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Table VIII. — Showing Admissions and Percentages for the Periods of Sixteen 

 Weeks after the Six Epidemics — continued. 







Weekly. 



Normal 



Percentage to 



Normal 





Totals. 



Weekly. 



Admissions. 



Percentage. 



1893-94. 16 Weeks. 













Total Admissions, 



1278 



79-8 



78-4 



101-4 



1000 



Respiratory System, 







277 



17-3 



17-5 



2L6 



22-3 



Pneumonia, 







51 



31 



3-5 



3-9 



4-46 



Pleurisy, . 







56 



35 



2-78 



4-3 



35 



Circulatory System, 







130 



8-1 



7-3 



10T 



9-07 



Kidney Diseases, 







86 



53 



4-3 



6-6 



5-4 



Acute Rheumatism, 







58 



3-6 



3-4 



4-5 



4-4 



Nervous System, 







220 



137 



13-2 



17-2 



16-8 



Digestive System, 







155 



9-7 



10-9 



12T 



13-9 



Mortality, 







107 



6-7 



7-11 



8-29 



9-07 



1895. 16 Weete. 













Total Admissions, 



1447 



90-4 



90-1 



100-4 



100-0 



Respiratory System, 







295 



18-4 



18-6 



20-3 



20-4 



Pneumonia, 







54 



33 



3-3 



3-7 



3-69 



Pleurisy, . 







41 



2-5 



2-2 



2-8 



2-5 



Circulatory System, 







123 



7-7 



7-63 



8-1 



8-4 



Kidney Diseases, 







59 



37 



3-4 



4-0 



35 



Acute Rheumatism, 







43 



2-7 



2-2 



2-9 



35 



Nervous System, 







231 



14-4 



13-1 



15-9 



14-5 



Digestive System, 







212 



13-1 



13-0 



14-6 



14-3 



Mortality, 







141 



8-8 



8-24 



9-7 



9-14 



During the 16 weeks following the attack of 1889-90, and beginning one month 

 after the attack had ceased, as explained above, the weekly averages show a practically 

 normal admission-rate, a number of Eespiratory cases slightly below the normal, 

 although the cases of Pneumonia and Pleurisy were still in slight excess, while more 

 patients were admitted with diseases of the Urinary and Nervous systems than was 

 usual for the year. The excess of Nervous cases was as much as 9 p.c. Comparing the 

 figures for the period of the epidemic with those for that after it, we find that the per- 

 centage to the total admissions of the Respiratory cases fell from 33*1 p.c. to 22*1 p.c, 

 the mean for the year being 22*3 p.c; the cases of Pneumonia and Pleurisy fell from 5"8 

 p.c. and 6*6 p.c to 4*3 p.c. in each instance ; Circulatory cases rose from 6'6 to 7 "01 

 p.c, Nervous from 14*1 to 18 "0 p.c; while the mortality of the first period was 10*9 

 p.c compared with 9 '59 p.c. for the second. 



Only 12 weeks could be taken at an interval of 4 weeks after the epidemic of 1891, 

 owing to the quick return of the disease. During three weeks the total number admitted 

 fell much below the year's average, 7 '5 p.c, and cases belonging to the Respiratory, 

 Circulatory, and Urinary systems were all below normal, those of the Nervous and 

 Digestive above it. The mortality was very markedly below the annual mean. Con- 



