INFECTIOUS DISEASES
A SLIGHT INCREASE A decrease in the number of cases of diphtheria, but a slight increase in other infectious diseases in the Wellington Health District for the week ended at noon yesterday is recorded. The returns from the hospital districts are as follow:— Palmerston North. —Scarlet fever, 1; diphtheria, 4 ; enteric fever, 1. Wellington.—Scarlet fever, 3 : diphtheria, 7; tuberculosis, 2; poliomyelitis. 1 ; erysipelas, 1. Nelson. —Tuberculosis, 1. A comparison with the previous week’s figures is made by the follow-
inrr table: — Last Previous week. week. Scarlet fever ....i .. 4 3 .. 11 14 Enteric fever .. 1 .— .. 3 1 .. 1 0 Pvysipolaft .. 1 0 Puerperal septicaemia . .. 0 - Lethargic encephalitis. .. 0 1 Totals .. 21 20
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 59, 4 December 1923, Page 7
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114INFECTIOUS DISEASES Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 59, 4 December 1923, Page 7
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