INFECTIOUS DISEASE
CASES FOR THE WEEK. During the week ended noon yesterday, G8 cases of infectious diseases were reported in tho Wellington publio health district, a decrease of 14 compared with the figures for tho previous week. Hospital districts from which cases were reported were:—Waipawa: Diphtheria, B; cerebrospinal meningitis, 1. Palmerston North: Scarlet fever, 3; diphtheria, 1; tuberculosis, 1; pneumonia, 1; measles, 5. Wellington; Scarlet fever, Is diphtheria, G; tuberculosis, 3; iniiuonza, 4; pneumonia, 21; measles, 8; chicken-pox, 3. Wairarapa: Scarlet fever, 1; diphtheria, 1; eerebro-spinal meningitis, 1; chicken-pox, 3. Wairau: Diphtheria, 1. Nelson: Diphtheria, 3. The following tablo gives details of tho various cases notified, the figures for the previous week being shown for purposes of comparison. Last Previous
wecli. week, Scarlet fever !i 5 Diphtheria 18 23 Tuberculosis 4 2 Cerebro-spinal meningitis 2 0 Influen7/a 4 3 Pneumonia ; 23 15 Measles 8 3 Chicken-pox 5 1 Ophthalmia 0 1 Puerperal septicaemia .... 0 1 Totals G8 51
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 259, 27 July 1920, Page 4
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158INFECTIOUS DISEASE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 259, 27 July 1920, Page 4
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