Wkly epidem. Rec.t No. 8 • 22 Feb. 1974 — 70 - Relevé épidém, hebd.: N° 8 - 22 fév. 1974

TYPHOID FEVER FIÈVRE TYPHOÏDE

C anada (Ontario, Quebec). — Forty cases of typhoid fever C anada (Ontario, Québec). — On a notifié, en 1972, 40 cas de were reported from Ontario during 1972, continuing the upward fièvre typhoïde en Ontario, ce qui confirme la tendance ascendante trend noted in 1971 when 30 cases were reported. During the notée pendantl’année 1971 où l’on avait signalé 30 cas. En 1968,1969 years 1968-1970 typhoid occurrences had been infrequent, with et 1970 les cas de fièvre typhoïde n ’avaient pas été fréquents (respec­ six, eight and seven cases reported, respectively. The 40 cases tivement six, huit et sept cas rapportés). Les 40 cas de 1972 furent in 1972 were reported from 12 health units and involved 18 males signalés par 12 services de santé publique et intéressèrent 18 hommes and 22 females. The age distribution of the cases ranged from et 22 femmes. La répartition de l’âge des cas allait de neuf mois nine months to 66 years, with a preponderance of cases observed à 66 ans, avec une prédominance des cas chez les enfants et les among children and young adults. Sixteen of the cases were jeunes adultes. Seize cas avaient été importés de six pays: l’Italie, le imported from six countries—Italy, Morocco, Mexico, , Maroc, le Mexique, l’Inde, la Yougoslavie et Israël. Yugoslavia and Israel. Twenty-nine cases of paratyphoid fever were reported from Vingt-neuf cas de fièvre paratyphoïde furent notifiés en Ontario Ontario by 15 health units during 1972, as compared with 13 cases par 15 administrations de santé publique en 1972, contre 13 cas in 1971. The majority of the cases were group B-23, with five en 1971. La majorité appartenait au groupe B-23; on trouva en group A and one group C. Twelve of the cases occurred in in­ outre cinq groupes A et un groupe C. Douze de ces cas se produisirent fants and young children, two of whom were males under three chez les nourrissons et chez de jeunes enfants, dont deux chez des months of age. Age was not known for seven cases, although garçons de moins de trois mois. Dans sept cas, l’âge n’était pas all were considered to be adults. Eleven cases were imported; connu, mais on les considéra comme s’étant produits chez des three of them were group A from the Philippines, and eight group B, adultes. Onze cas furent importés: trois d’entre eux appartenaient of which two were from Italy, one from Europe, one from the au groupe A et provenaient des Philippines, et huit au groupe B; Middle East and four from Lebanon. parmi ces derniers, deux provenaient d’Italie, un d’Europe, un du Moyen Orient et quatre du Liban. In Quebec, 43 cases of typhoid and paratyphoid fever were Au Québec, 43 cas de fièvres typhoïde et paratyphoïdes furent noti­ reported in 1972, 30 of which were imported. During 1971, fiés en 1972, dont 30 importés. En 1971, on avait signalé six cas six imported cases were reported. For the first time since 1959, importés. Pour la première fois depuis 1959, Salmonella paratypki A Salmonella paratyphi A was isolated in Quebec from three im­ fut isolée au Québec; il s’agissait de trois cas importés. ported cases. All the above data indicate the increasing trend in the number Toutes les données ci-dessus font ressortir une tendance ascen­ of cases of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers and their frequent dante dans le nombre des cas de fièvres typhoïde et paratyphoïdes, association with travel abroad. ainsi que l’association fréquente de ces affections avec les voyages à l’étranger.

(Based on/D’après: Health and Welfare, Canada, Epidemiological Bulletin, Vol. 17, No. 4,1973.)

