INCIDENCE OF DISEASE
MANY PNEUMONIA CASES WAIKATO HOSPITAL PATIENTS [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Thursday An exceptionally large number of pneumonia patients was treated in the Waikato Hospital during the year ended March 31. 1937, there being 227 cases, as against 97 for the previous year. There were 44 fatal cases of pneumonia last year as against 14 for the previous year. Other statistics of diseases and accidents treated in the hospital were as follows, the figures for the corresponding period last year being given_ «n parentheses:—Diphtheria, 48 (<3); typhoid, 37 (36); scarlet fever, 24 (39); tuberculosis, 108 (121); diabetes, 50 (53); mental diseases, 19 (20); cancer, 61 (76); appendicitis, 31S (366); injuries due to <accidents. 549 (505); goitre, 80 (58). No cases of infantile paralysis were noted, as most of the Waikato cases were reported after March 31.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19370709.2.132
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22776, 9 July 1937, Page 13
Word Count
139INCIDENCE OF DISEASE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22776, 9 July 1937, Page 13
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in