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Monday, August 14, 1972
WEEKLY MEDICAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS
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Statistics released today by the Medical and Health Department for
the week ending on July 29, 1972 are as follows:-
* Notifications of infectious cases (previous week's figures in
brackets) - total 196 (259); amoebiasis - 1 (1);
1 (1); bacillary dysentery
8 (14); cerebrospinal meningitis and meningococcal infections -- ↑ (nil);
chickenpox
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1 (2); tuberculosis 174 (225); enteric fever (typhoid)
6 (9); enteric fever (paratyphoid) nil (1); leprosy 3 (5) and measles
2 (2).
Births
total registered 1,408; 374 on Hong Kong Island, 853
in Kowloon, and 181 in the New Territories.
* Deaths
400 from all causes; 107 on the Island, 281 in Kowloon
and 12 in the New Territories.
Release Time: 6.45 p.m.