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inquiries in connection with Infectious Diseases, from March 25th
1893, to March 25th, 1894.
Table No. 13 will show the work of Inspection from March
25th, 1893, to March 25th, 1894.
Table No. 14 will show the Improvements effected during
the same period.
INFLUENZA.
I regret to state that a very severe and fatal Epidemic of
Influenza commenced in this district in the beginning of
December, and lasted for about six weeks.
It would be impossible for me to estimate the number of
cases which occurred (as this disease is not one of those which
has to be notified under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891),
but from personal knowlege, and from information given to me
by the different Medical Practitioners in the town, it would
appear to have been very prevalent, and as fatal as the previous
Epidemics.
In all, there were twenty-eight deaths from Influenza
(as a first cause), registered during the year, as compared with
thirty-three in 1892, and in addition a very considerable increase
in the number of deaths from diseases of the respiratory and
circulatory organs (viz., Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Failure of
the Heart), which proves that there is an influence at work
which has the power of making those diseases more fatal than at
ordinary times.
Reference to Table No. 1 will show the increase in the