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The following return shows the more important infectious diseases (smallpox excluded) notified per month in the health districts for the year ended 31st December, 1913: —

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Health District. •"9 11 lUlfi! Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. O ■* Q Diphtheria. a z\z\Z £ Enteric or Typhoid Fever. i> « a, Tuberculosis. Blood-poisoning. II Jjfiffl I & i I a 3 c i ill i i Auckland Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Nelson, and Marl borough Canterbury, Westland, and Southland Otago* G 36 7 36 10 32 19 54 16 74 34 124 24 8S 18 58 s 8 25 66 43 11 71 :? 1312 1816 27 24 37 34 36 231 17 28 31 13 23 10 23 22 11 23 15 24 42: 31 57 78 41 54 129 1137 4121 40 18 25 21 '26 15 10 <m 18 16 17jl2 18J38 17 23J15 25 35 36 27 17112 19 37 29 17 29 32 24 20 32 15 37 32 28 8 14 75 111 3 8 8 13 3 41 5 4 11 S 3 5 3 7 7 2 3 •• I 28 18 40 50 48 37 40 36 149 38 18 27 15 139101 47 14: 15 19 26 26 28 36 11 20 13 10 4 4 .. 2 2 3 1 1 .. 55 3053 43 43 .. 2 122 .. 14 25! 26 27 10 3 8 77 87 86 2917 31 30 29 38 1 .. 1 2 .. 12 2 9 20 22 21 15 8 » 38 3 .. .. 9590 41 1 1 8 2 S ail 63 94 9 5 1112 I"": 4 2 2|2 ■■ 1 2 3 I 1 •• •• ■• ■■ ■• ■• •■ 2 21 Totals for Dominion.. - 63 91 143 160| 216 167 120 165 167 85 - 50 49 79-99 42 6G 49 52 78 103 137 171 56 58 55 30 36 86 83,73 80 103J 6 8 i 19 10 10 12 18 — — — I - _ - 1-1 - - 1 I 1 - l-l-l — — - - - 1,614 747 863 1,018 118 • Otago Hospital District.