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endeavours to find suitable work for the patient and to assist
the family during the incapacity of the breadwinner.
DEATHS FROM OTHER DISEASES.
Influenza.
Twenty-eight deaths were certified to be due to influenza,
the numbers for the three preceding years being 33, 33 and
29.
Diseases of the Respiratory System.
From these diseases there were 356 deaths, or 18.7 per cent.
of the deaths from all causes, being 75 below the decennial
average, of which 187 were ascribed to pneumonia and 145
to bronchitis.
Although pneumonia is usually classed with diseases of the
respiratory system, it must be looked upon as a specific
febrile disease of bacterial origin analogous to the recognised
infectious diseases, such as diphtheria, scarlet fever, etc., and
its infectiousness is illustrated by the following cases, which
came under my notice last year:—
A. B., male, aged 44, residing in Kinnoul Road, was taken
ill on March 16th with symptoms of pneumonia, and died on
March 24th.
J. B., male, aged 19, son of A. B., residing in same house,
was taken ill on March 30th with the same symptoms as his
father, but his illness was less severe, and he recovered, being
convalescent about the middle of April.
E. T., female, aged 56, sister of A. B., residing in Tasso
Road, nursed A. B. during his illness, was taken ill on April
1st. and died on April 8th.
R. C., female, aged 21, living in same house as E. T.,
visited J. B. during his illness, was taken ill on April 13th,
and after a very severe illness recovered.