Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) / Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health

by New Zealand. Committee of the Board of Health

TABLE F.

Venereal Diseases in New Zealand as at 16th September, 1922.—Incidence in Chief Centres showing Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population.

Urban Area	Estimated Population 1st April, 1922	Cases of Recent Infection						Cases of Distant Infection								Grand Total
		Gonorrhœa		Syphilis		Total		Chronic Gonorrhœa		Congenital Syphilis		Tertiary Syphilis		Total
		Cases	Rate per 1,000	Cases	Rate per 1,000	Cases	Rate per 1,000	Cases	Rate per 1,000	Cases	Rate per 1,000	Cases	Rate per 1,000	Cases	Rate per 1,000	Cases	Rate per 1,000
Auckland	164,450	14	1.30	146	0.89	360	2.19	147	0.89	42	0.26	194	1.18	383	2.33	743	4.52
Wellington	110,680	159	1.44	99	0.89	258	2.33	240	2.17	42	0.38	183	1.65	465	4.20	723	6.53
Christchurch	110,200	79	0.72	59	0.53	138	1.25	63	0.57	15	0.14	87	0.79	165	1.50	303	2.75
Dunedin	73,470	54	0.74	102	1.39	156	2.12	96	1.31	18	0.25	59	0.80	173	2.35	329	4.48
Hamilton	14,950	15	1.01	3	0.20	18	1.20	22	1.47			10	0.67	32	2.14	50	3.34
Cisborne	14,920	7	0.47			7	0.47	9	0.60	2	0.13	9	0.60	20	1.34	27	1.81
Napier	17,670	17	0.96	13	0.74	30	1.70	8	0.45	3	0.17	9	0.51	20	1.13	50	2.83
Hastings	13,530			2	0.15	2	0.15	1	0.07	2	0.15	2	0.15	5	0.37	7	0.52
New Plymouth	13,510	3	0.22			3	0.22	3	0.22					3	0.22	6	0.52
Wanganui	24,170	14	0.58	12	0.50	26	1.08	29	1.20	6	0.25	21	0.87	56	2.32	82	3.39
Palmerston North	17,510	5	0.29	13	0.80	18	1.03	12	0.69	5	0.29	3	0.17	20	1.14	38	2.17
Nelson	10,880	1	0.09			1	0.09			4	0.37	10	0.92	14	1.29	15	1.38
Timaru	16,040	6	0.37	1	0.06	7	0.44	5	0.31			8	0.50	13	0.81	20	1.25
Invercargill	19,590	1	0.05			1	0.05	7	0.36			10	0.51	17	0.87	18	0.92

TABLE G.

Venereal Diseases in New Zealand as at 16th September, 1922. —Proportion of Cases Per 1,000 Of Population in each Health District.

Health District	Estimated Population 1st April, 1922	Total Cases (all Diseases)			Proportion Cases per 1,000 Estimated Population
		Recent Infection	Distant Infection	Grand Total	Recent Infection	Distant Infection	Grand Total
North Auckland	36,930	14	16	30	0.38	0.43	0.81
Auckland	323,436	447	519	966	1.38	1.60	2.99
Hawke's Bay	80,242	55	72	127	0.62	0.81	1.42
Wanganui	110,866	98	149	247	0.8	1.34	2.23
Wellington	242,830	305	555	860	1.26	2.28	3.54
Canterbury	240,387	176	211	387	0.73	0.88	1.61
Otago	200,574	183	231	414	0.91	1.15	2.06
Dominion totals	1,244,265	1,278	1,753	3,031	1.03	1.41	2.44

TABLE H.

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

Health District	Cases of Recent Infection									Cases of Distant Infection												Grand Totals
	Gonorrhœa			Syphilis			Totals			Chronic Gonorrhœa			Congenital Syphilis			Tertiary Syphilis			Totals
	M	F	F. to 100 M	M	F	F. to 100 M	M	F	F. to 100 M	M	F	F. to 100 M	M	F	F. to 100 M	M	F	F. to 100 M	M	F	F. to 100 M	M	F	F. to 100 M
North Auckland	10			3	1	33	13	1	8	8	2	25		1		4	1	25	12	4	33	25	5	20
Auckland	224	55	25	112	53	47	336	108	32	156	73	47	33	18	55	168	71	42	357	162	45	693	270	39
Hawke's Bay	28	7	25	12	5	42	40	12	30	27	5	19	7	3	43	22	8	36	56	16	29	96	28	29
Wanganui	40	19	48	25	12	48	65	31	48	74	23	31	5	5	100	29	13	45	108	41	38	173	72	42
Wellington	143	44	31	95	19	20	238	63	26	225	54	24	31	25	81	156	64	41	412	143	35	650	206	32
Canterbury	63	36	57	48	27	56	111	63	57	65	18	29	7	10	143	81	30	37	153	58	38	264	121	46
Otago	62	17	27	89	15	17	151	32	21	101	19	19	15	8	53	58	30	52	174	57	33	325	89	27
Dominion totals	570	178	31	384	132	34	954	310	32	656	194	30	98	70	71	518	217	42	1,272	481	38	2,226	791	36

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