INFECTIOUS DISEASES
DECREASE of 935 NOTIFIED.
WELLING'fGN, November 21
A decrease of 9:15 in the notifications of infectious <1 Leases hi New Zealand for the nine months ended September 39, compared with the corresponding period of last year, was 'announced ;by the Minister of Health, Hon;. -<J.; A. Young, in an ''ntervi© ''last vvekf The respective totals tvero 2845 and 3780. “Questions have recently been askedregarding the effect of the economic depression on the incidence of diyra*:e,” 9 'id the Minister. “It is interesting to note, therefore, that tbe'ie has been a reduction in yiost eases of notifiable diseases. Particularly gratifying is the decrease, in the notifications of tuberculosis, a d i -id-'se of poor nutrition, from 813. to 682.’ ’ Comparative figures, showing the most outstanding .reductions in notifications areas fn-lows Scarlet fever from 1020 to 660; diptheria, from 1054 to 642; tuberculosis, fmm 813 to 032; puerperal fever, from 123 to 1 1 ; influenza, from 326 to 2L
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 November 1932, Page 6
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