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Table B.—(Europeans): Notifications of Cases of Notifiable Diseases by Health Districts for Year Ended 31st December, 1947

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Name of Diseases. 1 < f Central Auckland. South Auckland. Thames-Tauranga. Taranaki. Bast Cape. Wellington - Hawke's Bay. 1 Central Wellington. § o rO j £ Christchurch. West Coast. Timaru. Dunedin. Southland. Totals. Scarlet fever 9 97 30 6 76 18 90 168 20 139 ' 37 40 92 44 866 Diphtheria 14 130 60 18 65 27 69 60 29 19 2 9 4 506 Enteric fever — (a) Typhoid 8 1 1 2 4 2 79 1 98 (6) Paratyphoid 2 2 i 1 2 8 Tuberculosis — (a) Pulmonary 28 329 67 45 50 25 140 231 46 185 30 64 118 38 1,396 (b) Other forms 2 40 15 3 5 4 19 50 10 69 2 17 52 8 296 Cerebro-spinal meningitis 1 7 4 2 6 3 8 3 l 4 3 42 Acute poliomyelitis 2 80 18 1 12 i 4 7 1 2 2 130 Influenza 1 1 1 Q Erysipelas 2 59 i2 3 4 2 24 43 i 22 i 6 6 185 Puerperal fever — (a) Ordinary.. 14 2 1 6 8 8 19 2 2' 25 69 (b) Following abortion 1 53 2 1 3 15 14 1 90 Eclampsia 5 19 6 1 *6 4 11 11 4 10 4 10 2 96 Tetanus 3 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 18 Hydatids 6 6 1 1 2 10 6 i 17 1 52 Trachoma 1 2 2 5 Ophthalmia neonatorum.. 1 i i 3 Food poisoning.. 2 5 9 i 4 I 22 Bacillary dysentery , , 3 *2 31 7 3 i i 53 Amoebic dysentery 2 2 15 2 21 Undulant fever 1 3 i 4 6 i 10 2 2 Chronic lead poisoning .. 1 1 2 Malaria 6 2 3 i 12 Lethargic encephalitis .. 2 2 Actinomycosis •• i 1 Totals 67 861 334 88 232 121 407 650 123 594 79 150 287 115 4,00S