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Tuesday, July 18, 1972
MEDICAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS
Statistics released today by the Medical and Health Department
for the week ending on July 1, 1972 are as follows:-
in brackets)
Notifications of infectious cases (previous week's figures
total 157 (117); amoebiasis -- 2 (2); bacillary dysentery
nil (1); enteric fever
9 (12); chickenpox 3 (1); diphtheria
(typhoid) 14 (12); enteric fever (paratyphoid)
6 (2); measles 6 (4); scarlet fever
116 (78).
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1 (4); leprosy
nil (1); tuberculosis
Births
total registered 1239; 333 on Hongkong Island,
745 in Kowloon and 161 in the New Territories.
Deaths 365 from all causes; 118 on the Island, 227 in
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Kowloon and 20 in the New Territories.
Four dumped bodies were found
A
two from each side of the
harbour.
Release Time: 6.30 p.m.
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