spink 69
Hutchinson 62
Pennington 60
Brookings 55
McPherson 53
Kingsbury 47
Walworth 47
McCook 44
Davison 44
Edmunds 40
Turner 36
Mellette 36
Miner 35
Tripp 34
Yankton 32
Charles Mix 32
Faulk 31
Clay 31
Perkins 30
Butte 28
Hughes 27
Codington 26
Fall River 26
Potter 25
Campbell 24
Day 24
Hanson 22
Hand 22
Lake 21
Moody 20
Marshall 19
Deuel 19
Brule 18
Corson 18
Aurora 18
Sanborn 17
Lincoln 17
Hamlin 15
Bon Homme 14
Haakon 14
Meade 12
Union 12
Harding 12
Jerauld 11
Stanley 10
Lyman 10
Hyde 9
Grant 9
Roberts 8
Jones 8
Clark 7
Dewey 7
Jackson 7
Douglas 6
Ziebach 5
Sully 3
Gregory 2
Buffalo 1
Custer 0
Bennett 0
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