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The following table shows the ineidence of epidemic diseases in
1930 1939 as also the aggregate number of deaths from each disease
during the same period.
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Denlhs
Acute Tonsillitis . Acute Respiratory 5415 5151 4330 3909 4090 6036 4175 6713 6417 5528 4
Catarrh 10255 8549 9568 9112 9716 9829 10968 16476 14320 16938 22
9 14 10 3 1 68 68 8 4 11
Dysentery (Para-
dysenterv) .... 26 153 780 167 10 30 8 48 12 618 11
Puerperal Sepsis .. 14 15 9 9 3 6 6 9 9 7 26
Acute Hheumatism 257 167 167 128 147 160 91 97 105 79 9
Enteric Fever .... Acute Intestinal 23 48 65 11 19 24 9 20 3 6 16
Catarrh 2037 3138 2523 3200 1585 1790 1740 1635 1961 2990 28
Influenza 1168 7362 1282 6578 670 11229 212 21977 1301 5326 190
31 132 16 8245 163 670 233 1 1 61
Rronchopneumonia Eobar Pneumonia 851 274 788 392 583 303 461 199 530 226 905 194 548 151 417 220 686 \ 289 / 1215
German Measles . . 102 368 24 9 3 9 9 32 55 8 „
Mumps 1858 325 4 3 2 ,, 16 1 i ,, ,,
Scarlet Fever .... 204 336 624 426 900 109 70 288 197 61 59
Whooping Cougli . Encephalitis 10 277 ” ” ” 8267 88 ” ” ” 126
lcthargica 8 14 14 13 7 6 3 15 2 5 10
Erysipelas 34 31 43 37 65 122 59 72 62 65 17
Erythema nodosum 25 28 31 37 25 15 13 10 12 13 ,,
Herpes Zoster Epidemic Catarrhal 7 3 14 19 20 72 47 64 62 63 ”
478 89 ÍÍM) 62 21 6 43 72 33 4
Contagious Impetigo Epidemic Cerebro- i 69 61 72 102 70 43 63 46 60 124 ”
spinal Meningitis 1 1 1 2 ,, 1 ,, ,. 1 o
Epidemie Pleurisy 46 85 91 10 28 30 17 9 20 8
Acute Poliomyelitis 9 11 81 3 7 300 53 5 81 12 57
Epidemic Stomatitis 71 66 112 181 218 140 171 109 145 129 ,,
Chickenpox 101 184 201 351 315 178 256 292 385 292
With exception < i)f inl fluenza, which ran through the country,
epidemics were of little consequence during the year, and tlie general
state of the public health was on the wliole fairly satisfactory.
5. Venerenl disca.ses. Notified cases of venereal diseases in the years
1930—1939 are as follows (cf. tables V, VI and VII, 1—3):
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Gonorrlioea 519 400 372 482 576 665 632 597 648 492
Syphilis 29 21 50 37 30 35 16 8 6 14
Soft Chancre . . . . 15 3 1 7 2 2 1 „
6. Tuberculosis (nll forrns) (cf. tables V, VI, VII, IX and XI):
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Pulmonary 407 440 446 471 392 291 304 251 200 237
Non-pulmonary 279 344 434 293 197 169 120 109
Total Numb. ot' Notified Cases . . 762 740 725 815 826 584 501 420 320 346
Deatlis . 232 206 220 173 165 149 157 155 106 94
Deaths from tuberculosis which are still decreasing, may be classi-
fied as follows (last year’s figures in round brackets): Pulmonary