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SECTION 3.— NON-NOTIEIAULK DISEASES. Measles and Whooping-cough. These two diseases, which were widely epidemic in close association during 1920, were considerably less prevalent in 1921. The number of deaths due to these causes in the year under review were respectively 47 and 49, as compared with 122 and 107 in 1920. Cancer. The following table, taken from the New Zealand Official Year-book, shows the cancer deathrate in the Dominion for the last ten years : —

Number of Persons who died from Cancer, the Proportion per 10,000 Persons living, and the Percentage of all Deaths, 1912-21.

Fuller information upon this subject, together with a discussion upon the causes which have contributed to the rising cancer- death-rate in the Dominion, will be found in an article by the Chief Compiler, Census and Statistics Office, in the Year-book for 1917. Venereal Diseases. The venereal clinics established in the four main centres in 1919 continue to do good work. The following table shows in concise form the results of their operations during the past year : —

Venereal Clinics — Cases treated during Year ended 31st December, 1921.

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464 4 64 1 6 7 3 1 7

Auckland. Wellington. Ohristcl lurch. Dunedin. Tol J. Number of persons dealt with at or in connection with the out-patient clinic for tho first time and found to be suffering from— M. Syphilis .. .. .. .. 100 Soft sore .. .. .. .. 25 Gonorrhoea .. .. .. 345 No venereal disease .. .. 73 I M. 100 25 345 73 F. 44 24 25 M. 80 8 298 52 F. Ill II 25 M. 46 0 139 62 F. 21 35 31 M. 55 'fi.5 28 F. 11 9 2 M. 281 39 837 215 F. 80 79 83 Total attendances of all persons at the outpatient clinic who were suffering from — Syphilis .. .. .. .. 1,759 Soft sore .. .. .. .. 72 Gonorrhoea .. .. .. 9,232 No venereal disease .. .. 227 1,759 72 9,232 227 474 2,089 16 19,569 89 010 903 45 3,908 215 473 505 84 5,256 133 33,583 562 1,047 141 35 520 35 902 187 814 31 67 1 1^030 258 Aggregate number of "in-patient days" of treatment given to persons suffering from Syphilis Gonorrhoea 1,711 4,098 019 735 169 335 2,499 5,108 44 161 100 106 150 327 Number of doses of salvarsan substitutes given 1,213 1,213 394 1,032 380 423 233 529 154 3,197 1161 Examination of pathological material: Specimens from persons attending at treatment centre which were examined at this centre for — Detection of spirochaetes .. .. 23 Detection of gonococoi .. .. 1,005 Wasserman reaction .. .. 289 Others .. .. .. .. 89 23 1,005 289 89 138 80 19 703 518 40 199 115 1 16 253 213 70 110 140 50 1 80 96 6 12 59 2,701 1,116 211 45g 347 57 An important advance was made durir provide free treatment for sailors on oversea s was in accordance with a scheme outlined by in anticipation of a direct request from that that the measure is a step in the right directi .J- - £ - ig the year ships sufferini t the Office 1 body to und ion, and will throi g fron Intern crtaki redui igh the Department undertaki: a venereal disease. This arrangi lational d'Hygiene Publique, an< e such treatment. There is no 3e materially the importation of ng to ement d was doubt these diseases from overseas.