INFECTIOUS DISEASES
CANTERBURY NOTIFICATIONS
.During October there were nine deaths from tuberculosis in Canterbury. The total number of notifications for the month were 61. to which must be added seven notifications and one death (from scarlet fever) from the West Coast. For . the corresponding month of last year the Canterbury notifications totalled 55, with five deaths, and the West Coast notifications six, with four deaths.
The figures in detail for last month are as follows: —
Scarlet fever .. .. 35 Diphtheria .. .. 1 Tuberculosis .. . .. 13 Pnuemonic influenza .. 3 Puerperal fever .. .. 3 Septic abortion .. .. 3 Eclampsia .. ~ 1 Undulant fever .. .'. 1 Infantile paralysis .. 1 Total .. ..61 West Coast Scarlet fever .. 6 Puerperal fever .. .. 1 Total .. ..7 Maori Notification * Tuberculosis .. .. 1
The notifications in Canterbury last week were as follows:
Scarlet fever 6. tuberculosis 2, septic abortion 3, infantile paralysis 1, puerperal fever 2, erysipelas 1, eclampsia 1, total 16. From the West Coast there were two notifications of infectious diseases. One death occurred in Canterbury, tuberculosis being the cause.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22251, 16 November 1937, Page 5
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