H.—3l.

The following table shows the more prevalent infectious diseases in hospital districts during the year ended 31 sf December. 1913:—

The following tables show the notifications per month of the infectious diseases more prevalent in local authorities' districts during the year ended 31st December, 1913.

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Health District. „ .. i ... . . . Scarlet Diph- Enteric Hospital Distort Fever th / ria Fever Tuber- ™? od , . Poisonculoefc. ing Jμ a o Smallpox. Total. uckland . . Bay of Islands .. 3 26 57 Marsden-Kaipara .. 3 8 9 Auckland .. 145 143 106 Waikato .. . . 24 44 98 ! Thames .. .. 13 17 96 Ooromande] .. 2 Wailu .. .. 12 3 7 Bay of Plenty .. 1 6 39 26 5 15 2 148 11 25 16 26 1 ] 2 2 42 51 266 68 38 2 3 22 109 124 58 L46 7 23 268 212 907 420 197 4 30 95 Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Nelson, and .Mail borough 33 1 2 I 236 95 39 157 39 74 30 90 43 236 176 638 147 21 55 59 1 Cook .. .. 16 7 167 Waiapu .. .... 1 93 Wairoa . . . . 1 1 8 Hawke's Bay .. 53 17 27 Waipawa. . .. 9 4 14 Taranaki.. .. L9 5 3 Stratford.. .. I (> Hawera .. .. 57 3 12 Patea . . 30 3 8 Wnnganui .. 50 57 24 Palmerston North.. 71 33 20 Wellington .. 284 70 36 Wairarapa .. 10] 12 3 Picton . . .. 1 J 8 ! 3 Wairau .. .. 28 7 .. Nelson .. .. 24 26 2 Buller .. 13 27 1 46 .. 7 12 3 2 8 2 I 1 44 4 11 7 142 13 15 3 I (i 3 .. .. 1 13 5 32 12 8 57 34 '.il 15 2 14 4 1 o r t h Canterbury and Westland and Southland Westland .. .. 3 Inangaliua . . .. II Grey .. .. 2 2 3 North Canterbury. . 193 62 8 Ashburton .. 47 '■'< 1 South Canterbury.. 60 51 7 Wuit.-iki .. ..32 4 1 Wallace and Fiord.. 13 9 Vincent .. .. 4 .. 3 Maniototo .. .. .. I Southland .. 98 82 3 3 7 1 207 5 12, 1 33 2 20 .. 7 9 1 35 1 19 7 62 23 27 8 6 25 19 14 537 87 180 65 35 16 4 269 2 50 Otago Otago .. ..202 I , .) 4 97 6 119 447 Totals .. 1,614 747 863 1,614 747 863 1,018 118 1,018 118 1,137 470 5,967 i