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SECTION 3.—NON-NOTIEIABLE DISEASES. Measles and Whooping-cough. These two diseases of childhood, which, periodically assume epidemic proportions, were quiescent in 1922. Only 1 death from measles and 4 deaths from whooping-cough were reported, as compared with the 1921 totals of 47 and 49 respectively. Cancer. The following table, taken from the " New Zealand Official Year-book," shows the cancer death-rate in the Dominion for the last ten years : —

Number of Persons who died from Cancer, the Proportion per 10,000 Persons living, and the Percentage of all Deaths, 1913-22.

Puller information upon this subject, together with a discussion upon the. causes which have contributed to the rising cancer death-rate in the Dominion, will be found in an article by the Chief Compiler, Census and Statistics Office, in the Year-book for 1917. Venereal Diseases. The venereal clinics established in the four main centres in 1919 continue to do good work The following table shows in concise form the results of their operations during the past year: —_

Venereal Clinics — Cases treated during Year ended 31st December, 1922.

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Year. Deaths from Deaths from Total Deaths : Cancer per Cancer. All Causes. 10,000 of Living Persons. Deaths from Cancer per 100 of all Deaths. 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 856 10,11.9 8-01 904 10,148 8-29 900 9,965 8-19 909 10,596 8-27 957 10,528 8-71 936 16,364 8-49 1,031 10,808 9-07 1,029 12,109 8-72 1,044 10,682 8-53 1,066 10,977 8-52 8-46 8-91 9-03 8-50 9-09 5-72 9-54 8-50 9-77 9-71

Auckland. Wellington. Christcliurch. Dunei ltn. Total. Number of persons dealt with at or in connection with the out-patient clinic for the first time and found to be suffering from— Syphilis Soft sore Gonorrhoea No vonoreal disease M. 152 21 400 51 F. 53 M. 71 10 290 05 F. 15 M. 49 10 152 63 F. 23 M. 24 1 76 3 F. 12 M. 296 42 9.18 1.82 F. 103 II 16 22 29 49 33 9 'hi 78 Total attendances of all persons at the outpatient clinic who were suffering from— Syphilis Soft sore Gonorrhoea ... No venereal disease 1,750 81 7,136 122 059 2,440 66 24,645 142 632 1,298 107 5,273 101 536 697 1 1,232 3 180 6,191 255 38,286 428 2,007 388 44 954 57 675 79 143 2,ioo 180 Aggregate number of "in-patient days" of treatment given to persons suffering from Syphilis Gonorrhoea 2,125 3,569 465 510 2,610 4,107 82 230 20 28 59 82 289 Number of doses of salvarsan substitutes given 1,435 499 1,368 451 508 222 561 131 3,872 1,303 Examination of pathological material : Specimens from persons attending at treatment centre which were examined at this centre for— Detection of spirochetes Detection of gonococci Wassorman reaction Others .. .. .. .. I 24 1,414 220 87 202 49 4 19 907 507 34 244 165 1 36 326 423 10! 144 220 55 5 120 111 i2 27 84 2,767 1,261 222 602 461 60