INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 107, 2 November 1926, Page 6

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The following notifications of infectious diseases have been received by the Department of Health from the several hospital districts for the week ended yesterday (the figures for the previous seven days being shown in parentheses) :— Taranaki-Horowhenua: Scarlet fever, 1 (3); diphtheria, 2 (4); tuberculosis, 1 (0),; septic abortion, 0 (1); puerperal fever, 1 (1); erysipelas, 0 (1); enteric fever, 2 (2); pneumonia, 1 (1); pneumonic influenzia, 0 (1);" ophthalmia neon&torum, 0 (1); cerebro-spinal meningitis, 2 (0). Wairarapa-East Cape: Scarlet fever, 5 (1); diphtheria, 3 (3); tuberculosis, 1 (1); pneumonia, 0 (3); enteric fever, 3 (2); ipphthalmia neonatorum, 0 (1); erysipelas, 0 (2); puerperal fever,' 1 (i); septic abortion, 0 (2); trachoma, 1 (0). Central Wellington:. Scarlet fever, 14 (8); diphtheria, 7 (G); tuberculosis, 0 (2); erysipelas, 2 (1); septic abortion, 0 (1); pneumonia,' 2 (0). Nelson-Marlhorough: Puerperal fever, 0 (2); tuberculosis, 0 (1); diphtheria, 1 The returns for the other health districts in the Dominion are:— Auckland district: Scarlet fever 6 «lh diphtheria, 10 (10); enteric fever, 1 (4); tuberculosis, 10 (5); pneumonia, 3 (fl); Erysipelas, 2 (2); puerperal fever, 5 (1);* eclampsia, 3 (0); hydatids, 8 (0); food poisoning, 1 (0). Canterbury: Scarlet fever, 8 (71----diphtheria, i (7); tuberculosis, 7 (8); pneumonia, 3 (2)j puerperal fever, 1 (2); ophthalmia neon«torum,, 1 (1); lethargic' eueephalitis, 0 (1).: . ■ .•■■•. Otago: Scarlet fever, 1 (3); diphtheria, 83 (1); tuberculosis, 8 (2); lethargic encephalitis, 0 (1); enteric fever, 1 (0); pneumonia, 1 (0); puerperal fever, 1 (0); erysipelas, 1 (0). The total figures for the Dominion were: Scarlet fever 35, diphtheria 60, enteric fever 1, tuberculosis 25, cerebro-spinal meningitis 3, pneumonia 10,.. erysipelas 5, puerperal fever 9, eclampsia 3, hydatids 8, trachoma 1, ophthalmia neonatorum 1, food poisoning 1.