Council members also expressed concern about the increase in visits to emergency rooms last month.
The Philippine president, Benigno S. Aquino III, has welcomed an increase in visits by American troops, aircraft and ships.
Among the nine clinics run by St . Johns, there has been a 157 percent increase in visits since King-Harbor closed, said Jim Mangia, who runs the consortium.
HotJobs, for example, has had a sharp increase in visits to its Web site, www.hotjobs.com -- the number almost tripled from June to August.
"Local hospitals around the school have seen an increase in visits, but the patients were found to have mild illnesses," said Jessica Scaperotti, a health department spokeswoman.
The study said that advertising for allergy drugs coincided with a significant increase in visits to doctors by people with allergy symptoms.
The next phase saw pensioners getting in free from April 2000 and resulted in a 40% increase in visits by senior citizens.
"There hasn't been an increase in visits in the category in years, yet all the competition, including us, continues to add more restaurants," he said.
According to Experian Hitwise, the top 500 retailers had an increase in visits of 24 percent on Cyber Monday compared to last year.
At Stony Brook University in New York, there has been a 20 percent increase in visits from families of prospective students.
The private accommodation provider Unite says that in the first week of September, there was a 15% increase in telephone inquiries and a 30% increase in visits to the website, compared to last year.