YELLOW-FEVER VACCINATING CENTRES CENTRES DE VACCINATION CONTRE LA FIÈVRE JAUNE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL POUR LES VOYAGES INTERNATIONAUX Amendment to 1972 publication Amendement a la publication de 1972 Singapore Singapour Insert: Insérer: The Shenton Medical Group, Lower Ground Floor, UIC Building, Shenton Way ( From 1 April) (A partir du 1*' avril)

DISEASES SUBJECT TO THE REGULATIONS — MALADIES SOUMISES AU RÈGLEMENT Infected Areas as on 21 February 1974 — Zones Infectées an 21 février 1974 For criteria used in compiling this list, see No. 4, page 38 — Les critères appliqués pour la compilation de cette liste sont publiés dans le N° 4, à la page 38. The complete list of infected areas was last published in WER No. S, page 46. La liste complète des zones infectées a paru dans te REH N“ 5, page 46. It should be brought up to date by consulting the additional Information published Pour sa mise à jour, U y a lieu de consulter les Relevés publiés depuis lors où figurent subsequently in the WER, regarding areas to be added or removed. The complete les listes de zones à ajouter et à supprimer. La liste complète est généralement list is usually published once a month. publiée une fois par mois. PLAGUE — PESTE Asia — Asie SMALLPOX — VARIOLE District America — Amérique A frica — Afrique Nalaada District PERU - PÉROU INDIA — INDE District FRENCH TERRITORY OF THE Rohias District Piura Department AFARS AND THE ISSAS State Samasupur District Huancabanéa Province TERRITOIRE FRANÇAIS DES District District Huancabambn District AFARS ET DES ISSAS Vatshali District Aida — Asie Djibouti Cercle Delhi Territory VIET-NAM REP. PHILIPPINES Asia — Asie Thua-Thlen Province State Visayas Group BANGLADESH District Cebu Province Rajshahi Division CHOLERA — CHOLÉRA Dmajpur District Maharashtra State District Africa — Afrique INDIA — INDE — THAÏLANDE MOZAMBIQUE Calcutta (P) (excl. A) Lourenço Marques District (exel, PA) State PAKISTAN Manhica Deleg. S. Bangkok (Phra Nakhon) Province District Province Beghusarai District Punjab Province Monica &\Sofala District Province Bhojpur District Lyallpur District Marromeu Deleg, S. Dumka District Sialkot District Wtiy epldem. R te.: No. 8 - 22 Fob. 1974 — 71 — Relevé épldém. hebd.; N» 8 - 22 fcv. 1974

Notifications Received from 15 to 21 February 1974 — Notifications reçues du 15 au 21 février 1974

■ Area notified as infected on the date indicated — Zone notifiée comme l Imported cases — Cas importés infectée h la date donnée. p Preliminary figures — Chiffres préliminaires - Figures not yet received — Chiffres non encore disponibles C Cases — Cas r Revised figures — Chiffres revisés D Deaths — Décès s Suspected cases — Cas suspects

Cil]' X (A) City X and the airport of that city. means the city of Rangoon with its port and its airport, Rangoon CPA) Villa X (A) Ville X et l'aéroport de cette ville. signifie la ville de Rangoun avec son port et son aéroport. E x.: City Y (P) City Y and the port of that city. means the city of Karachi with its port (but without its airport), Karachi (P) (exe/. A) Ville Y CP) Ville Y et le port de cette ville. signifie la ville de Karachi avec son port (mais sans son aéroport).

