Report of the Director-General of Health / Commonwealth of Australia.

  • Australia. Department of Health
Date:
[1966]
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    PUBLIC HEALTH NOTIFIABLE DISEASES IN THE STATES OF AUSTRALIA—1965-66J Disease N.S.W. Vic. Qld. S.A. W.A. Tas. A.C.T. N.T. Aust. Acute Encephalitis Acute Rheumatism 69 21 103 4 * 27 2 10 236 Amoebiasis * 3 10 2 i 2 18 Ancylostomiasis 24 16 324 364 Anthrax * Bilharziasis * Breast Abscess . . 12 23 * * * * 35 Brucellosis 7 52 8 1 5 23 96 Chorea (St. Vitus Dance) 2 * * i 3 Dengue . . * * Diarrhoea, Infantile 544 536 302 5 * 7 127 1,521 Diphtheria 12 11 1 3 1 28 Dysentery, Bacillary . . * 166 82 200 197 1 4 113 763 Erythema Nodosum * 6 2 * * 3 11 Encephalitis 97 29 18 10 3 157 Filariasis * Homologous S. Jaundice * * * Hydatid * 12 4 i 2 8 1 28 Infective Hepatitis 3,588 1,615 553 405 38 173 103 140 6,615 Lead Poisoning * * 1 * 1 Leprosy . . 1 16 27 44 Leptospirosis 7 2 60 1 12 * 82 Leukaemia * 9 * * * * 9 Malaria .. * 18 32 1 3 3 6 63 Meningococcal Infection 33 32 123 4 3 1 4 200 Neonatal Infection! 751 17 9 * * * * * 777 Ophthalmia * * * 2 * 2 Ornithosis 1 1 1 * 3 Paratyphoid , , 3 3 3 9 Puerperal Fever 39 13 20 3 2 , # 5 82 Q Fever * * 288 * * * * # 288 Rubella * 1,462 124 497 * 449 11 5 2,548 Salmonella Infection . . * * * 89 72 * 7 27 195 Scarlet Fever 719 637 173 86 47 1.199 10 2 2,873 Tetanus . . * 17 17 1 35 Trachoma * * * * Trichinosis * * * * Tuberculosis 1,001 857 622 173 203 68 8 65 2.997 Typhoid Fever . . 5 7 4 1 1 , m , # 4 22 Typhus—(flea, mite or tick borne) 2 ] 2 2 • « * * 6 *Not Notifiable . .No Cases fThe figures shown in this table are the number of cases notified by individual medical practitioners to State Health Depart¬ ments. Jin N.S.W. notified as Staph Diseases (Infantile), in Victoria as Acute Infection in the Newborn and in Queensland as Neonatal Infections. Details of the cases of poliomyelitis confirmed are given in tables 35 to 37. No case of Cholera, Plague, Smallpox, Epidemic Typhus or Yellow Fever. TABLE 35 PUBLIC HEALTH POLIOMYELITIS—NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES BY AGE GROUP 1965-66 Age Group Number 0-1 . 1-4 . 5-9 . 1 10-14 . 15-19 . 20-24 . 25-29 . i 30-34 . 35-39 . 40-49 . 50-59 . 60 and over Not Stated . . Total 2