St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street, tents for military influenza patients, with soldiers and nurses outside

St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street, tents for military influenza patients, with soldiers and nurses outside

Patients' Rooms; Influenza, Human--epidemiology; Epidemics; Military Personnel; World War I; Hospitals--history; Hospitals, Religious

In 1918, while the United States was fighting World War I in Europe, an influenza epidemic swept the world. In Dallas, 7,000 were sickened and over 20 died. Soldiers were particularly susceptible because they lived in close quarters. Soldiers who became ill at Fort Dick (located on land that is now Dallas' Fair Park) were transferred to St. Paul Sanitarium on Bryan Street for care. With all hospital beds full, 45 tents--with 4 beds per tent--were set up on the St. Paul grounds to accommodate them.

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Milestone date: 1918

Creation date: 1918

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