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4. Epidemic Diseases. The incidence of epidemic diseases in 1975
is shown in tables II, III and IV, 1-32.
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 Deaths Totals
1. Typhoid Fever _ 1 _ _ _ _
2. Paratyphoid - 1
3 . Other Salmonella Infect. 4 2 3 2 7 -
4. Bacillary Dysenterý .... - - - - - -
5. Enteritis and Diarrhoeal Disease 3803 3436 3315 3315 2696 5
6. Diphtheria - - - - - -
7. Whooping Cough 544 163 44 541 138
8. Streptococcal Sore Throat + ac. Pharyng. or Tonsillitis 12382 9358 8379 9051 8084
9. Scarlet Fever 70 134 90 55 57 -
10. Erysipelas 47 82 73 55 46 -
11. Meningococcal Meningitis 4 10 13 5 35 8
12. Acute Poliomyelitis .... - - “ -
13. Chickenpox 1323 676 1300 959 732 -
14. Herpes Zoster 212 195 170 252 203 -
Í5. Measles 13 88 3877 37 11 -
16. Rubella 84 819 1957 507 127 -
17. Encephalitis (viral NOS) 1 3 2 10 6 1
18. Infectious Hepatitis ... 3 1 4 23 2 1
19. Mumps 399 356 342 1024 1058 1
20. Epidemic Pleurodynia ... 189 132 65 118 75 -
21. Rheumatic Fever 6 9 10 3 4 -
22. Ac. upper Respirat. Cath. and Bronchitis 28661 23718 23900 31927 25025 8
23. Influenza 6072 6910 418 9951 2412 55
24. Pneumonia 915 653 652 748 605 490
25. Sepsis Puerperalis 2 - 1 2 5 1
26. Pemphigus Neonatorum ... 31 8 14 9 10 ""
The table above shows the incidence of epidemic diseases in 1971 -
1975 as also the aggregate number of deaths from each disease during
the same period.
5. Venereal Diseases. Notified cases in the years 1971 - 1975 are
as follows (cf. tables V, VI and VII, 1 -4);
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Gonorrhoea 199 224 270 308 268
Syphilis 4 3 5 9
Soft Chancre 1 1 - 1