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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1975
WEEKLY STATISTICS ON VIRAL HEPATITIS
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WEEKLY STATISTICS ISSUED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY SHOW THAT THE NUMBER OF HEPATITIS CASES CONTINUES TO DROP FRACTIONALLY.
A TOTAL OF 80 CASES WAS NOTIFIED TO THE DEPARTMENT LAST WEEK, COMPARED WITH 81 THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND 82 THE WEEK BEFORE.
ONE DEATH FROM THE DISEASE WAS RECORDED DURING THE WEEK. THERE WERE THREE DEATHS IN THE PREVIOUS WEEK.
AS REGARDS AGE DISTRIBUTION, THE HIGHEST NUMBER WAS STILL RECORDED IN THE 20-24 AGE GROUP, WITH 18 PER CENT, FOLLOWED BY THE 10-14 AGE GROUP, WITH 16 PER CENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT ADVISED THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO PERSONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD HYGIENE, WHICH IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE PREVENTIVE MEASURE AGAINST THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS TO MEET THE MEDIA
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NOTE TO EDITORS: A +MEET THE MEDIA+ SESSION WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT 4 P.M. IN THE G.I.S. THEATRE, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, 5TH FLOOR.
ATTENDING THE MEETING WILL BE THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS, MR. DAVID WHITELEGGE.
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE MEETING COVERED. TELEVISION CREWS ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE. TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.