INFECTIOUS DISEASES
STATISTICS FOR PAST WEEK. During ths week ended noon yesterday, 55 cases of infectious disease were notified within the Wellington Health District, compared with 38 in the previous week. The increases were mainly in the number of scarlet fever and varicella cases. Hospital districts reported cases as follow:— Waipawa.—Diphtheria, 2; enteric fever, 2. Palmerston North -Scarlet fever. 3; diphtheria, 3; varicella. 5; hydatids, 1. Wellington.—Scarlet fever, 7; diphtheria, 9; tuberculosis, 4; varicella, 7; influenza, 1; pneumonia, 3; tetanus, 1. Wairarn pa.—Scarlet fever, 2; tuberculosis, 1 ; poliomyelitis, 1. . Wairau. —Scarlet fever, 1; varicella, 1. Nelson—Scarlet fever, 1. A detailed comparison of the figures for last week, with those of the pre-
Previous week. Last week. Scarlet fever .... 16 10 14 15 Diphtheria Tuberculosis 5 Poliomyelitis 1 3 13 1 1 3 1 Pneumonia 1 —- 1 —- xiyuni-ius -— 55 . 38
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 234, 28 June 1921, Page 5
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139INFECTIOUS DISEASES Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 234, 28 June 1921, Page 5
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