HEALTHY HAMILTON.

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17589, 19 December 1928, Page 6

HEALTHY HAMILTON.

LITTLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE. GRATIFYING FIGURES. Although the cases of infectious disease notified in Hamilton during the past 12 months were nearly double what they were last year, the number is yet exceedingly low for a town with a population of .17,000. The total cases numbered only 94, as against 59 in 1927. Scarlet fever accounted for 27 of this year's total, and diptheria for 23. Pneumonia came next highest on the list with 16 victims. Then ■followed tuberculosis with 14, and erysipelas with seven. Typhoid claimed four, spinal meningitis two, and phthisis and puerperal septicaemia one each. Hamilton, a few years ago, was one of the most unhealthy towns in the Dominion. With its improved drainage and sanitary systems, and other beneficial services, however, the health of the borough improved until last year the statistics showed it to be actually the healthiest town in New Zealand, with the lowest percentage of notifiable cases. An outbreak of scarlet fever this year put the figures of 1928 up considerably, but even so, the statistics are very gratifying in a town with so large and an ever-in-creasing population such as this.