SCARLET FEVER OUTBREAK
* SEVERAL CASES IN ONE DISTRICT A mild outbreak of scarlet fever is indicated in the 'notifications of infectious diseases to the Department of Health during the week ended at noon yesterday. Six of the cases were notified from one area and the others were scattered throughout the health district. The Medical Officer of Health (Dr, T. Fletcher Telford) said that all the necessary precautions had been taken. The full list of notifications follows:—Scarlet fever 15, diphtheria 1, tuberculosis 2, septic abortion 2, pneumonic influenza 2. puerperal fever 1, erysipelas 3. lead poisoning 1, eclampsia 1; total 28. No cases were reported from tire West Coast and
■’ ' 1 there were no deaths in Canterbury j or on the West Coast from infectious j diseases. _____________ I
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21954, 1 December 1936, Page 6
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