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Table VIII— Density and Incidence in Two Epidemics

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(See Figs. Ill and V) Epidemic of. 1947-49. Epidemic of 193 7. Authority. Population, 1st April, 1947. Density Per Acre, Positive Oases. With Paresis or Paralysis. ■ Density Per Acre, 1936. | 1 Positive Cases. With Paresis or Paralysis. Population 1936. 1947. Cases to 31st March, 1949. Incidence Per 10,000. Cases to 31st December, 1948. Incidence Per 10,000. Cases. Incidence Per 10,000. Cases. Incidence. Newmarket Mount Eden Mount Albert Onehunga Auckland City Otahuhu One Tree Hill Ellerslie New Lynn Mount Roskill Mount Wellington 3,060 21,100 26,050 15,200 131,800 7,570 13,050 3,270 4,720 14,700 2,490 16-8 14-3 10-7 8-1 7-2 5-6 5-4 4-4 3-4 3-1 0-6 1 8 13 10 131 10 15 1 1 13 3 3-3 3-8 5-0 6-6 9-9 •13-2 11-5 ' 3-1 2-1 8-8 12 1 j 1 2 7 1 2 | 49 3 3 1 1 ' 5 1 3-3 0-9 2-7 1-3 3-0 4-0 2-3 3 • 1 2-1 3-4 4-0 12-5 8-1 5-6 '3-9 i-5 1 8 8 is 3 6 4-3 | 4-1 ! i-8 5-1 i : 4 7 6 i6 2 4 3-8 31 1-6 3-4 0*9 2,997 18,515 19,721 11,082 102,295 5,252 8,027 2,690 3,492 6,979 1,685