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Total cases notified by medical practitioners 1
„ „ midwives —
Number treated at home 1
„ in hospital —
Vision unimpaired 1
„ impaired —
Total Blindness —
Number of Deaths —
Small-pox.
No case was notified during the year.
Vaccination.
Of the total births dealt with in 1923, by the Vaccination Officer,
amounting to 1370, 767 were successfully vaccinated. In 3 cases the
children were insusceptible of vaccination. In regard to 211, certificates
of Conscientious Objection were obtained; 38 died before
vaccination was performed; 27 cases of vaccination were postponed
and 324 remained to be dealt with.
I am indebted to the Vaccination Officer for these statistics.
Tuberculosis—Notification.
During the year 1923, 124 new cases of Tuberculosis were notified,
88 being cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and 36 other forms of the
disease.
The following statistical table, prescribed by the Ministry of
Health, gives an analysis of the newly notified cases and deaths during
1923:-