increased fatality were the following: The weekly average of deaths from scarlet fever increased from 2.25 in October to 3 in November; the weekly average from measles, from 1.5 to 3; from diphtheria and croup, from 16.75 to 19.75; from influenza, from 2 to 4.75; from pulmonary tuberculosis, from 146 to 156.75; from acute bronchitis, from 13.5 to 21.25; from pneumonia, from 66 to 87.25; from bronchopneumonia, from 63.25 to 85.5; from apoplexy and softening of the brain, from 16.75 to 23; from

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... ganic heart diseases, from 133.75 to 163; from appendicitis and typhlitis, from 6.5 to 9.75; from hernia and intestinal obstruction, from 8 to 12.25; from cirrhosis of the liver, from 23.25 to 27.5; from Bright's disease and acute nephritis, from 79.75 to 89.75; and from puerperal affections, including septicemia, from 9.25 to 11.25. Among the few diseases in which there was a diminished mor-