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deaths from this disease. The number of patients removed to
hospital was 12.
DYSENTERY. There were 36 cases of this disease during
the year: 25 males and 11 females, as compared with 43 in
1944. The number of patients removed to hospital was 34.
MALARIA. Twenty-one cases of this disease were notified
during the year—all were males. All cases were believed to
have been contracted abroad.
DIARRHOEA AND ENTERITIS. During 1945 the
number of deaths of children under 2 years of age from
diarrhoea and enteritis was 21. Of the 21 children who died,
12 were males and 9 females. The corresponding figure for
1944 was 18. The death rate per 1,000 of the population
was 0.15.
PNEUMONIA. The number of notifications of pneumonia
—primary and influenzal—received during the year was 179, as
compared with 161 in 1944. Of this number 107 were males and
72 females. The case rate was 1.32 per 1,000 of the population.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA. The number of cases during the
year was 29, as compared with 43 in 1944. Of these, 26 were
removed to hospital.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. The number of cases
during the year was 7, as compared with 3 in 1944. Four
cases were removed to hospital.
ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS. One case of this disease was
notified during the year.
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