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Tuesday, July 18, 1972

MEDICAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS

Statistics released today by the Medical and Health Department

for the week ending on July 1, 1972 are as follows:-

in brackets)

Notifications of infectious cases (previous week's figures

total 157 (117); amoebiasis -- 2 (2); bacillary dysentery

nil (1); enteric fever

9 (12); chickenpox 3 (1); diphtheria

(typhoid) 14 (12); enteric fever (paratyphoid)

6 (2); measles 6 (4); scarlet fever

116 (78).

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1 (4); leprosy

nil (1); tuberculosis

Births

total registered 1239; 333 on Hongkong Island,

745 in Kowloon and 161 in the New Territories.

Deaths 365 from all causes; 118 on the Island, 227 in

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Kowloon and 20 in the New Territories.

Four dumped bodies were found

A

two from each side of the

harbour.

Release Time: 6.30 p.m.

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