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Tuesday, July 25, 1972
NO QUARANTINABLE DISEASES LAST MONTH
Hong Kong remained free from cholera and other quarantinable
diseases in June.
However, a spokesman for the Medical and Health Department
said there were 809 notifications of infectious diseases resulting in
83 deaths all from tuberculosis.
May.
This compared with 914 notifications and 113 deaths recorded in
"Compared with May, there was a reduction in the number of
notifications of chickenpox and measles, and the incidence of diphtheria
was low with only one case notified," the spokesman said.
There were no cases of cerebrospinal meningitis, poliomyelitis,
or puerperal fever recorded, and there was no appreciable variation in
the level of notification of other infectious diseases.
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