Ward 3 had been in use for the care of patients with pneumonia for some time prior to the outbreak of influenza. It was provided with sheet cubicles and conducted by medical officers, nurses and enlisted men accustomed to the care of patients with pneumonia, ordinary precautions being taken against transfer of infection from one patient to another. The data in Table XVII show the average number of patients in the ward, the number of new cases of pneumonia admitted, and the number of deaths among patients admitted during the corresponding period, for three periods of ten days each from September 6 to October 5. The types of infection in fatal cases as determined by cultures taken at autopsy are also shown. TABLE XVII PNEUMONIA IN WARD 3 ═════╤════════╤════════╤═════════════╤═════════════════════════════════════ │AVERAGE │ NUMBER │TOTAL DEATHS │ CULTURES AT AUTOPSY │ NUMBER │ OF │ AMONG │ │ OF │PATIENTS│ PATIENTS │ │PATIENTS│ADMITTED│ ADMITTED │ │IN WARD │ │ DURING THE │ │ │ │CORRESPONDING│ │ │ │ PERIOD │ ─────┼────────┼────────┼──────┬──────┼────────────┬───────────┬──────────── „ │ „ │ „ │NUMBER│ PER│PNEUMOCOCCUS│ S.│UNDETERMINED │ │ │ │ CENT│ │HEMOLYTICUS│(NO AUTOPSY) ─────┼────────┼────────┼──────┼──────┼────────────┼───────────┼──────────── Sept.│ 18.6│ 11│ 3│ 27.2│ 3│ 0│ 0 6–15 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Sept.│ 46.1│ 52│ 16│ 30.7│ 13│ 1│ 2 16–25│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Sept.│ 58.6│ 23│ 8│ 34.7│ 5│ 1│ 2 26–Oct.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 5 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────┴────────┴────────┴──────┴──────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────────