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4. Epidemic Dlseases. The incidence of epidemic diseases in 1974
is shown in tables II, III and IV, 1-32.
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Deaths Totals
1. Typhoid Fever 1
2. Paratyphoid - - 1 - -
3. Other Salmonella Infect. 4 2 3 2 -
4. Bacillary Dysentery .... - - - - - -
5. Enteritis and Diarrhoeal Disease 5594 3803 3436 3315 3315 6
6. Diphtheria - - - - - -
7. Whooping Cough 6 544 163 44 541 -
8. Streptococcal Sore Throat+ac. Pharyng. or Tonsillitis 11558 12382 9358 8379 9051
9. Scarlet Fever 61 70 134 90 55 —
10. Erysipelas 30 47 82 73 55 -
11. Meningococcal Meningitis 3 4 10 13 5 4
12. Acute Poliomyelitis .... - - - - - —
13. Chickenpox 888 1323 676 1300 959 —
14. Herpes Zoster 210 212 195 170 252 -
15. Measles 747 13 88 3877 37 —
16. Rubella 122 84 819 1957 507 —
17. Encephalitis (viral NOS) 4 1 3 2 10 1
18. Infectious Hepatitis . . . 8 3 1 4 23 1
19. Mumps 41 399 356 342 1024 1
20. Epidemic Pleurodynia ... 128 189 132 65 118 -
21. Rheumatic Fever 6 6 9 10 3 —
22. Ac. upper Respirat. Cath. and Bronchitis 24177 28661 23718 23900 31927 9
23 . Influenza 6830 6072 6910 418 9951 58
24. Pneumonla 1174 915 653 652 748 481
25. Sepsis Puerperalis - 2 - 1 2 -
26. Pemphigus Neonatorum ... 34 31 8 14 9
The table above shows the incidence of epidemic diseases in 1970 -
1974 as also the aggregate number of deaths fröm each disease during
the same period.
5. Venereal Diseases. Notified cases in the years 1970 - 1974 are
as follows (cf. tables V, VI and VII, 1-4):
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Gonorrhoea ........................ 177 199 224 270 308
Syphilis ............................ 1 - 4 3 5
Soft Chancre ........................ - 1 - 1