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INFECTIOUS-DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS. (Whole health district.) The marked reduction noted in last Report as occurring in 1904 has been more than maintained— the number in 1905 being 616, against 620 in the previous year. Thus : — Increase or Decrease, 1905-6. 1904-5. Present Year. Enteric .. .. .. .. ..172 180 — 8 Scarlet fever .. .. .. .. ..240 273 —33 Diphtheria .. .. .. .. ..97 63 +34 Tuberculosis .. .. .. .. 86 86 Blood-poisoning .. .. .. ..21 16 +5 Plague .. .. .. .. .... 2 —2 616 620 — 4 The following table indicates the distribution of the cases : —

Summary of Infectious Diseases notified from the Ist April, 1905, to the 31st March, 1906.

City, Suburb, or County. « Enteric. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. T«t,erculoBlood- ,., , , poisoning. lotal - Auckland Birkenhead Borough Devonport Borough Grey Lynn Borough Newmarket Borough Onehunga Borough Parnell Borough Arch Hill Road District .. Avondalo Road District Eden Terrace Road District Epsom Road District Mount Albert Road District Mount Eden Road District Mount Roskill Road District Mount Wellington Road District One-tree Hill Road District Point Chevalier Road District Remuera Road District Bay of Islands County Coromandel County Eden County Hobson County Hokianga County Kawhia County Manukau County Mangonui County Marsden County Ohineinuri County Opotiki County Otamatea County Piako County Raglan County Rodney County Rotorua County Thames County Tauranga County Taupo County Waikato County Waipa County Waiteinata County Whangarei County Whakatane County Cambridge Borough Hamilton Borough Tβ Aroha Borough Thames Borough Waihi Borough Rotorua Town Shipping.. 34 0 3 10 1 47 3 9 4 28 9 3 26 14 3 2 4 1 5 1 18 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 5 130 15 8 19 1 14 1 42 :s 22 8 2 1 2 2 6 1 1 1 4 2 10 3 1 5 2 1 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 8 1 7 1 18 3 1 10 8 9 2 18 1 5 '2 10 1 4 11 2 4 2 4 1 0 i 1 1 o 15 12 (> 11 i 36 15 * 6 2 2 2 !) 2 1 r> i 5 1 3 i 2 i 20 2 2 3 2 7 18 12 3 17 1 i 5 2 4 4 2 1 2 6 1 1 14 i 3 3 1 3 1 5 12 8 7 23 4 I I 20 5 11 1 35 1 13 2 6 1 2 18 10 2 3 14 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 I I 5 2 i Totals 172 240 97 86 21 616 City of Auckland Suburban districts Country districts 34 35 103 47 86 107 26 43 28 18 20 48 5 130 7 191 9 295 Totals 172 240 97 I 86 21 016