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Saturday, June 3, 1972
MEDICAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS
For Week Ended May 13
Statistics released by the Medical and Health Department for
the week ended May 13 are as follows
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Notifications of infectious cases (previous week's figures in
brackets): total: 156 cases amcebiasis 1 (1); bacillary dysentery -
8 (8); cerebrospinal meningitis and meningococcal infections = nil (1);
chickenpox - 9 (25); enteric fever (typhoid) 9 (17); leprosy 1. (1)
measles - 27 (25); ophthalmia neonatorum 3 (2), scarlet fever - 1 (nil);
tuberculosis 96 (123); and whooping cough 1 (2),
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Birth registered 1,166: 320 on Hong Kong Island; 694 in Kowloon
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and 152 in the New Territories.
Deaths from all causes 351: 101 on Hong Kong Island; 22, in
Kowloon and 29 in the New Territories.
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