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City Influenza Data [Chart]
While the number of new cases of influenza continues to show a marked decline, a slight increase in pneumonia over the same day last week was reported yesterday by the city health office. At the emergency influenza hospital four new patients were admitted yesterday and none released, making the first increase in the patient list there for several weeks. A mother and her baby were among the patients admitted last night. The father and three other children are expected today. The total number of influenza cases reported since the beginning of the epidemic is 10,397 and the total number of deaths 409. Since December 1, 225 cases of pneumonia have been reported.