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But there was an increase in measles of 1,586, in scarlet
fever of 585, in diphtheria of 524, and in small pox of 33.
Deaths attributed to influenza were less numerous by 7-1 than
in 1891; but influenza is a disease that it is often very
difficult to identify, and the recorded figures are therefore of
little value for exact comparison. There is no doubt, however,
that influenza prevailed largely in the early part of the year,
and directly or indirectly exerted a very unfavourable influence
over the mortality statistics of the year.