H.—3l.

Table B.-Notifications of Cases of Notifiable Diseases by Health Districts for Year ended 31st December, 1934.

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i j 1 j ! i j ~ ( j ; Name of Disease. i , ! , Ce ?J ;ra ' , s °uth Thames- ; T ; „ . „ j Wanganui- Wairarapa- Central Nelson-Marl-; . , ... . ,, f , ,, Auckland. Auckland. Auckland. Tauranga. : iarai »Ki. iast Ca P<-- Horowhenua Hawke's Bay Wellington borough Canterbury. West Coast. Otago. j Southland. Totals. — - J ! ! 1 1 ' J I' I M f ® Ver ■••••• 10 175 45 18 34 9 82 54 88 54 1 93 99 762 Diphtheria ...... 39 78 61 21 28 16 28 36 93 7 16 6 3 4 436 Enteric fever 1 8 13 6 3 4 2 3 1 2 4 3 1 51 Tuberculosis .. .. .. 14 169 33 17 29 n 24 41 12g 24 140 17 109 62 824 Cerebrospinal meningitis .... 521 4 1 900 10 Poliomyelitis .. .. .. .. 1 .. ] " 2 4 2 " 1 9 1 " " 14 i nfl ~ f 3 .. .. 5 .. 8 " 3 .. 21 1 "l4 "l2 71 Puerperal fever— " 83 18 8 5 6 11 18 35 2 36 2 10 4 239 Ordinary .. .. 7 18 6 7 4 10 6 22 4 30 1 5 8 128 _b ollowmg abortion or miscarriage 2 85 2 2 4 1 4 4 10 2 49 1 2 3 171 Eclampsia 6 24 5 1 2 1 5 5 4 8 9 7 4 81 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 5 2 .. . . 1 21 Hydatads l . . .. 1 .. . . 2 2 3 23 1 2 35 irachoma ........ 1.... 1 1 g Ophthalmia neonatorum .. 1 3 .. * ., 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 18 Lethargic encephalitis ...... 1 1 1 2.. 1 2 1 " 9 " 1 9 Food poisoning . . . . 1 22 1 2 .. " ] , . .. " 50 " " 77 Bacillary dysentery .. .. 1 7 11 _ _ '' ''j '' '' '' '' Actinomycosis .. .. .. .. 2 .. . . .. ' ' '' '' ' ' *' "2 Undulant fever .. .. 1 5 1 1 _ "4 "g " 2 1 "2 6 "2 "3 34 Lead poisoning .............. 1 J j Anthrax .. . . .. . . . . .. _ '' ' ' '' Total •• •• 91 j 693 201 81 125 65 180 192 394 57 451 34 255 203 3,022 j