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Department of Health

The Centre for Health
Protection is a
professional arm of the
Department of Health for
disease prevention and
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Number of notifications for notifiable infectious diseases in 2008

Disease Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Cholera 0 0 0                   0
Plague 0 0 0                   0
Yellow Fever 0 0 0                   0
Acute Poliomyelitis 0 0 0                   0
Amoebic Dysentery 2 1 0                   3
Bacillary Dysentery 2 2 19                   23
Chickenpox 1759 1053 671                   3483
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection 15 20 14                   49
Dengue Fever 3 4 0                   7
Diphtheria 0 0 0                   0
Food Poisoning Outbreaks 24 43 27                   94
Persons affected 101 141 83                   325
Influenza A(H5) ,
Influenza A(H7) or
Influenza A(H9)
0 0 0                   0
Japanese Encephalitis 0 0 0                   0
Legionnaires′ Disease 0 0 0                   0
Leprosy 0 0 0                   0
Malaria 0 0 1                   1
Measles 1 8 7                   16
Meningococcal Infections 0 0 0                   0
Mumps 17 12 9                   38
Paratyphoid Fever 1 1 1                   3
Rabies 0 0 0                   0
Relapsing Fever 0 0 0                   0
Rubella 2 1 7                   10
Scarlet Fever 25 19 38                   82
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 0 0 0                   0
Streptococcus suis
Infection
1 0 1                   2
Tetanus 0 0 0                   0
Tuberculosis 539 378 454                   1371
Typhoid Fever 3 1 3                   7
Typhus Scrub 0 2 0                   2
Urban 0 0 0                   0
Viral Hepatitis A 5 6 3                   14
B 5 5 3                   13
C 0 0 0                   0
E 14 4 13                   31
Unclassified 0 1 0                   1
Whooping Cough 2 8 2                   12
Total 2420 1569 1273 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5262

Remarks :
Persons affected in food poisoning cases were excluded in the monthly total and grand total.
Information as at 10 Apr 2008
Uploaded on 25 Apr 2008


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