PLAGUE — PESTE c D C D C D MOZAMBIQUE (could- sunej PHILIPPINES 271-2.1I 3-9 H America — Amérique 3-9.n C D Tete District Manila (P) (excl. A) . 2 0 3 0 PERU — PÉROU Deleg. S . L u zo n G roup Piura Department 6 0 Provinces Mutarara ..... | Huancabamba Province Is Is B u la c a n ...... 1 0 0 0 5 0 Rizal (excl. Manila air­ Huancabamba D.: T e t e ...... | Liguay ...... 20.XI-6.XII 3 0 14s 2s port) ...... 2 0 4 0 Lucho ..... 27.XI 1 0 Visayas G roup c D c D Sauce Chiquito . 10.XII 1 0 SOUTHERN RHODESIA 1511 1811 Cebu Province. . . . 1 0 0 0 RHODÉSEE DU SUD SRI LANKA 8-M.n Asia -- Asie M anicaland Health Divisions c D VIET-NAM REP. 10-16.11 D istricts C o lo m b o . 4 0 J a f f n a . 7 1 Tay-Ninh Province C h ip in g a...... 15 4 13 0 M elsetter...... 0 0 1 1 Hieuthien D ...... 1 0 THAILAND — THAÏLANDE 3-9.II Mashonaland Thua-Thien Province Bangkok (excl. PA): Darwin D...... 3 0 2 0 H u é ...... 2 0 Phaya Thai D.. . . 1 0 Bangkok (Phra Nakhon) Province Bang Eapi D . 2 0 CHOLERA — CHOLÉRA Asia — Asie Africa — Afrique C D Chumphon D ...... 1 1 c D INDIA — INDE 27.I-2.1I ANGOLA 4-10.11 State Luanda Cap. (excl. PA) 14 0 Ratchaburi D . 1 0 Moçâmedes (excl. PA) 1 0 D istricts C D C D H y d e ra b a d ...... 51 1 Samut Sakhon D. . . 9 0 N ello re...... 14 2 GHANA 18-24.XI 25.XI-1.XII Visakhapatnam . . . 13 0 Regions D istricts C entral...... 23 1 30 2 20-26.1 Amphawa . 5 0 Western ...... 13 0 2 0 Pondicherry Territory 6 1 Samut Songkhram . . S O 2-8.XU 9-15.XI1 27,I-2.n 13-191 Samut Prakan Province Regions Maharashtra State 14 2 4 0 Samut Prakan D. . . 1 0 C entral...... Bhandara D...... 4 1 W e s te r n ...... 5 0 6 0 Samut Songkhram Province Orissa State 15-22JÜI 23-29.XU D istricts Balasore D ...... 1 0 Regions BangKhonthi .... 1 0 C entral...... 7 0 0 0 6-12.1 Samut Songkhram . . 2 0 W e s te r n ...... 0 0 7 0 Maharashtra State MOZAMBIQUE 3-9.II Bhandara D...... 50 4 Lourenço Marques District Orissa State SMALLPOX — VARIOLE Deleg. S . Balasore D...... 9 4 Africa — Afrique Lourenço Marques Tamil Nadu State c D (excl. Lourenço Mar- D istricts ETHIOPIA — ÉTHIOPIE 3-9JU ques(PA)) . . . . 34 4 M a d u r a i...... 1 0 Provinces M a n h ic a ...... 1 0 S a l e m ...... 18 7 B a l e ...... 4 ... Monica & Sofala District B egem dir...... 22 ... C D D eleg. S . C D G o ja m ...... 11 ... KHMER REPUBLIC 20-26.1 27.I-2.H 3 0 H a r a r ...... 29 ... Beira ...... -J RÉPUBLIQUE KHMÉRE 2s 0 K affa...... 41 ... C h im o io ...... I s 0 Phnom-Penh Cap. (PA) 4 0 3 0 S h o a ...... 27 ... M a rro m e u ...... 3 3 Kandal Province . . . 3 0 1 0 W o l l o ...... 10... Wkly eptdem. Sec.t No. 8-22 Feb. 1974 — 72 — Xetevi épidéau hebd.: N* 8-22 fcv. 1974

