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TABLE 33

LEPROSY CASES 1969 TO 1978

I) Incidence of Leprosy

Now Cases Admitted to

TABLE 34

ANALYSIS OF DERMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS F-RESEPTING AT CLINICS 1978

New Case A

Year

Incidence Rate*

Imported Cage 9

No.#

per 100,000

Hei Ling Chau Legrosariun

Tai Chi Kok Hospital

Dermatological Conditions

Cases

Dermatological Conditions

Cases

population

1969

127

3.3

8

89

1970 - 135

3.4.

20

70

Acne

Alopecia

982

Nevi (all types)

198

Pediculosis

444

20

1971

117

2.9 T

14

85

19724 101

2.5

16

79

Angioedema

Carcinoma

Pemphigus

11

Paronychia

122

1973.

100

2.4.

74

47

Contact dermatitis

554

Pityriasis rosea

213

1974

119

2.8

12

36

Dermatitis exfoliative

Pityriasis alba

178

1975:

78

1.8

27

Dermatitis herpetiformis

1

Pruritus

343

1976 76

1.7

34

Dermatomyositis -

12

Psoriasis

302

1977

73

1.6

24

Drug eruption

124

Purpura

40

1976

74

1.6

23

Eczema (all types)

8,893

Pyoderma

115

* Based on revised population estimates after 1976 By-census,

# Including imported cages.

| Epidermolysis bullosa

O

Raynaud's phenomenoma

1

Erythema multiforme

20

Rosacea

75

Erythema nodosum

Scabies

835

No. of cases

II) Number of New Cases by Age 1978

Age Group

Granulomata

Herpes simplex

27

scleroderma

14

30

Tinea (all types)

2,296

Herpes zoster

125

T. B. Cutis

50

Ichthyosis

32

Tumors, benign

2

Under 1

Keloid

52

Ulcer, varicose

53

1

Keratosis (all types)

63

Urticaria

586

5

9

Hy

Lichen amyloidosis

37

Vasculitis

10

14

1

Lichen planus

14

Verruca

969

15

19

Light sensitivity

8

Vitiligo

300

20

8083

24

6

Lupus erythematosus (all types)

25

Xanthous

12

25

29

8

Miliaria

20

Leprosy

43

+

34

A

Molluscum contagiosum

47

Miscellaneous

340

35

39

8

| Neurodermatitis

592

40

44

6

Neurofibromatosia

S

45

TOTAL

49

4

18,855

50

54

55

59

༣

60 &

Over

23

Total

74