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9
Disease
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.—
Notifications.—Following is a table showing the numbers of
cases of infectious disease notified. The number of cases after
allowing for corrections of diagnoses is shown in brackets.
Acute encephalitis (infective)
- (-)
- (-)
- (-)
- (-)
1 (1)
Acute encephalitis (post infectious)
1 (1)
- (-)
- (-)
2 (2)
— (—)
Acute pneumonia (influenzal)
33 (33)
17 (17)
43 (43)
7 (7)
12 (12)
Acute pneumonia (primary)
67 (57)
60 (60)
55 (55)
22 (22)
39 (39)
Acute poliomyelitis (paralytic)
2 (1)
8 (8)
5 (6)
6 (5)
14 (12)
Acute poliomyelitis (non-paralytic)
3 (2)
3 (3)
3 (3)
3 (2)
14 (14)
Diphtheria
2 (1)
1 (-)
2 (—)
1 (—)
— (—)
Dysentery
110 (109)
16 (16)
106 (105)
45 (45)
31 (29)
Erysipelas
10 (10)
7 (7)
13 (13)
6 (6)
14 (14)
Food poisoning or suspected food poisoning
69 (69)
38 (18)
107 (107)
90 (89)
69 (69)
Infective enteritis
25 (24)
17 (17)
33 (31)
17 (17)
68 (68)
Malaria
1 (1)
1 (1)
2 (2)
1 (1)
- (-)
Measles
1,512 (1,511)
1,092 (1,092)
858 (854)
55 (55)
1,596 (1,596)
Meningococcal infection
3 (3)
9 (8)
5 (4)
2 (1)
11 (10)
Ophthalmia neonatorum
4 (4)
4 (4)
1 (1)
6 (6)
6 (6)
Paratyphoid fever
- (-)
3 (2)
- (-)
2 (2)
1 (1)
Puerperal pyrexia
41 (41)
87 (87)
104 (104)
70 (70)
137 (137)
Scabies
36 (35)
33 (33)
38 (38)
34 (34)
42 (42)
Scarlet fever
84 (79)
107 (105)
71 (71)
47 (47)
41 (39)
Smallpox
- (-)
- (-)
- (-)
- (-)
- (-)
Typhoid or enteric fever
— (-)
— (—)
1 (-)
— (—)
3 (3)
Whooping cough
294 (292)
118 (113)
322 (322)
203 (203)
120 (119)