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The Centre for Health
Protection is a
professional arm of the
Department of Health for
disease prevention and
control
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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 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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1 |
| Plague |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Yellow Fever |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Amoebic Dysentery |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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3 |
| Bacillary Dysentery |
2 |
2 |
20 |
23 |
11 |
16 |
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74 |
| Chickenpox |
1759 |
1052 |
670 |
510 |
518 |
593 |
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5102 |
| Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection |
15 |
20 |
14 |
22 |
17 |
16 |
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104 |
| Dengue Fever |
3 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
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15 |
| Diphtheria |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Food Poisoning |
Outbreaks |
24 |
43 |
27 |
24 |
44 |
78 |
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240 |
| Persons affected |
101 |
140 |
80 |
225 |
147 |
250 |
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943 |
Influenza A(H5) ,
Influenza A(H7) or
Influenza A(H9) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Japanese Encephalitis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Legionnaires′ Disease |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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6 |
| Leprosy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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1 |
| Malaria |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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6 |
| Measles |
1 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
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36 |
| Meningococcal Infections |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Mumps |
17 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
12 |
11 |
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67 |
| Paratyphoid Fever |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
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11 |
| Rabies |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Relapsing Fever |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Rubella |
2 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
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21 |
| Scarlet Fever |
25 |
19 |
37 |
24 |
20 |
20 |
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145 |
| Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
Streptococcus suis
Infection |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2 |
| Tetanus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Tuberculosis |
539 |
378 |
454 |
569 |
476 |
523 |
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2939 |
| Typhoid Fever |
2 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
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23 |
| Typhus |
Scrub |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
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6 |
| Urban |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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1 |
| Viral Hepatitis |
A |
5 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
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32 |
| B |
5 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
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28 |
| C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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1 |
| E |
14 |
5 |
13 |
19 |
6 |
4 |
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61 |
| Unclassified |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
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8 |
| Whooping Cough |
2 |
8 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
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19 |
| Total |
2419
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1566
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1273
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1243
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1149
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1302
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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8952
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Remarks :
Persons affected in food poisoning cases were excluded in the monthly total and grand total.
Information as at 10 Jul 2008
Uploaded on 25 Jul 2008
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