LESS INFECTIOUS DISEASE
SCARLET FEVER HEADS LIST LITTLE INFLUENZA ABOUT At present scarlet fever is far in the lead in the number of infectious diseases reported in the Auckland, Northern, Southern and Tliames-Tau-ranga districts, but there has been a decrease compared with November in scarlet fever and other infectious diseases. This applies to the notifications last month, when the total of infectious I cases reported was 192. compared with 242 in November. In November there were 10 cases of influenza. The details of notifications are as follow: Auckland. —Scarlet fever 32. diphtheria 14, enteric fever 2, tuberculosis 13, influenza 1, pneumonia 13, erysipe- | las 5, puerperal fever (ordinary) 2, • puerperal fever 5. eclampsia 2, ophthalmia neonatorum 1: total, SS. Northern.—Scarlet fever 17, diphtheria 1, tuberculosis 7. influenza 3, j pneumonia 3, erysipelas 1, eclampsia 1, puerperal fever (ordinary) 1; total, 32. , j Thames-Tauranga.—Scarlet fever 5, ! diphtheria 4. enteric fever 3, tubercu- j . loses 4. pneumonia 1, puerperal fever : i 1; total, 18. i Southern.—Scarlet fever 15, diph- ; j theria 5, enteric fever 8. tuberculosis ; 12, poliomyelitis 1, pneumonia 5, puer- ; j peral fever (ordinary) 4, puerperal j j fever 1, tetanus 2, hydatids 1: total, 54 i
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 557, 9 January 1929, Page 16
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