M 45
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following Table shows the number of notifiable diseases recorded during the year.
Disease Chinese Non-Chinese Total Plague 0 0 0 Small-pox 888 25 913 Cerebro-Spinal Fever 79 2 81 Enteric Fever 152 96 248 Paratyphoid Fever ... 11 26 37 Cholera 0 0 0 Diphtheria 63 27 90 Scarlet Fever 4 5 9 Puerperal Fever 14 2 16 Relapsing Fever 0 1 1 Typhus 0 1 1 Yellow Fever 0 0 0 Rabies {The following numbers of these cases were imported: Cerebro-Spinal Fever 4, Enteric Fever 31, Paratyphoid Fever 7, Diphtheria 2, Small-pox 48, Scarlet Fever 1, Relapsing Fever 1.
The case of Typhus Fever was not imported during the patient's illness but as the patient had recently arrived from North China it is probable that the virus was imported with him in clothing.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.
The incidence of this disease was slight during the year.
With the exception of the year 1922 this year presents the smallest number of cases recorded in any year since the first appearance of the disease in 1918.
The following Table shows the monthly prevalence of this disease since its outbreak in the year 1918.
M 45
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following Table shows the number of notifiable diseases recorded during the year.
Disease
Chinese
Non-Chinese
Total
Plague
Small-pox
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
Enteric Fever
Paratyphoid Fever
0
0
0
888
25
913
79
2
81
152
96
248
.... ...
11
26
37
Cholera
0
0
0
Diphtheria
63
27
90
+
Scarlet Fever....
4
5
9
Puerperal Fever
14
2
16
Relapsing Fever
:0
1
1
Typhus
0
Yellow Fever..
Rabies
{
Man
1
HOO
1
1
0
0
1
Dogs.
4
Total........
1,212
185
1,401
The following numbers of these cases were imported: Cerebro-Spinal Fever 4, Enteric Fever 31, Paratyphoid Fever 7, Diphtheria 2, small-pox 48, Scarlet Fever 1, Relapsing Fever 1.
The case of Typhus Fever was not imported during the patient's illness but as the patient had recently arrived from North China it is probable that the virus was imported with him in clothing.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.
The incidence of this disease was slight during the year.
With the exception of the year 1922 this year presents the smallest number of cases recorded in any year since the first appearance of the disease in 1918.
The following Table shows the monthly prevalence of this disease since its outbreak in the year 1918.
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