INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 55, 7 March 1922, Page 2

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

FIGURES FOB WEEK AND MONTH.

During fte week ended at-noon yesterday, notification* of infectious diseases in Mi© Wellington health district numbered 24. The total for the previous week was 19, and for the week ■before that, 32. Last week's cases were distributed tune-jig the hospital districts as under :■—

Palmerston Norfh.—Scarlet fever, 3; ■diphtheria, ?,; enteric fever, 1; varicella, 2; pneumonia, 1.

Wellington.—Diphtheria, 5 ; tuber■cnlosis,'l; infantile paralysis, 1; pneumonia, 1; erysipelas, 1. Wairarapa.—Scarlet fever, 1; infantile paralysis, 1. , Picton.— Varicella, 1. Nelson.—Scarlet fever, 1; diphtheria, 1; puerperal septicaemia, 1. Following is a detailed comparison ibetweon the notifications of last week and those of the previous week :—

The total number of notifications during the month of February was 92, and during the month of January 120. The February cases were distributed as undeT :—

Palmerston North.—Scarlet fever, 9; diphtheria, 1; enteric fever, 2; tuberculosis, 4; infantile paralysis, 1; varicella, 2; pneumonia, 2; erysipelas, 1. Wellington.—Scarlet fever, 10, diphtheria, 19; enteric fever, 1; tuberculosis; 4; puerperal septicaemia, 1; varicella, 7; pneumonic influenza, 1; pneumonia, 5 ; erysipelas, 2 j ophthalmia neonatorum,

Wairarapa.—Scarlet fever, 8 ; diphtheria, 2 j infantile^ paralysis, 3; varicella, 1.

Nelson.—Diphtheria, 4 ; puerperal septicaemia, 1.

, week. Scarlet fever 5 Diphtheria ■ 8 Enteric fever' 1 ruborculosis 1 Infantile paralysis 2 Puerperal septicaemia. ... 1 Varicella 3 Pneumonia 2 Erysipelas 1 week. s 8 2 1. 3

A detailed comparison between the notifications of January and Februaryis appended :—. Feb. Jan. Scarlet fever 27 ■ 30 . Diphtheria 26 41 Knteric fever 3 1 Tuberculosis 8 13 Infantile paralysis 4 10 Puerperal septicaemia ... 2 4 Varicella. .' 10 12 Pneumonic influenza 1 — 'Pneumonia 7 7 Erysipelas 3 2 Ophthalmia neonatorum . 1 — Totals 92 . 120