INFECTIOUS DISEASES
■ 4 50% DROP IN TWO YEARS [Psr United Pmis Association.] WELLINGTON, January 6. The Director of Public Hygiene, Dr M'Kibbin, stated that during 1929 the total number of infectious diseases notified was 11,335, as against 7,238 cases in 1930, and 5,445 in 1931, a cut of 50 per cent, since 1929., He added: “ This is > a Budget balance of no mean magnitude in the direct saving of notification fees paid out, lessened inspection costs, and reduced public hospital maintenance expenses. The saving to householders who escaped these visitations is even greater; and, indirectly, freedom from the wellknown crippling effects of some of these diseases upon children and adolescents will ultimately benefit the public health.”
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Evening Star, Issue 20993, 6 January 1932, Page 6
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