STOMACH AILMENTS
Increase Reported Gastroenteritis with diarrhoea increased during the four-weekly period ended February 18, compared with the previous four-weekly period, says the monthly report of the research committee of the Canterbury faculty of the College of General Practitioners. Three hundred and seventy-nine non-notifiable cases were reported for the four weeks, compared with 307 for the preceding period. Although the average number of doctors reporting was 925 compared with 8.5 in the previous period, the figures still indicate a small increase in disease. Thirty-five cases of gastroenteritis with diarrhoea but not vomiting were seen by practitioners reporting to the committee, compared with 17 cases during the previous period. The total for gastroenteritis was 82 patients, compared with 67 in the previous four weeks. The diarrhoea was reported mainly from the first half of February ft affected all ages severe at first, and lasted about 72 hours. Tonsillitis showed larger figures than in the previous four weeks, with 83 cases reported against 67 Otitis . 3I compared with 25. Staphylococcal infections claimed 89 victims against 84. Respiratory influenza was almost stationary with 46 cases compared with 45
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29767, 9 March 1962, Page 12
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