Medical superintendents or medical officers in charge of institutions will regard all patients in or attending their institutions as "under my personal care on Saturday, 16th September, 1922," irrespective of whom the actual medical attendant may be.

Please post this Reply Form as soon as possible after 16th September, 1922, and not later than 20th September, 1922.

Additional copies of this form are obtainable from the Medical Officers of Health, or the Secretary of the Board of Health, P.O. Box 1146, Wellington.


TABLE D.

Venereal Diseases in New Zealand as at 16th September, 1922.—Numbers in Health Districts.

Health DistrictCases of Recent Infection.Cases of Distant InfectionGrand TotalExpression of Opinion
GonorrhœaSoft ChancreSyphilisTotalChronic GonorrhœaCongenital SyphilisTertiary SyphilisTotalIncreaseDecreaseNot stated
North Auckland 10 114 10 1 51630 7 2 11
Auckland 279 3 165 447 229 51 239 519 966 34 53 82
Hawke's Bay 35 3 1755 32 10 3072 127 6 19 24
Wanganui 59 2 3798 97 10 42 149 247 13 16 24
Wellington 187 4 114 305 279 56 220 555 860 29 36 68
Canterbury 99 2 75 176 83 17 111 211 387 16 47 53
Otago 79 104 183 120 23 88 231 414 14 30 51
Dominion totals 748 14 5161,278 850 168 7351,7533,031 119 203313

Total replies received, 635.

TABLE E.

Venereal Diseases in New Zealand as at 16th September, 1922. Totals (All Forms) of Gonorrhœa, Soft Chancre, and Syphilis, and Percentage of Grand Total.

Health DistrictTotals (all Forms) of each DiseaseGrand TotalPercentages (all forms) to Grand Total
GonorrhœaSoft ChancreSyphilisGonorrhœaSoft ChancreSyphilis
North Auckland20 103066.67 33.33
Auckland508345596652.590.3147.10
Hawke's Bay6735712752.762.3644.88
Wanganui15628924763.160.8136.03
Wellington466439086054.190.4615.35
Canterbury182220338747.030.5252.45
Otago199 21541448.07 51.93
Dominion totals1,598141,4193,03152.720.4646.82