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Table 13b—Notifications of Cases of Notifiable Diseases, by Health Districts, for Year Ended 3lst December, 1948

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(Europeans) Name of .Diseases. •g 3 1 I i f a ! cS 1 a w 1 bo .0 60 3 O O A » T3 5 FH O £ 1 1 o § < 1 H l H Taranaki. East Cape Wellingtoi Bay. *c3 i o cs a d *<3 ■i West Coas T-imaru. Dunedin. Southland Totals. Scarlet fever 11 147 86 15 48 18 157 237 14 140 80 67 49 37 1,106 Diphtheria 3 36 24 3 7 9 17 24 7 15 6 3 154 Enteric — Typhoid 1 3 1 3 4 1 1 1 15 Paratyphoid 10 1 3 1 8 2 25 Tuberculosis — Pulmonary 46 318 46 21 33 35 204 211 42 177 17 52 101 53 1,356 Other forms 1 20 9 2 5 24 57 9 63 4. 21 43 5 263 Cerebro-spinal meningitis 6 4 1 1 4 7 7 2 1 2 2 2 39 Poliomyelitis 45 180 121 19 115 21 88 245 25 19 25 4 7 914 Influenza 1 4 1 2 1 9 Erysipelas 32 io 8 3 3 24 35 3 17 1 9 10 12 167 Puerperal fever — Ordinary 1 12 1 1 1 3 7 1 18 2 7 6 5 65 Following abortion 49 1 1 19 1 73 Eclampsia 1 18 2 2 3 5 9 ii 2 7 ~8 3 73 Tetanus 4 2 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 23 Hydatids 2 2 5 i 11 9 15 2 47 Trachoma 1 i 2 4 Ophthalmia neonatorum 1 • 3 i i 6 Food poisoning 2 19 3 6 5 2 104 1 9 3 159 Bacillary dysentery 2 4 8 15 9 4 1 53 96 Amoebic dysentery 1 3 1 2 8 36 i 9 61 Undulant fever 3 5 3 1 5 2 7 i 3 37 Chronic lead poisoning . . 3 1 4 Malaria 4 3 i 3 2 i 14 Lethargic encephalitis . . 1 1 i 5 l 9 Totals 116 877 329 74 234 123 577 1,019 113 511 140 188 289 129 4,719