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DR A. LOCKHART GILLESPIE ON 



The percentages are added to enable a comparison to be made between the different 

 periods, without the varying element of different admission-rates intruding. 



Reference to the first of these tables — that one which deals with the epidemic 

 periods — reveals that in the 9 weeks of the first epidemic, that of 1889-90, every third 

 case admitted suffered from disease of the Respiratory system. The normal proportion 

 was a little over one in every five. Cases of Pneumonia and Pleurisy were very much 

 more numerous than usual, while the number of deaths occurring in hospital were only 

 slightly raised over the mean for the year. Putting it in another way, we find that 

 the number of Respiratory cases admitted in the 9 weeks were increased 47 p.c, of 

 Pneumonia 50 p.c, and of Pleurisy 64 p.c. above the normal. On the other hand, 

 diseases of the Circulatory and Nervous systems were below the normal, the Nervous as 



Table VII. — Showing 



Admissions and Percentages during the Six Epidemics. 





Totals. 



Weekly. 



Normal 



Percentage to 



Normal 





Weekly. 



Admissions. 



Percentage. 



1889-90. 9 Weeks. 













Total Admissions, . 



615 



68-3 



67-8 



100-8 



100-0 



Respiratory System, 







204 



22-6 



15-3 



33-1 



22-3 



Pneumonia, 







36 



4-0 



2-69 



5-8 



3-96 



Pleurisy, 







41 



4-5 



2-8 



6-6 



4-1 



Circulatory System, 







41 



4-5 



5-01 



6-6 



7-3 



Kidney Diseases, 







33 



3-5 



3-4 



5-3 



5-1 



Acute Rheumatism, 







17 



1-8 



1-98 



2-7 



2-94 



Nervous System, 







87 



9-66 



11-3 



14-1 



16-8 



Digestive System, . 







86 



9-55 



8-9 



13-9 



13-0 



Mortality, 







67 



7-4 



6-88 



10-9 



io-i 



1891. 13 Weeks. 













Total Admissions, . 



1050 



80-7 



74-7 



107-5 



100 



Respiratory System, 







222 



170 



1536 



2P1 



20-9 



Pneumonia, 







56 



4-3 



2-71 



5-3 



3-62 



Pleurisy, 







50 



3-9 



3-13 



4-7 



4-18 



Circulatory System, 







93 



71 



7-07 



8-8 



9-4 



Kidney Diseases, 







54 



4-1 



30 



5-1 



403 



Acute Rheumatism, 







17 



103 



1-57 



1-6 



2-09 



Nervous System, 







171 



13-1 



13-2 



16-2 



17-6 



Digestive System, . 







116 



8-9 



9-0 



11-0 



12-0 



Mortality, 







104 



8-0 



6-96 



9-9 



9-3 



1891-92. 16 WeeJcs. 













Total Admissions, . 



1219 



76-1 



72-6 



105-0 



100-0 



Respiratory System, 







356 



22-2 



16-2 



29-2 



22-3 



Pneumonia, 







79 



4-9 



3-63 



6-4 



5-0 



Pleurisy, 







64 



4-0 



2-9 



5-2 



4-0 



Circulatory System, 







121 



7-5 



7-44 



9-9 



10-2 



Kidney Diseases, 







42 



2-6 



33 



3-4 



4-5 



Acute Rheumatism, 







25 



1-5 



I'll 



2-0 



1-56 



Nervous System, 







160 



10-0 



11-0 



131 



15-3 



Digestive System, . 







144 



9-0 



10-2 



11-7 



14-1 



Mortality, 







118 



7-3 



7-03 



9-6 



9-7 



