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Table 13c—Notifiable Diseases in New Zealand for Year Ended 31st December, 1948, Showing Distribution by Age and Sex

(Europeans) Under J. up to 5 5 up to 10 10 up to 15 15 up to 20 20 up to 25 25 up to 30 30 up to 35 35 up to 40 40 up to 45 Name of Disease. 1 Year. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. J Years. Years. Years. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. ! P. M. P. Scarlet fever 16 9 123 132 198 224 48 87 27 49 25 38 8 28 13 i 20 11 14 8 5 Diphtheria 1 1 19 15 19 19 12 4 3 10 13 8 7 7 3 4 ■ ■ | 1 1 Enteric — Typhoid 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 Paratyphoid ' 1 2 1 3 ' ' 1 1 2 1 "l ' 1 2 ' 1 . . 1 Tuberculosis — Pulmonary 1 1 4 7 18 16 16 22 43 92 105 162 84 102 78 85 58 43 38 40 Other forms 3 1 13 13 14 14 12 9 15 9 11 16 17 18 11 7 10 9 10 6 Cerebro-spinal meningitis 5 4 7 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 Poliomyelitis 14 7 106 80 161 108 86 74 '43 36 42 37 31 'i9 14 'is 13 ' 'e io, ' 'l Influenza 1 1 1 1 1 Erysipelas 4 2 ' "l 1 r 2 "l ' 3 2 7 ' '4 10 ' '4 14 3 ' '8 Puerperal fever — Ordinary 7 21 21 8 5 2 Following abortion 4 18 20 15 15 1 Eclampsia 7 20 23 12 6 _ 5 Tetanus ' '2 ' 6 5 2 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 Hydatids 1 ' '3 4 2 2 ' 1 1 2 ' '4 1 ' 1 6 ' 1 Trachoma 2 1 Ophthalmia neonatorum ' 'i 2 Pood poisoning "l 2 2 ' '4 ' '3 ' 1 5 ' '9 'i2 '1.2 ' '8 7 'io ' 6 io ' ~9 "8 Bacillary dysentery "l ' 'l 4 ' 'e 3 3 3 2 2 5 7 1 8 5 6 1 4 2 1 Amoebic dysentery 1 2 3 1 8 22 2 7 2 4 Undulant fever ' 'l ' 1 1. 2 4 1 1 2 5 2 2 Chronic lead poisoning 1 1 Malaria 4 2 ' 1 3 "l Lethargic encephalitis ' 1 2 2 1 Totals 46 26 287 266 431 393 196 209 145 227 226 343 189 261 166 199 127 129 95 80