DISEASES DECREASES
drop of forty-one m ASHBURTON COUNTY The Ashburton County was remarkablv free from infectious disease? last vear the total being 20, compared With iri iQS7 38 in 1936, 14 in 1935, 20 in 1934 15 in 1933, 61 in 1932, 42 in 1931. 70 iA 1930 and 154 in 1929 The me»t recorded in any one month was five cases of scarlet fever m January. 1938. and the cases were confined to nve tvnes of disease during the yearThe totals for each month last year were as follows, with those for 1937 m parenthesis:— January, 6 (7), Febni ary, 3 (4); March, 0 (2); April, 1 Cf . May, 3 (3); June. 1 (2); July. 1 (4); August, 2 (10); September, (L (15); October, 1 (2); November, 2 (5); Deeemof the notification^are:^ Scarlet fever •• Diphtheria .. •• " “ Tuberculosis • • . * f Hydatids ... • • " - Infantile paralysis -• ? f Erysipelas .. • • * i Meningitis *• * - Food poisonmg. •• « ■ Acute pneumonia .. ° *■.
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Press, Issue 22599, 3 January 1939, Page 1 (Supplement)
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