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lung in 1959 was 22, an increase over 1958. Over the last four
years the average number of deaths from Cancer of the lung has been
19.7.
6. In Table IV which lists the new cases of Tuberculosis and
deaths from that disease, it will be seen that there were 16 new cases
and one death. These figures continue to show a decrease year by
year and when compared with the average for 10 years which is 33.2
new cases and 5.7 deaths per annum, the improvement can be appreciated.
In 1950 the figures were 59 and 18 respectively and it is,
therefore, obvious that there is a general decrease in the incidence
of this disease.
7. Infectious diseases (Table I) show a large increase this year
upon 1958, there being 789 notifications but these diseases vary by
large numbers year by year. The average number of cases notified
over the last ten years is 731.2 per annum. The main disease causing
these figures is Measles which appears to run in cycles. The largest
figure being 1,473 and the lowest 242.
There has been a large increase in the number of cases of Sonne
Dysentery notified but this seems to be general of the whole of this
area.
There were nine cases of Food Poisoning, the majority of which
had no connection with each other except in the cases of families.
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