HEALTH OF AUCKLAND

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 437, 20 February 1909, Page 14

HEALTH OF AUCKLAND

ENCOURAGING STATISTICS. V .■ TE^GIIAPH—SFECIAX coehespondent!) I" . , Auckland, February 18 I ~ Purely, .; district health [ :?™^ r i^4H o^®.?°,; ?® r 'aii satisfab-; i in}, regard. to •-its. comparative : *«cdom from caces ;of infectious disease. tateno fever, as .compared .with last year, i . - ' great; faUmig" ■ tßero■ having been .??.?. ; three; cases * W ; itnin'''tlie ! i .city; boundaries -this summer; whilst; for the -'presbnt month,; : #9.if^^. f «o#ieft^-the'Biinii&r;'i{ot - a:iv?• WO I. y --° . D °te also' that flies, by which' , .tin?.idisease;'. uJ.disseminated -to r a- lar<*e esJ : 'K ««ter?9t ! as. ! ;-they..werb last year-,. f ;in the* cites, of.v starlet ;'feveft..and"- diphtheria. The ' Wstem.-iiiitiateirin the first placo by the' CouneU, -.; and-;- since) . adopted,; by ■ ,thb-City- Council-, :* of Supplying , -.disinfMtantSi'and .carcying; out ■ the .'disinfec- ; ;tu)nvof<premiMS.free' of'-bharge,to4ho-eccu-' ■ S 1 c ■ having had a eood • of;(the city/, and suburbs 1 A,- SI ? n of ;;imgrovement--'iri - the health of the i i.s!fete?v^ l^,i?,idiat.ißcti deorease in'infantile mortality:during the past year. '' A.great deaTbf the credit for tliis," Dr ;furdy given to tho better .cpnditions;and;the improved sanitaiv organisation,.^vklst,the : work,'df Pluiiket ' ■ Nurse ~had .:,aIs'o;; undoubtedly had a', good number^ : ; of deaths 1 ■ of? chddren^ndertnb ; in Auck- ! 4 a ? d . ,'W e • suburban boroughs; - was '• 187 whilst last year it was 173. The number o died iin ' l0 o? : irw J' ear total was 2-23. +J?? 8 , ,?p2h;the populati o n'-hM .increased, -i¥..5 0 rt al 'ty;;of:cMdren:;shb.wran.enbourai:^ mg. decrease.-• v .v.-; -- -.. ' .« m Friendly 'Societies' 'Dispensary in Auckland, it. is .-.Btafedj; made *.up'' 1000 less : prescnptions.last::year/thiii during the nre- ■ viofls year, thus. giving ■ a ; further gratifying : last rear-was 30.76.per 1000, ■as com- ; j"l9o7j_and an average rf ::sameiyear : ifor;.the;thrbe-?ther (B h lgUr i S i^° r laSt >' car aI « based. ,- ??:- iM -offiaal population returns supplied bytho Registrar-Gcnoral a.year, ago, and the ffroenfage.,wiU. when i .!lllSvi tlie ' moan popul^ioa for ;