Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales.

  • New South Wales. Department of Public Health
Date:
[1932]
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    Table VIJ.—Return of the Number of Persons under Treatment, the Order of Disease for which they were treated, and the Number of Deaths in each Order during the years 1931 and 1932. (Includes cases remaining in Hospital on 31st December, in each year. 1931. Discharged during the year. Remaining in on 31st Total. Cured. Eeiievcd. Un¬ relieved. Died. December, 1931. Average number of days In Hospital. Class 1.—General Diseases. Typhoid Fever . 25 2 3 30 430 Malaria . • « • 2 2 9-5 Measles . 109 9 3 121 26-3 Scarlet Fever . 1,589 14 1 12 180 1,796 38-2 Whooping-cough . 27 26 ... 5 4 62 18-7 Diphtheria. LOGO 11 1 11 54 1,077 19-4 Influenza . 143 7 1 4 1 156 1102 Mumps... 3 • • • ... 1 4 106 Dysentery . 2 • • • • • . • . • 2 22 0 Erysipelas . 112 2 13 . . . 127 164 Other Epidemic Diseases. 33 2 ... 2 37 10-7 Purulent Infection and Septicaemia . 2 1 4 1 8 60 Anthrax . • • • • • • ... ... ... ... Tetanus . 3 • • • 3 ... 6 21 0 Rickets . • • • • • • ... ... ... ... Encephalitis Lethargica . • • • • • • ... ... ... ... Tuberculosis of the Lungs . 2 154 30 206 87 479 81-5 ,, Acute Miliary. • •• 1 ... 1 26-0 ,, Meningitis . ... ... 1 1 6-0 ,, Pott’s Disease . • • • • • • • • • • • • ... ... „ Hips. 1 11 ... 8 20 I960 ,, Other . 2 11 1 5 1] 30 1040 Poliomyelitis. 1 5 o • • • 5 13 660 Syphilis . 3 108 9 3 22 145 37-7 Soft Chancre . 1 9 ... ... • . . 10 23 0 Gonorrhoeal Disease . 8 552 8 57 625 350 Cancer, &c., of the Mouth . 4 2 3 1 • . • 10 23-3 ,, of the Stomach and Liver . 1 11 16 16 2 46 29-0 „ of the Peritonaeum, Intestines, and Rectum 4 10 10 9 1 34 36-4 „ of the Female Genital Organs . 3 6 20 6 1 36 16-7 „ of the Breast . 3 1 3 2 1 10 26-5 ,, of the Skin . • • • 4 2 ... ... 6 26-0 „ of other Organs . 2 12 14 14 2 44 48-0 Tumours . 9 13 9 2 4 37 17-5 Acute Rheumatism. 20 71 5 1 9 106 34 5 Chronic Rheumatism and Gout. • • • 1 ... ... . . . 1 50 Diabetes ..... 1 164 5 35 30 235 340 Exophthalmic Goitre . 2 8 1 3 ... 14 340 Hodgkin’s Disease . • . • 1 1 1 ... 3 16 3 Anaemia, Chlorosis . 2 21 ... 6 2 31 350 Leprosv . ... ... 1 ... ... 1 120 Alcoholism, Acute and Chronic. 2 9 • . • 2 ... 13 110 Other Chronic Poisoning and Lead. 2 2 .. . • • • ... 4 246 Other General Diseases . 18 6 2 5 25 56 27-0 Diseases of Spleen. • . • ... ... ... ... ... ... Addison’s Disease. • • • ... i ... 1 2 540 Diseases of Pituitary Glands . • * • ... ... ... ... ... ... Total, Class 1 . 3,139 1,257 146 382 517 5,441 ... Class 2.—Diseases or the Nervous System and or the Organs or Special Sense. Meningitis . 1 1 150 Corebro-spinal Meningitis . 1 1 2 77-0 Other Diseases of the Spinal Cord. 1 4 3 2 10 48-7 Cerebral Haemorrhage .. 5 19 3 24 2 53 8-02 General Paralysis of Insane. 3 3 8-6 Other forms of Mental Alienation ... 2 7 9 52 Epilepsy. 17 3 1 3 24 170 Chorea. i 4 2 7 34-4 Locomotor Ataxia. 6 1 1 8 38-2 Neuralgia and Neuritis... 9 35 1 1 46 215 Other Diseases of the Nervous System. 4 43 9 1 57 3L6 Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa. 2 1 2 1 6 8-4 Diseases of the Ear . 52 36 3 5 3 99 176 Encephalitis . 1 1 ... 2 46-5 Cerebral Embolism and Thrombosis. Infantile Convulsions under 5. 1 io 1 5 1 2 19 1 18-0 10 Total, Class 2 . 77 174 37 41 18 347 ... -1 t i Class 3.—Diseases or the Circulatory System. Anoina Pectoris . 0 1 3 18-5 Acute Endocarditis . 1 26 5 14 46 550 Organic Diseases of the Heart . 1 77 3 1 7 89 32-2 Diseases of the Arteries, Atheroma, &c. 21 1 35 57 24'8 Embolism and Thrombosis. 3 4 3 2 12 170 Diseases of the Veins (Varices, Uloer, and Haemorrhoids)... Diseases of the Lymphatic System . 36 8 20 1 2 *l 4 62 10 20-2 16-6 Haemorrhage . ... Pericarditis. 1 2 1 ... 4 23-4 Aneurism... 4 3 1 8 20-6 Arteriosclerosis. 17 2 19 185 Other Diseases—Circulatory System. 2 13 5 3 23 19-0 11 65 18 333
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