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4. Epidemic diseases. The incidence of epidemic diseases in 1978 and
1979 is shown in tables II and III.
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Deaths Totals
1. Typhoid Fever _ _ _ _ 1 _
2. Paratyphoid - 1 - 3 “
3 . Other Salmonella Infect. . 7 5 4 28 38 -
4. Bacillary Dysentary - 1 - - 3 -
5. Enteritis and Diarrhoeal Disease 2696 3366 3468 3912 3592 3
6. Diphtheria - - - - - -
7 . Whooping Cough 138 91 58 234 566
8. Streptococcal Sore Throat + ac. Pharyng. or Tonsillitis 8276 9125 10026 8120 6304
9. Scarlet Fever 57 107 275 165 106 -
10. Erysipelas 46 63 72 76 103 -
11 . Meningococcal Meningitis . 35 83 55 20 25 20
12. Acute Poliomyelitis - “ “ ~
13 . Chickenpox 732 859 913 671 1625 -
14. Herpes Zoster 203 214 251 227 184 -
15. Measles 11 36 2994 240 32 -
16. Rubella 127 104 121 3689 2879 -
17. Encephalitis (viral NOS) . 6 3 4 2 10 2
18 . Infectious Hepatitis 2 1 3 1 8 -
19. Mumps 1058 411 295 747 3644
20. Epidemic Pleurodynia 75 144 118 51 49
21. Rheumatic Fever 4 19 3 10 3 1
22. Ac. upper Respirat. Cath. and Bronchitis 25025 25961 32499 32221 24096 5
23 . Influenza 2412 7202 1042 6404 450 42
24. Pneumonia 605 795 749 839 497 544
25. Sepsis Puerperalis 5 1 1 1 2 1
26. Pemphigus Neonatorum 10 48 42 48 47 —
The table above shows the incidence of epidemic diseases in 1975 - 1979
and also the aggregate number of deaths from each disease during the same
period.
5, Venereal diseases. Notified cases in the years 1975 - 1979 are as
follows (cf. tables IV and V):
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
268 348 531 590 483
Syphilis 9 6 3 5 1
Soft Chancre 1 2 1 5 7
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