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INFECTIOUS DISEASES

LAST WEEK’S NOTIFICATIONS. Infectious disease notifications covering the Wellington health district - for the week ended noon yesterday numbered 69, compared with 59 for the previous week. There-.was a material rise in the number of diphtheria cases reported, but this was'! offset by a reduction in tho scarlet fever cases. Apart from this the figures do not call for comment. The following are the notifications in det ail: — Waipawa-—Pneumonia, 1. Palmerston North—Scarlet, fever, 1; diphtheria, 8; puerperal septicaemia, 1; varicella, 2; pneumonic influenza, 3. Wellington—Scarlet fever, 7; diphtheria, 8; pneumonic influenza, 2; pneumonia, 2; erysipelas, 1; tuberculosis, 7; varicella, 9. \ Wairarapa—Scarlet fever, 2; diphtheria, 3; poleomyelitis, 1; varicella, 2; pneumonic influenza, 1; pneumonia, 1. Wairau—Scarlet fever, 1; septicaemic influenza, 1. Picton—Varicella, 1; pneumonia, 1. Nelson— Diphtheria, 1: tuberculosis, 2. Tho following fable affords a comparison between the figures for last week and those of the previous week:— Lest Previous

week. week. Scarlet fever 11 25 Diphtheria 20 12 < Tuberculosis 9 2 Poleomyolitis (infantile k paralysis) 1 Puerperal septicaemia ... 1 Varicella 14 7 Pneumonic .influenza ... 6 , 3 Influenza 1 / — Pneumonia 5 5 Erysipelas 1 3 ■— — Totals no 59

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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 306, 20 September 1921, Page 6

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 306, 20 September 1921, Page 6

INFECTIOUS DISEASES Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 306, 20 September 1921, Page 6

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