NOTIFIABLE DISEASES

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 88, 10 January 1923, Page 6

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES

DECEMBER CASES - 'AND THOSE OF PAST WEEK During ths month of December, 1922, 50 cases of notifiable infectious disease, and two cases of notifiable but not infectious disease were reported to the authorities in the Wellington health distinct. The notifications for the month of November numbered 62, and were all of infectious disease. The December cases of infectious di- .. '»ease were distributed as follow: — Palmerston North: Scarlet fever, 3; diphtheria, 1; tuberculosis, 2; cerebroipmal meningitis, 1; puerperal septicaemia, Ik pneumonia, 3. Wellington I Scarlet fever, 4; diphtheria, 9; tuberculosis, 8; puerperal septicaemia, JI; pneumonia, 5. Wairarapa: Scaret fever, 1; diphtheria, 1; enteric fever, 1; tuberculosis, 2.; pneumonia, 2. Wairau: Scarlet fever, 2; tuberculosis, 1; puerperal septicaemia, 1. Nelson: Diphtheria, 1. i The non-infectious diseases reported were two cases of hydatids, one of which occurred in the Wellington hospital district and the other, in the Wairarapa. The .total notifications for December compare as follow with those of November: — . Dec. Nov.

During the week ended at noon on Monday last, ten cases of infectious disease were reported. They were distributed as follow: — Palmerston North: Diphtheria, 2; pneumonia, 2: pneumonic influenza, 1. Wellington: Scarlet fever, 1; tuberculosis, 2. Wairarapa: Diphtheria, 1. Nelson: Scarlet fever, 1. There was also a case of hydatids in the Palmerston North hospikl district during the week. The total notifications compare as follow with those of the previous week:— Last Previous

Scarlet fever 10 7 Diphtheria 12 17 Enteric fever 1 2 Tuberculosis 13 11 Cerebro-Bpilial meningitis . 1 ——- Puerperal septicaemia 3 3 Pneumonia 10 19 Hydatids 2 1 Pneumonic influenza —— 1 Erysipelas — 1 Totals . 52. 62

week. week. Scarlet fever 2 2 3 1 Tuberculosis 2 3 Pneumonia 2 2 Pneumonia influenza 1 — Puerperal septicaemia — 1 Hydatids 1 . — Totals 11 9