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Disease
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Notifications.—Following is a table showing the number of
cases of infectious disease notified. The number of cases after
allowing for corrections of diagnosis is shown in brackets.
Acute encephalitis (infective)
—
(—)
—
(—)
—
(—)
—
(—)
—
(—)
Acute encephalitis (post infectious)
—
(—)
(1)
—
(—)
—
(—)
—
(—)
Acute pneumonia (influenzal)
23
(23)
14
(14)
23
(23)
4
(4)
14
(14)
Acute pneumonia (primary)
32
(32)
22
(22)
14
(14)
19
(19)
16
(16)
Acute poliomyelitis (paralytic)
3
(2)
5
(5)
7
(3)
6
(5)
2
(2)
Acute poliomyelitis (non-paralytic)
5
(2)
3
(—)
2
(1)
3
(2)
1
(1)
Diphtheria
—
(—)
—
(—)
1
(—)
—
(—)
1
(1)
Dysentery
33
(33)
41
(41)
25
(25)
34
(34)
39
(39)
Erysipelas .. .. ..
7
(7)
8
(8)
2
(2)
3
(3)
3
(3)
Food poisoning or suspected food poisoning
55
(55)
105
(105)
88
(87)
77
(77)
67
(67)
Infective enteritis
11
(11)
15
(15)
13
(13)
7
(7)
13
(13)
Malaria
—
(—)
—
(—)
1
(1)
—
(—)
—
(—)
Measles
1,204
1,203)
802
(802)
388
(388)
809
(809)
838
(838)
Meningococcal infection
3
(2)
—
(—)
1
(1)
—
(—)
—
(—)
Ophthalmia neonatorum
5
(5)
4
(4)
1
(1)
2
(2)
3
(2)
Paratyphoid fever
—
(—)
1
(1)
—
(—)
—
(—)
—
(—)
Puerperal pyrexia
202
(202)
182
(182)
139
(139)
138
(138)
137
(137)
Scabies
30
(30)
33
(33)
22
(22)
35
(35)
24
(24)
Scarlet fever
51
(51)
81
(81)
37
(37)
27
(27)
25
(25)
Smallpox
—
(—)
—
(—)
—
(—)
—
(—)
—
(—)
Tuberculosis (respiratory) ..
195
(195)
155
(155)
149
(149)
137
(137)
148
(148)
Tuberculosis (C.N.S. or Meninges)
1
(1)
1
(1)
1
(—)
—
(—)
—
(—)
Tuberculosis (other forms)
14
(14)
15
(15)
15
(15)
14
(14)
14
(14)
Typhoid or enteric fever
—
(—)
1
(1)
2
(2)
3
(3)
3
(3)
Whooping cough
93
(93)
96
(96)
49
(49)
117
(117)
29
(29)