Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales.
- New South Wales. Department of Public Health
- Date:
- [1937]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SUMMARY, District. Typhoid Fever. Scarlet Fever. Diph¬ theria. Infantile Paralysis. Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. Encephalitis Lethargica. Puerperal j Infection. Pulmonary Tuberculous. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. ] Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Metropolitan Com- Lined Sanitary District. 33 4 1,525 6 2,366 83 48 2 7 3 4 9 172 18 1,277 633 Hunter River Combined District 7 5 72 1 468 7 2 1 o l 10 rr 7 90 68 Broken-Hill District 23 1 142 9 1 1 9 i 13 17 Remainder of State- Municipalities. 28 6 319 4 661 18 5 • • • 1 2 l 29 13 1 102 Shires . 22 2 433 6 732 34 14 3 7 3 1 28 13 J.391 166 Western Division 5 2 8 1 1' • < • J 5 Lord Howe Island. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Total. 118 18 2,493 17 4,244 143 70 5 17 7 9 4 241 52 1,771 991 Table VI.—Showing the number of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified in the State of New South Wales during the years 1898 to 1937, inclusive, and the number of deaths therefrom. Year. Population. Typhoid Fever.* Scarlet Fever.* Diphtheria,* Plague.f Infantile Paralysis.} Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. § Encephalitis Lethargioa.il Pulmonary Tuberculosis.^ Puerpera Infection.** Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. I Cases. Deaths 1898 1,323,130 3,302 387 6,342 83 1,493 169 • • • 1899 1,344,080 2,783 347 1,389 25 741 60 • • • 1900 1,364,590 3,442 398 895 9 726 63 303 103 • •• 1901 1,376,199 2,702 291 1,288 16 922 131 • • • 1902 1,397,858 2,624 276 2,010 61 757 74 140 41 • • • 1903 1,416,879 4,855 475 5,358 87 1,214 134 2 • • • a a • 1904 1,440,919 2,370 249 4,056 50 1,584 156 12 6 • • a 146 • • • 1905 1,469,153 2,226 239 1,773 21 1,118 102 56 21 ... • • a 128 a a a 1906 1,498,609 2,373 271 3,085 42 1,219 100 20 8 a • a 118 • a • 1907 1,531,980 1,972 189 2,570 26 1,376 133 51 20 a • • 161 • •• 1908 1,560,026 2,607 307 2,755 40 2,001 123 6 3 112 ... • a a 1909 1,596,685 2,615 287 7,178 30 2,419 166 24 7 • • • • • a 196 ... • a • 1910 1,638,220 2,714 294 1,642 23 4,989 207 • • • • • • • • • 184 1911 1,698,735 1,864 184 2,618 11 4,784 226 • • • • • a 222 1912 1,778.962 2,126 236 662 11 5,440 253 • • • 265 • • • 1913 1,832,546 2,187 236 1,120 23 6,380 310 • ■ • 47 10 228 • a a 1914 1,862,028 2,284 250 3,207 21 5,831 247 • • • • • • 79 14 • • • 293 • • • 1915 1,868,644 1,941 219 8,335 97 5,838 264 • • • 63 11 50 33 361 86 • a a 1916 1,846,736 1,742 209 5,759 107 6,588 309 • • • 311 21 309 145 • • a ... 1,499 666 • a • 1917 1,886,701 1,091 103 2,255 27 5,805 247 • • • M • • 16 12 197 98 • • a 1,319 584 a a • 1918 1,928,174 810 112 1,30S 15 5,151 221 • • • • ■ ■ 50 12 120 80 1,308 586 • a a 1919 2,000,173 857 106 959 10 2,826 114 • • • • > • 8 3 28 23 1,102 678 • a • 1920 2,099,703 1,016 132 937 24 5,043 263 • • • • • • 45 10 34 27 1,509 674 • a a 1921 2,128,786 949 129 1,060 8 6,854 306 2 1 184 22 30 28 • • • 1,240 791 • a a 1922 2,174,688 706 99 1,153 11 4,094 207 33 9 33 5 21 22 • • • 1,045 517 • . a 1923 2,211,106 873 104 2,623 13 3.480 176 1 1 104 8 27 22 1,218 657 a • a 1924 2,256,649 768 97 3,421 29 4,364 222 • • • • • • 108 6 29 38 ... 1,096 730 • a a 1925 2,300,081 533 80 3,043 27 3,004 118 • • • • • • 57 14 37 27 1,195 617 a • • 1926 2,349,401 698 80 4,755 53 3,579 147 • • • 81 21 32 23 ... 1,265 705 1927 2,401,884 460 68 8,369 113 4,059 179 • • • • • • 25 4 25 10 3 27 1.158 632 1928 2,446,874 453 60 5 531 105 3,835 168 • • • 30 2 31 8 18 23 1,212 815 1929 2,479,147 438 45 5,219 78 4.274 215 • • • • • • 241 29 28 10 26 30 1,215 1,152 44 79 1030 2,502,039 380 48 4,400 54 4,051 176 30 6 43 12 14 20 1,917 1,022 269 82 1931 2,519,300 340 35 4,477 36 4,432 168 103 10 30 9 20 16 1,588 1,014 319 83 1932 2,542,034 233 31 4,905 57 4,310 160 • • • 384 44 43 7 12 18 1,485 969 292 59 1933 2,613,776 188 28 4,259 55 3,912 169 13 4 24 5 11 15 1,441 951 222 100 1934 2,623,817 141 19 2,166 19 6,167 193 94 13 29 7 6 15 1,509 955 238 63 1935 2,645,575 173 20 2,250 18 4,913 194 181 20 29 5 7 16 1,571 939 266 72 1936 2,681,736 132 19 3,939 26 7,064 220 • • • 23 6 11 4 7 5 1,372 955 326 82 1937 2,694,679 118 18 2,493 17 4,244 143 ... ... 70 5 17 7 9 4 1,771 991 241 52 * Notifiable from 1st January, 1898. t „ 23rd January,1900. t ,, l9t February, 1912, Proclamation re-issued 14th August, 1931. § „ 1st April, 1926; || „ 11th October, 1915. 11 „ 1904, city of Sydney only; from 1915, Metropolitan and Hunter River Districts; from 1916, Blue Mountain Districts. Notification extended to whole State, March, 1929. ** „ lfith August, 1929. GRAPHS. Typhoid Fever Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Infantile Paralysis. Annual Death Rate and Case Rate per 100,000 of the population, 1913-1937. Whooping Cough 0 Pneumonia Annual Death Rate per 100,000 of population in New South Wales, 1875-1937. Measles J | Annual Death Rate per 100,000 (1875-1937) and Case Rate per 10,000 of population (1898-1937).](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31485285_0070.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
