INFECTIOUS DISEASES
NO NEW CASES OP SPINAL MENINGITIS No new cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis were reported in the Canterbury health district last week, this being the first time in more than six months that the weekly notifications of infectious diseases have not included some cases of this disease. The prevalence of scarlet fever is indicated in this week’s returns, 11 cases being reported. There were also H cases of tuberculosis and one each of diphtheria, septic abortion, hydatids, infantile paralysis, and ophthalmia neonatorum, Oh the West Coast the only notifications were two cases of tuberculosis. There were two deaths from tuberculosis in Canterbury.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23803, 24 November 1942, Page 6
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