PUBLIC HEALTH.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE STATISTICS. The monthly return of the number ot cases of infectious diseases m the Canterbury and West Coast Health .District shows that there has been a considerable decrease in the cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria recorded. In the case of tuberculosis the returns show an increase of twenty-one. The cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever and tuberculosis recorded were:— (
Other infectious diseases were recorded as follows :-North CanterburyCerebrospinal meningitis 1, puerperal septicemia 1. South. berculosis 5, septicemia 1, erysipelas L puerperal septicemia 1. liuller-bry-sipelaa 1.
Diphtheria. Scarlet Tuberfever, culosis. West Coast North Canterbury Ashburton South Canteiburj6 ■I 8 1 17 11 8 5 24 0 S
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17933, 2 November 1918, Page 10
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110PUBLIC HEALTH. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17933, 2 November 1918, Page 10
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