INFECTIOUS DISEASES
FURTHER DECREASE DIPHTHERIA STILL PREVALENT. The following is the bulletin of infectious dieases for the week ending August 16th, 1926. The previous week’s figures are given in parentheses. There is a decided decrease this week especially in diphtheria and scarlet fever cases. Taranaki-Horowhenua, 21 (21). — Scarlet fever, 1 (10); diphtheria, 5 (8); tuberculosis, I (lj; pneumonia, f (4); pneumonic influenza, 7 (2); erysipelas, 1 (1) ; ophthalmia neon, 1 (0). Wairarapa-East Cape, 22 (27). —Scan let fever, 2 (4); diphtheria, 6 (2) | tuborculsis, C (2/; pneumonia, 4 (12); pneumonic influenza, 4 (2); puerperal fever, 1 (0); enteric fever, 0 (1); erysipelas, 0 (2); septicaemic influenza, 0 (1): cerebro spinal me" in 0 (1). Central Wellington, II (17).—Scarlet fever, 5 (8); diphtheria, 5 (3); pneumonic, 1 (1); tuberculosis, 0 (5). Nelson-Marlborough, 2 (s).—Scarlet fever, 1 (0); diphtheria, I (0); pneumonic influenza, 0 (6). Total, 56 l-Dj-
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12527, 17 August 1926, Page 11
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