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Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases. (Continued).
1945. 1942.
Chicken Pox. 401 673
Mumps. 139 1,032
Disinfection - no. rooms disinfected. 305 255
Hospital Treatment of Infectious Diseases.
Total cases treated in hospitals. 348 248
Diphtheria Immunisation.
No. of attendances at clinics. 15,886 16,098
No. given certificates after immunising. 2,461 2,089
No. submitted to primary Schick test. 2,070 2,986
- Schick positive. 1,889 2,751
- Schick negative. 163 235
No. of cases of diphtheria in immunised
persons.
No. of deaths from dijiitheria in immunised
persons.
TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATHS DURING 1945.
(According to figures furnished by the Registrar General).
Causes of Death.
Civil Residents
all ages.
Male.
Female.
All causes
514
490
1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fever - -
2 Cerebro-spinal fever 1 -
5 Scarlet Fever - -
4 Whooping cough - 1
5 Diphtheria — —
6 Tuberculosis of respiratory system 23 19
7 Other forms of tuberculosis 5 2
8 Syphilitic diseases 9 7
9 Influenza 7 9
10 Measles 1 —
11 Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis - -
12 Acute infectious encephalitis - 1
13m Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus 9 -
13f Cancer of uterus - 13
14 Cancer of stomach and duodenum 12 16
15 Cancer of breast - 15
16 Cancer of all other sites 56 45
17 Diabetes 2 9
18 Intro-cranial vascular lesions 45 54
19 Heart disease 125 108
20 Other diseases of circulatory system 17 19
21 Bronchitis 58 50
22 Pneumonia 57 26
25 Other respiratory diseases 7 6
24 Ulceration of stomach or duodenum 15 5
25 Diarrhoea under 2 years 15 7
26 Appendicitis 2 3
27 Other digestive diseases 8 11
28 Nephritis 7 15
29 Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis - 1
30 Other maternal causes - -