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Table C.—Europeans: Notifiable Diseases in New Zealand for Year Ended 31st December, 1947, Showing Distribution by Age and Sex

Name of Disease. Under 15 5-10 10--15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35--40 40-45 1 Year. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Scarlet fever 4 7 94 92 176 215 64 87 21 34 9 16 4 5 3 14 1 6 5 3 Diphtheria 15 16 48 44 64 61 45 35 12 42 19 29 11 12 5 12 5 9 7 3 Enteric fever — (a) Typhoid 7 5 15 12 8 5 1 5 3 5 1 2 2 6 5 5 2 (6) Paratyphoid Tuberculosis — 1 1 1 1 11 (a) Pulmonary 4 2 13 7 17 14 9 30 54 87 92 213 80 85 60 72 62 54 49 44 (b) Non-pulmonary 3 1 9 16 14 19 8 13 11 15 18 23 19 20 17 9 10 5 7 7 Cerebro spinal meningitis Poliomyelitis 3 2 3 1 9 14 5 13 5 32 4 11 2 12 2 11 ' ~4 "7 1 5 1 4 1 2 ' *2 3 2 "4 "l "l 2 Influenza 1 1 Erysipelas ' A 1 5 "l "2 ' '3 "3 "2 "2 "3 "l "4 ' '7 '*6 "8 "3 "7 "7 "ll Puerperal fever — (a) Ordinary 5 25 23 10 5 1 (6) Following abortion 6 20 31 22 8 2 Eclampsia 12 36 23 14 10 Tetanus "l "2 2 ' '3 "2 "l "l 1 1 "l Hydatids 1 1 ' '2 5 2 7 "l "2 "l "l "3 2 2 Trachoma "l "l 1 Ophthalmia neonatorum "2 "l Food poisoning 1 2 "l "2 "2 "l "l ' '2 "3 "l 1 Bacillary dysentery "2 3 "4 5 "2 ' '7 ' '3 1 "2 2 1 2 1 "4 3 "l 1 Amoebic dysentery 1 2 3 5 "3 . . 2 1 Undulant fever "l "l "l "l "l 2 3 2 4 ' '2 3 1 1 1 Chronic lead poisoning 1 Malaria "l 5 "3 "l Lethargic encephalitis Actinomycosis ' 'l Totals 38 38 203 200 333 348 162 192 116 220 163 378 135 218 110 180 97 112 87 79