INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
REPORT ON AUCKLAND DISTRICT. [BY TELEGRAPH.SPECIAL CORESPONDENT. ] Wellington, Friday. The annual report of the Public Health Department on the Auckland _ district states that the incidence of infectious disease in Auckland city shows a decrease all along the line, which is as might be expected in view of the efforts mad© towards "better sanitation. The number of cases occurring during the year was as follows : —Scarlet fever, 189; diphtheria, 153; enteric fever, 226; tuberculosis, 107; bloodpoisoning, 56; total, 731. Of the total of 731 cases, 148 occurred in the city, 127 in suburban boroughs, 127 in suburban road districts, and 318 in country districts. The dry, warm weather in December does not, says the report, appear to have been followed by any notable , increase in typhoid. On the other hand the earlier spring months, which showed a slightly higher rainfall and temperature than the average were followed by an unusually high number of cases in November and December.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14531, 19 November 1910, Page 8
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