. M 48
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following Table shows the number of notifiable diseases recorded during the year.
Disease Chinese Non-Chinese Total Plague 148 0 148 Small-pox 1,292 28 1,320 Cerebro-Spinal Fever 104 3 107 Enteric Fever 207 65 272 Paratyphoid Fever 22 30 52 Cholera 0 1 1 Diphtheria 59 32 91 Scarlet Fever 0 0 0 Puerperal Fever 19 1 20 Relapsing Fever 1 0 1 Typhus Fever 0 1 1 Yellow Fever 0 0 0 Total 1,845 153 1,998The following numbers of these cases were imported. Plague 2, Cerebro-Spinal Fever 6, Enteric Fever 40, Paratyphoid Fever 2, Typhus 1, Diphtheria 6, Cholera 1, Small-pox 49.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.
The cases of this disease were more numerous than during 1922 but less than in any previous year since the disease was first recognised in this Colony.
The following Table shows the monthly prevalence of this disease since its first recognition here in 1918.