INFECTIOUS DISEASES
SLIGHT DECREASE SHOWN DIPHTHERIA AND TUBERCULOSIS A slight decrease in the number of oases of infectious diseases notified during October from the three health districts controlled from Auckland is shown compared with the figures for September. Last month 78 cases were notified to the authorities, against 81 in September and 120 in August. As usual, diphtheria and tuberculosis were the most prevalent diseases.' There were 25 diphtheria patients, compared with 20 in September, 39 in August and 32 last July. Tuberculosis cases accounted for 21 of the total, against 22 in September, 25 in August and 22 in July. As was the case in September, there were eight instances of scarlet fever last month, while in August there were 17 cases. The total number of cases in the Central Auckland district was 42, compared with 45 in September. Of last month's total there were 13 cases of tuberculosis, 10 of diphtheria, six of puerperal fever and five each of scarlet fever and erysipelas. Of the 23 cases in the South Auckland area, nine were diphtheria, six tuberculosis and two scarlet fever, while in the Thames-Tauranga area the total of 13 included six cases of diphtheria, two of tuberculosis and one of scarlet fever.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21333, 7 November 1932, Page 11
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