H.—3l.

(d) Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

(e) Acute Poliomyelitis.

The last serious epidemic of this disease was experienced in 1925, when 1,159 cases were notified and 175 deaths occurred. In 1932 a small outbreak took place. Last year there were only 14 sporadic cases notified, with two deaths. (/) Lethargic Encephalitis. There were no outbreaks of this disease during the year. The total number of cases notified for the year was 14 Europeans and 1 Maori. (g) Bacillary Dysentery. During the year 1934 there were only 20 cases of bacillary dysentery notified, which constitutes a decrease on the number notified for the two previous years—namely, 63 and 44 respectively. (h) Hydatids. An analysis of the number of notifications of hydatids for the past five years presents an interesting feature. For the five years 1930-34 a total of 229 cases of this disease was notified, of whom 117 or 51-09 per cent, of the total, were notified from the Canterbury Health District. The following table shows for the five years 1930-34 the total number of cases of hydatids, the number of cases m the Canterbury Health District, and the percentage of the latter to the total notifications.

For the year 1934 there was a total of 15 deaths from hydatids (hydatid disease 01 liver, 10, and hydatid disease of other organs, 5), of which 7 occurred in the Canterbury Province. Infections Disease amongst Maoris. Table D attached gives the number of notifications of infectious disease received for members of the Maori race. These figures are not included in the European figures, as a very large number of cases amongst Maoris are missed, due to the fact that a large proportion of Maoris fail to obtain medical assistance when they become ill. The figures, while very inaccurate, serve their purpose m indicating to what extent the Maori people are attacked by disease. Of the 287 notifications received, 103, or over 35-89 per cent, of the total, were pulmonary tuberculosis, a disease to which the Maori is very susceptible. The next disease in order of importance of the number notified is typhoid fever, for which disease 89 cases were notified. Here, again, we have a disease which has a peculiar affinity tor the Maori race due, for the most part, to their lack of sanitation and the ease m which infection can and does spread. The only other diseases to reach double figures were influenza, puerperal fever (ordinary), trachoma, bacillary dysentery, and diphtheria.

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Deaths. Year. Number of Notifications. 7, 7 1A Rates per 10,000 of Number. Mean Population. 1909 .. 1,374 524 3-72 1930 " " .. 1,244 529 3-71 931 '■ " .. i 1 109 501 3-47 030 ■' '■ 904 488 3-35 {933 " " . 890 476 3-24 1934 824 491 3-32 I

Deaths. Number of Year- Notifications. j> ates per 10,000 of Case-fatality Number. Mean Population. Rate per Cent. 2929 .. 55 7 0-05 12-73 1930 " 12 5 0-04 41-67 1931 '■ " .. 25 5 0-03 20-00 1932 . 148 19 0-13 12-84 {qoo " 43 8 0-05 18-60 1934 :: :: :: n 2 o-oi 14-29

I >T . Percentage of I Tntnl Notifications for -Notifications from Notifications from Year. i T ° tal 0 n DiScf Canterhury JJistrici. tQ T()ta | f or Dominion. 1930 .... 52 24 46-20 1931 59 23 39-00 1932 " 37 15 40-50 1933 :: 46 32 69-60 1934 .. .. 35 23 65-70 Total .. 229 117 51-09 ~ , n e i i J--1. /i j _i_:j j: in