INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Decrease of 935 Notified A decrease of 935 in the notifications of infectious diseases in New Zealand for the nine months ended September 30, compared With the corresponding period of last year, was announced by the Minister of Health, Hon. J. A. Young, in an interview this week. The respective totals were 2545 and 3780. “Questions have recently been asked regarding the effect of the economic depression on the incidence of disease,” said the Minister. “It is interesting to note, therefore, that there has been a reduction in most cases of notifiable diseases. Particularly gratifying is the decrease in the notifications of tuberculosis, a disease of poor nutrition, from 813 to 682.” Comparative figures, showing the most outstanding reductions in notifications are as follow :—Scarlet fever, from 1020 to 660; diphtheria, from 1054 to 642; tuberculosis, from 813 to 682; puerperal fever, from .123 to <1 > influenza, from 126 to 21.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 47, 18 November 1932, Page 4
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153INFECTIOUS DISEASES Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 47, 18 November 1932, Page 4
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