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1913] 124
The disease was not unusually prevalent in the first half of the year,
for in January, February and March the cases numbered only 55, 41 and 52
respectively, as contrasted with 55, 45, and 28 in 1912; while in April, May
and June there were 46, 49 and 68 respectively, as against 45, 55 and 55 in
1912, yet in July they numbered 85; in August 71, and in September 173, as
contrasted with 66, -39 and 121 in the same months of the previous year, while
in October they were 197, in November 234, and in December 246, compared
with 119, 99 and 84 in the corresponding months of 1912.

Here, then, we see that the conditions were about normal in the first half
of the year—and it must not be forgotten that in 1912, with which year
comparison is made, was itself a sub-normal year—and that the increase in
the number of cases only became serious in its second half. It is also to be
noticed that the increase was gradual in the last seven months. First, it was