SMALLPOX (contd) — VARIOLE (suite) C D C O Africa (contd) — Afrique (suite) INDIA (contd) — INDE (suite) 3-9.11 INDU (contd) — INDE (suite) 20-25.1 C d B a h ra ic h ...... 3 ... S am astip u r...... 34 ... FRENCH TERRITORY 28,1-3,U Ballia ...... 18 ... S i w a n ...... 12 OF THE AFARS AND THE 1SSAS TERRITOIRE FRANÇAIS Bara B a n k i...... 80 ... Jammu & Kashmir State DES AFARS ET DES ISSAS Bareilly...... 33 ... AnantnagD...... 2 ... Djibouti Cercle. . . . 1 0 B a s ti...... 24 ... Bijnor...... 67 ... Madhya Pradesh State KENYA 3-9.H B udaun...... 26 ... D istricts North-Eastern Province Bulandshahr .... 1 ... B a la g h a t...... 1 ... Mandera County . . 1 /0 Chamoli...... 3 ... B h i n d ...... 11 ... D e o ria ...... 42 ... M orena...... 1 ... Asia — Asie E l a h ...... 10 ... R a is e n ...... 7 ... c D G h azip u r...... 22 ... S agar...... 2 ... BANGLADESH 3-9.U G o n d a ...... 41 ... S eoni...... 2 ... Chittagong Division H am irpur...... 1 ... Shahdol ...... 40 ... Sylhet D...... 20 2 H a rd o i...... 25 ... 13-19J Dacca Division J a l a u n ...... 17 ... Bihar State D istricts J a u n p u r ...... 10 ... D istricts Dacca...... 53 18 ...... 31 ... Aurangabad...... 32 ... F a rid p u r...... 19 5 K an p u r...... 21 ... B h a g a lp u r...... 97 ... Mymensingh .... 61 9 M oradabad...... 21 ... B h o jp u r ...... 50 ... Khulna Division P flib h it...... 13 ... D a rb h a n g a...... 40 ... D istricts P ra ta p g a rh ...... 8 ... Dumka ...... 102 Khulna ...... 17 3 Rae B a r e l i ...... 20 ... G a y a ...... H ••• Kushtia...... 3 0 R a m p u r ...... 44 ... M adhubani...... 151 P a tu a k h a li...... 2 1 Shahjahanpur .... 42 ... Muzaffarpur .... 17 ... S ita p u r...... 40 ... Rajshahi Division Nalanda...... 28 ... Sultanpur ...... 19 ... D istricts N a w a d a ...... 54 ... U n n a o ...... 5 ... Palamau ...... 9 ... Bogra ...... 2 0 V a ra n a s i...... 2 ... D in a jp u r...... 5 1 P a t n a ...... 15 ... R a js h a h i...... 93 17 West Bengal State R o h ta s ...... 20 ... Saharsa...... 144 ... R a n g p u r...... 274 40 Murshidabad D. . . 5 ... S am astip u r...... 39 ... INDIA — INDE 3-9.H 2 7 J -2 J I Sitam arhi...... 3 ... Calcutta (P) (excl. A) . 1 Madhya Pradesh State ...... 2 ... D istricts Andhra Pradesh — NÉPAL 3-S-O D istricts B h il s a ...... 12 ... Janakpur Zone East Godavari .... 1 ... R a is e n ...... 1 ... Mahbubnagar .... 9 ... S agar...... 4 ... Mahotari D . 4 2 Maharashtra State S atn a...... 2 ... S e ti Zone D istricts S h a h d o l...... 21 ... Kailali D.. 5 4 Bhandara ...... 17 ... S h iv p u r i...... 13 ... PAKISTAN 9-15JOI N anded...... 3 ... 20-261 Lahore (excl. A) . , . 6 0 Bihar State Orissa State Punjab Province D istricts D istricts D istricts B eg h u sarai...... 5 ... Cuttack...... 5 ... Campbellpur .... 1 0 ...... 116 ... K eo n jh ar...... 1 ... Lyallpur . 1 0 M ayurbhanj...... 1 B h o jp u r ...... 45 Sheikhupura .... 3 0 D a rb h a n g a ...... 103 ... Rajasthan State S ia lk o t... 4 1 Jaipur D ...... 2 ... D h a n b a d ...... 20 ... 23-29J01 Dumka ...... 38 ... Baluchistan Province U ttar Pradesh S ta te Madhubani ..... 75 ... D istricts M o n g h y r...... 157 D istricts A g r a ...... 1 ... Nalanda...... 22 ... K a c h h i... 4 2 Aligarh ...... 5 ... ...... 7 ... Quetta-Pishm .... 2 1 Allahabad ...... 9 ... R o h ta s ...... 69 ... North-West Frontier Province Azamgarh ...... 93 S ahaisa...... 147 Hazara D . 1 0

Areas Removed from the Infected Area List between 15 and 21 February 1974 Territoires supprimés de la liste des zones infectées entre les 15 et 21 février 1974 For criteria used in compiling this list, see N o. 4, page 38 — Les critères appliqués pour la compilation de cette Uste sont publiés dans le N° 4, à la page 38.

PLAGUE — PESTE GHANA SMALLPOX - VARIOLE NEPAL — NÉPAL America — Amérique Greater Accra (PA) Region Asm — A sie Koshi Zone PERU — PÉROU Monrang District fiera Department YELLOW FEVER — FIÈVRE JAUNE IN D U — INDE Lumbiai Zone Monopon Province Assam State America — Amérique Santo Domingo District Lakhimpur District Kapilbastu District United Mitir & North Cachar HiBs M ahakali Zone CHOLERA — CHOLÉRA VENEZUELA D istrict Kancbanpur District Africa — Afrique Merida Stale Chandigarh Territory Madhya Pradesh State ANGOLA Libertador D istrict Puma District Mcdange Distria Tachira State District Duque de Braganca C oocelho A D cleg. S. San Cristobal District Sebore District