INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 52, 25 November 1930, Page 6

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

District Notifications A Blight rise in the number c< infectious diseases was recorded for the week ended yesterday, there being 36 cases, as against 32 for the previous period. , Central Wellington district has 18 cases, against 19, the most prevalent complaint on the list being diphtheria, of which eight cases have been reported. Tuberculosis is also on the increase, five notifications being on the schedule, two more than in last week’s list. The Wanganui-Horowhenua list shows a sharp rise, from four cases to 10, is also does Nelson-Marlborough, which has four cases against a clean sheet. Wai-rarapa-Hawke’s Bay have, on the contrary, dropped from nine down to four. Detailed returns are as follow, the previous week’s totals being given in parentheses :— „ Wanganui-Horowhenua: Scarlet fever, 4 fl); diphtheria, 1 (1); tuberculosis, 1 (0); pneumonia, 3 (1); undulent fever, 1 (0); actinomycosis, 0 (1). Total, 10 (4). Walrarapa-Hawke's Bay: Scarlet fever, 1 (2); diphtheria. 1 (1); meningitis, 1 (0); pneumonia, 1 (4); tuberculosis, 0 (1); puerperal fever, 0 (1). Total, 4 (9). Central Wellington: Scarlet fever, 2 (3); diphtheria, 8 (7); tuberculosis, 5 (3); erysipelas, 2 (0); puerperal fever, 1 (1); pneumonia, 0 (2); eclampsia, 0 (1); hydatids, 0 (2). Total, 18 (19). Nelson-Marlborough: Scarlet fever, 1 (0); tuberculosis, 1 (0); erysipelas, 1 (0); septic abortion, 1 (0). Total, 4 (0). Grand total, 36 (32).