INFECTIOUS, DISEASES.
DECREASE IN DIPHTHERIA CASES. 'lhe following is a summary of the notifications of infectious diseases for July received from the medical officer of health: Scarlet Fever.—Waitaki 3, Otago 5, South Otago 1, Vincent 1, Maniototo 1, Southland 6; total 17 Diphtheria.—Otago 27. Tuberculosis.—Waitaki 1, Otago 9, South Otago 2. Maniototo 1, Southland 5, Wallace I; —total 19. Acute Primary Pneumonia. —Waitaki 2, Otago 1, South Otago 2, Vincent 1, Wallace 3; total 9. Erysipelas.—Waitaki 2, Otago 2;—total 4. Enteric Fever.—Otago 1. Puerperal Septicaemia.—Waitaki 2, Otago 5, Southland 2, Wallace 1; —total 8. Cerebrospinal Meningitis.—Otago 1. Grand total, 86. The following deaths were reported by undertakers : Tuberculosis.—Waitaki 1, Otago 5, Southland 5 ;—total 11. Acuto Primary Pneumonia. —Vincent 1. Puerperal Fever.—Southland 1. Grand total, 13.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3674, 12 August 1924, Page 32
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