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1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 Deatlis
Acute Tonsillitis . 5249 Acute Respiratory 5415 5151 4330 3909 4090 6036 4175 6713 6417 4
Gatarrh 6720 10255 8549 9568 9112 9716 9829 10968 16476 14320 22
Diphtheria 6 Dysentery (Para- 9 14 10 3 1 68 68 8 ” 13
dysentery) .... 65 26 153 780 167 10 30 8 48 12 9
Puerperal Sepsis . . 18 14 15 9 9 3 6 6 9 9 25
Acute Rheumatism 214 257 167 167 128 147 ' 160 91 97 105 9
Knteric Fever .... 28 Acute Intestinal 23 48 65 11 19 24 9 20 3 17
Catarrh 2515 2037 3138 2523 3200 1585 1790 1740 1635 1961 29
Influenza 7110 1168 7362 1282 6578 670 11229 212 21977 1301 184
Measles 3026 ,, 31 132 16 8245 163 1 74
Mumps 998 1858 325 4 3 2 16 1 1 „
Bronchopneumonia 795 851 788 583 461 530 905 548 670 417 1203
Lobar Pneumonia 241 274 392 303 199 226 194 151 233 220
German Measles .. 29 102 368 24 9 3 9 9 32 55 „
Scarlet Fever .... 10 204 336 624 426 900 109 70 288 197 58
Whooping Cough . 3 Encephalitis 10 277 » ” ” 8267 88 » » 126
lethargica 7 8 14 14 13 7 6 3 15 2 10
Erysipelas 43 34 31 43 37 65 122 59 72 62 18
Erythema nodosum 27 25 28 31 37 25 15 13 10 12 »
Herpes Zoster ... „ Epidemic Catarrhal 7 3 14 19 20 72 47 64 62 »»
Jaundice 240 478 89 199 62 21 6 43 72 33 „
Contagious Impetigo 93 Epidemic Cerebro- 69 61 72 102 70 43 63 46 60 ”
spinal Meningitis „ „ 1 1 1 o »» 1 „ „ 2
Epidemic Pleurisy 17 46 85 91 10 28 30 17 9 20 „
Acute Poliomyelitis 8 9 11 81 3 7 300 53 5 81 58
Epidemic Stomatitis 21 71 66 112 181 218 140 171 109 145 „
Chickenpox 157 101 184 201 351 315 178 256 292 385 »»
With exception of influenza which ran throin ,h the east part of
the country, epidemics were of little consequence during the year, and
the general state of the public health was on the whole fairly satis-
íactory.
5. Venereal diseascs. Notified cases of venereal diseases in the years
1929—1938 are as follows (cf. tables V, VI and VII, 1—3):
1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938
Gonorrhoea 431 519 400 372 482 576 665 632 597 648
Syphilis 13 29 21 50 37 30 35 16 8 6
Soft Chancre 12 15 3 1 7 2 2 1 „
6. Tuberculosis (all forms) (cf. tables V, VI, VIII and X).
1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938
Pulmonary . 538 407 440 446 471 392 291 304 251 200
Non-puhnonary . 457 355 300 279 344 434 293 197 169 120
Total Numb. of Notified Cases . . 995 762 740 725 815 826 584 501 420 320
Deaths . 214 232 206 220 173 165 149 157 155 106
Deaths from tuberculosis may be classified as follows (last year’s
figures in round brackets): Laryngeal tuberculosis 0 (1), pulmonary
tuberculosis 75 (112), universal tuberculosis 4 (4), scrophulosis 0 (0),
tuberculosis of bones and joints 4 (0), meningeal tuberculosis 13 (28),