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1958

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 V Q
8466 10065 10425 8313 8883 5
2. Acute Respiratory Catarrh 27438 25008 21929 16738 21011 26
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4. Dysentery (Paradysentery) 4 26 1 2 "
5. Epidemic Encephalitis 16 20 9 4 4
6. Puerperal Sepsis 4 4 2 6 1
7. Acute Rheumatism 45 52 31 26 23 1
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9. Acute Intestinal Catarrh 4414 4831 3983 4293 6053 26
2342 11044 11934 18386 1568 100
11. Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis 12 9 76 22 51 8
6573 1214 7 12 2701 8
100 214 143 967 337 -
434 5977 176 25 13 2
2650 1488 1099 800 895 \385
231 188 128 87 94 /
17. Acute Poliomyelitis 11 833 320 - 4
2453 1442 353 73 448
39 66 158 154 51
20. Epidemic Stomatitis 500 357 373 458 519
21. Whooping Cough 2076 321 58 7 1 2
1201 873 525 1254 1279
28 13 22 23 23 1
- “ 1 2 1
25. Infectious Hepatitis 9 6 7 7 11
82 73 71 62 69
27. Contagious Impetigo 46 65 51 41 20
42 11
4. Epidemic Diseases. The incidence
of epidemic diseases in 1958 is sliown
in tables II, III and IV, 1—28.
The table below shows the in-
cidence of epidemic diseases in 1954
—1958 as also the aggregate number
of deaths from each disease during
ihe same period.
There were no serious outbreaks
°f communicable diseases during the
year. A moderate wave of Measles
reached its peak in December. Unu-
sually many cases both of serous
Meningitis and Epidemic Cerebros-
pinal Meningitis were reported, but
the diagnosis of the latter wTas only
exceptionally verified bacteriologi-
eally and there is all reason to believe
ii'at many, perhaps most, of the cases
were not of meningococcal origin.
The death rate from pneumonia was
the highest since 1942.
5. Venereal Diseases. Notified cases
in the years 1954—1958 are as follows
(cf. tables V, VI and VII, 1—3):
1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Gonorrhoea 476 442 283 187 144
Syphilis 7 11 22 5 18
Soft Chancre „ 4 „ 1 „
6. Tuberculosis (all forms). Patients
registered by the medical officers at
the end of each year (cf. tables V, VI,
VIII, IX and XI):
1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Pulmonary 752 736 669 614 501
Non-pulmonarv 1.30 88 88 109 104
Total Number of
Notified Cases 882 824 757 723 605
Deaths 10 4 13 7 6
Deaths from tuberculosis this year
are classified as follows (last year’s fi-
gures in round brackets): Pulmonary