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There were enrolled at Harvard on October 1, 3,193 students. The first case of influenza occurred on September 20. There were 227 cases of influenza reported; of these there were 46 cases of broncho-pneumonia, with five deaths. There were two waves to the epidemic; the first wave height was in October and the second the last of November. The weather conditions were not severe nor particularly unfavorable at either time. The epidemic abated at the university largely because of the demobilization of the Student Army Training Corps. At that time it was still prevalent in Cambridge and Greater Boston.

At Yale University the disease first appeared in the New Haven Hospital on September 21. There were registered in all departments of the university 2,265 students. Up to the date of December 24, 1,013 cases have been treated. The number of deaths from broncho-pneumonia has been 249. At the height of the epidemic, which occurred in the third week of October, typical fall weather prevailed. An unusually clear, dry October with very little rain, much sunshine and rather low humidity was the weather report.