Annual report on the health and medical services of the state of Queensland.

  • Queensland. Department of Health.
Date:
[1951]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on the health and medical services of the state of Queensland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE VI. Communicable Diseases (exclusive of Venereal Diseases) 1st July, 1950, to 30th June, 1951. Metropolitan Area (Population at 1st July, 1950—440,000). Months. Total 1950- 1951. Diseases. 1950. 1951. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June. Anchylostomiasis • • 1 25 , . • . 2 1 . . • • • • . . 29 Anthrax • • • * • *-• • * . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bilharziasis . . / , , • • • • .. . • • • • • • • • • • Cholera • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Coastal Fever • • • • .. . .. • . • • • • • • • • • • • Diarrhoea (Infantile)* 7 10 4 4 11 14 27 4 24 13 12 24 154 Diphtheria 5 4 3 5 2 3 3 12 8 7 3 5 60 Dysentery, Amoebic 1 f • 1 2 Dysentery, Bacillary 4 8 7 4 8 3 2 9 6 12 43 11 117 Encephalitis Lethar- gica • • . » . . . • • • . . . • • , . . 1 . . . • 1 Filariasis 1 « • • • • • • •' . • • • • • • • • 1 Lead Poisoning 1 .. 1 2 Leprosy # # , , j; .. .. 1 m # , , 1 Leptospirosis (Weil's Disease, Paraweil’s Disease, Seven-day Fever) 1 1 2 Malaria 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 • • 1 2 3 1 21 Meningitis, Cerebro¬ spinal . . . . 3 3 , . , , ■ • , , . . 2 2 10 Mossman Fever • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Plague, Bubonic or Oriental . , . . # # ... .. .. , . » # . , • • Poliomyelitis, Acute Anterior . , , , 1 6 13 10 38 48 38 32 186 Puerperal Fever • • • • • • • • Puerperal Pyrexia .. 1 • • • • • • • • ♦ • 4 1 6 Relapsing Fever • • • • • • • • • • • • Rubellaf • • • • • • • • • • • • • • T • • • Sarina Fever • • •. • • • • • • • • • • • • Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina .. 9 12 18 56 114 49 22 15 7 8 3 11 324 Smallpox (including Amaas or Alastrim) , . * . .. .. . , . , . . • • Tuberculosis (all forms) 20 34 31 30 42 10 17 41 26 21 33 26 331 Tetanus 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 10 Typhoid Fever (in¬ cluding Para¬ typhoid Fevers) . . 2 1 1 1 3 1 9 1’yphus Fever (in¬ cluding Rural and Urban Forms and Japanese River Fever) 2 1 1 i 1 6 Undulant (Malta) Fever # , 1 .. 1 , . 2 Yellow Fever • • . • • •. • • • • • • • • . • • • • Totals 52 71 99 104 180 90 95 96 116 113 143 115 1,274 * Diarrhoea for more than 48 hours’ duration in children under 2 years of age was declared a notifiable disease with respect to the whole of the State of Queensland on the 24th March, 1949 (vide Government Gazette, 26-3-49, page 1066). t Rubella (German Measles) in females over the age of 14 years was declared to be a notifiable disease under the said Acts with respect to