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Notification of Disease The following tables give details of the cases of notifiable diseases reported in 1945 :

Table A.—Notifiable Diseases in New Zealand for Year ended 31st December, 1945, showing Distribution by Months

Enteric Tuber- * . Puerperal . Fever. culosis. > *7* Fever. S >> g 'B P ■ s 5 *- I » 1 I s 1 .1 Months. d j ■ fl§ 1 « f * 1* II 11 1 11! 11 ji 11 n 1 1 i i r 11 n i j i r i * i»fiSe-SeoP4iS 3 o hhMho S«!k»PQH January 387 76 .. 106 15 5 . . . . 18 13 9 4 1 3 7 2 3 .. 31 H . . .. 681 February .. 298 64 3 2 152 24 9 .. . . 17 2 7 5 1 1 10 23 618 March . . 598 74 1 . . 184 20 7 2 . . 28 7 10 2 1 3 2 1 3 26 . . 2 . . 9 980 April 579 90 2 . . 87 13 7 . . . . 21 5 7 2 2 1 2 1 12 35 1 1 1 9 1 . . . . 879 May 655 167 2 . . i.22 32 6 1 1 26 9 4 2 1 6 1 1 .. 17 3 1 .. 15 1,072 June 567 120 1 .. 115 17 4 2 1 21 6 8 8 1 5 1 .. . . 7 2 2 .. 19 .. 1 . . 908 July 540 86 1 1 117 30 13 1 1 25 9 3 2 . . 9 . . . . 1 12 . . 2 . . 24 877 August 491 92 2 . . 233 47 11 . . . . 26 3 3 4 2 3 . . 1 . . 7 3 1 . . 11 940 September 357 47 2 .. 133 31 6 1 1 22 6 8 4 .. 4 9 . . 1 .. 13 .. 1 1 647 October 246 62 3 5 181 40 8 1 1 20 6 11 4 . . 5 ... . 4 8 1 2 2 8 1 1 2 622 November 191 56 4 .. 179 38 16 2 .. 11 8 10 6 1 2 2 1 79 6 4 5 . . 9 .. 1 *50 681 December 124 62 2 .. 113 22 6 4 1 13 1 20 3 2 3 2 . . 8 7 5 5 .. 16 .. 1 .. 420 Totals — 1945 .. 5,033 996 23 81,722 329 98 14 6 248 75 100 46 12 41 10 5 ill 151 21 25 3 187 3 5 53 9,325 1944 .. 7,612 693 24 11 1,501 211 135 45 8 310 73 157 44 18 28 6 6 31 147 3 37 3 397 6 1 111,519 1943 .. 1,196 830 60 121,799 221 434 178 4 321 59 149 44 13 43 22 10 81 314 2 23 9 .. 1 4 1 5,830 1942 .. 457 542 56 101,418 239 852 30 3i 264 83 135 39 16 65 7 14 10 73 .. 18 5 .. 1 5 .. 4,372 1941 .. 338 383 47 91,197 241 163 4 6 374 101 123 73 17 42 6 19 93 348 1 21 8 .. 4 5 .. 3,623 * The cases of beriberi were among repatriated prisoners of war from Japan who were on transit through New Zealand.