PUBLIC HEALTH RETURNS
The following' is a summary of the notifications of infectious diseases in Otago and Southland during the month of December: Scarlet fever, 11 (Otago 3, South Otago 4, Southland 4). , Diphtheria, 23 (Otago 21, Southland 2). _ Tuberculosis, 17 (Waitaki 3, Otago 7, South. Otago 1, Maniototo 1, Southland 5). Cerebo-spinal meningitis, 1 (Otago !)■ Erysipelas, 4 (Waitaki 1, Otago 1, Southland 2). „ Ophthalmia neonatorum, 2 (Otago 2). Acute primary pneumonia, 6 (Otago 6). Pneumonic influenza, 1 (Vincent 1). Varicella, 22 (Waitaki 3, Otago 16, South Otago 3). Total, 87. • . , . The following deaths were reporter! by undertakers during the month:—Tuberculosis, ii; pneumonic influenza, 1; puerperal septicaemia, 1; —total, 13.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18447, 7 January 1922, Page 11
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