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As shown in the accompanying chart, the dry, warm weather in December does not appear to have been followed by any notable increase in typhoid. On the other hand, the earlier spring months, which showed a slightly higher rainfall and temperature than the average, were followed by an unusually high number of cases in November and December. Tuberculosis. The cases notified from the health district in the last five years are, — 1905-6 86 1908-9 .. .. ..176 1906-7 .. .. ..96 1909-10 .. .. 107 1907-8 198 j Blood-poisoning. The cases notified during the last five years are, — 1905-6 .. .. ..21 1908-9 ... 77 1906-7 .. .. ..19 1909-10 56 1907-8 76 During the same period the notifications of cases of puerperal septicaemia have been resnectivelv 3, 3, 23, 29, and 23. ' F ■ ' The 56 cases last year were—23 puerperal septicaemia, 25 erysipelas, 8 unclassified : total, 56. Wellington Distbict. Gases of Infectious Diseases notified. Wellington (including Hawke's Bay and Marlborough) :— 1905-6 .. .. .. 982 1908-9 .. .. 1812 1906-7* 1,127 1909-10 1329 1907-8 .. ..' .. 1,880 Comparing last year's notifications with those of the previous year and with the previous five years, we find, — Compared with Compared with Previous Years. Average of Five Years, bcarlet fever .. •.. .. .. Decrease 454 Decrease 212 Diphtheria .. .. .. .. „ 52 14 Enteric fever .. .. . . .. Increase 54 Increase 82 Tuberculosis .. .. .. .. Decrease 28 Decrease 17 Blood-poisoning .. ~ .. „ 5 Increase 17 Hydatids .. .. .. .. Increase 2 „ 2

Summary of Cases as to Locality.

Incidence per Thousand (Population), Boroughs.

The following tables give details of the infectious diseases notified. In the case of the figures for that portion of the district formerly comprised in Hawke's Bay Health District, the figures relating to deaths cannot be taken as reliable, as in some cases the result of the disease was not noted As regards tuberculosis, moreover, compulsory notification of this disease is not insisted upon and the only information in many cases that we receive is the notice of death from the Registrar of Deaths The number of deaths therefore in regard to tuberculosis must not be taken in relation to the number of cases. Another difficulty that has occurred in the past is that only a rough intimation of the locality has been given, and in cases in which the name of a borough and county is synonymous it has been difficult to determine under which locality the disease should be placed. * No returns from Marlborough.

Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Enteric Fever. : Tubercu- Blood- ! losis. Poisoning. Hydatids. Total. Vellington City )ther boroughs lountry districts 110 254 131 70 116 63 54 130 94 j 71 82 77 18 42 9 2 3 325 627 377 495 249 ■19 were tr< 278 230 rted in hospitals. 69 8 1,329 Out of the 1,329 cai ss notified,

Cases. Deaths. 1 Removed to . „ , Hospital. J Rates " Scarlet fever )iphtheria Enteric fever tuberculosis Jlood-poisoning 364 186 184 153 60 1 . 9 5 59 10 118 96 82 42 7 2-1 1-1 1-0 i 0-9 i 0-3 i