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Monday, March 19, 1973

HEALTH REPORT FOR JANUARY

One Fatal Case Of Poliomyelitis Reported

A total of 761 cases of notifiable diseases was reported during

January, according to the health report for that month issued by the Medical

and Health Department today.

Of the 141 deaths, 138 were caused by tuberculosis, one by amoebiasis,

one by bacillary dysentery, and one by poliomyelitis.

The notifications of measles rose slightly from 14 in December to

21 in January, but there were no reports of cerebrospinal meningitis or

diphtheria.

A Medical and Health Department spokesman said:

"Compared with

the corresponding month of 1972, the incidence of typhoid fever shows a drop

from 32 to 12 cases."1

A notable drop was also observed in the notifications of chickenpox,

from 91 to 15 cases.

The spokesman said there were only minor variations in the incidence

of other infectious diseases.

Hong Kong remained free from cholera and other quarantinable diseases

during the month.

Release Time:

7.00 p.m.