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Sanitary Report, 1893.
country which is about 1.75. Dampness of soil and
want of fresh air and ventilation in rooms are great
aids in the production of Phthisis. The warmth
and dryness of the spring may have had beneficial
influence.
Influenza.
Influenza has prevailed again to about the same
extent as last year, the deaths due to it numbering
30 in the year; there being 7 in the first quarter.
7 in the 2nd, none in the 3rd, 16 in the 4th.
Although no deaths occurred in the third quarter it
was not altogether absent, as some cases came under
my own notice in the month of August, so that it
would almost appear as if it had taken up its
permanent abode amongst us; there is also an
unpleasant fact in connection with it, that no matter
how severe an attack may have been it in no wav
assures a patient against a recurrence of the illness,
or a severe relapse before convalescence is established;
it also assumes to itself as many peculiarities and
idiosyncrasies in its symptoms as indigestion does;
no doubt chest affections are its most frequent
associates, but brain symptoms, inflammation of the
intestines, and of the kidneys, are recorded in the
death certificates among its after effects; or it may
be followed by a general debility, without any
positive lesion of any organ, which may take a long
time to recover from; it is therefore a disease that
should not be ignored at its onset, but the patient
should at once take such precautions as would tend
to keep off any secondary illness and recognize the
susceptibility to such attacks which the illness
predisposes to.
From the above statistics of the diseases referred
to it will be seen that small pox, scarlet fever,