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Saturday, June 3, 1972

MEDICAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS

For Week Ended May 13

Statistics released by the Medical and Health Department for

the week ended May 13 are as follows

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Notifications of infectious cases (previous week's figures in

brackets): total: 156 cases amcebiasis 1 (1); bacillary dysentery -

8 (8); cerebrospinal meningitis and meningococcal infections = nil (1);

chickenpox - 9 (25); enteric fever (typhoid) 9 (17); leprosy 1. (1)

measles - 27 (25); ophthalmia neonatorum 3 (2), scarlet fever - 1 (nil);

tuberculosis 96 (123); and whooping cough 1 (2),

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Birth registered 1,166: 320 on Hong Kong Island; 694 in Kowloon

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and 152 in the New Territories.

Deaths from all causes 351: 101 on Hong Kong Island; 22, in

Kowloon and 29 in the New Territories.

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