INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 241, 6 July 1920, Page 4

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

CASES FOR THE WEEK. During the week ended noon' yesterday 55 cases of infectious'.diseases were reported in the Wellington Public Health District, as compared with 82 for the previous week. Although influenza is not: now a notifiable disease, nine cases were reported during the week. . Hospital districts which notified cases of infectious diseases during the week were :— Wnipawa: Diptheria, 2; influenza, 2; pneumonia, 1; chickeupox, 1. Taranaki: Scarlet fever, 1; diphtheria, t; enteric fever, I; influenza, 2; ehickonpox, 2. Stratford: Scarlet fever, 1. Hawera: Scarlet fever, 1; diphtheria, 1; chickenpox, 1. Wanganui: Influenza, 2. Palmerston North: Diphtheria, 4; enteric fever, 1; tuberculosis, 1; influenza, 1; pneumonia, 1; chickeupox, .2. Wellington: Scarlet fever, 1; diphtheria, 5; tuberculosis, i: cerebrn-spinal nieninjritis, 1; influenza, 2; pneumonia, 1; chickenpox, 2; erysipelas. 1. Wairarnpa: Scarlet fever,'l; diphtheria, 1-; measles, 1. Wairau: Diphtheria, 1. Nelson: Scarlet fever, 1; diphtheria, i. The following table gives details of the various cases reported, the figures for the previous week being shown for purposes of comparison :— Last Previous week. week. Scarlet fever R 2 Diphtheria 1!) 33 Enteric fever 2 2 Tuberculosis 5 5 Cerebrospinal meningitis 1 0 Influenza ••• 9 5 Pneumonia 3 8 . Chickenpox 0 2 Erysipelas 1 - 1 APwisles 0 2 Ophthalmia 0 1 Puerperal sopticacmia 0 1 Totals 55 62