Title: War Surgery and Medicine

Author: Stout, T. Duncan M.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1954, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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Incidence by Months and Rates

The following table shows the incidence of malaria in the field by months, including strength figures:

Month 1943	Total Number of Troops in Malarious	Number of Cases of Malaria
	Area (Average Monthly Strength)	Primary	Readmissions	Latent
August	5,590	0	0	0
September	10,259	4	0	0
October	11,985	32	0	0
November	12,200	17	0	11
December 1944	12,430	10	0	5
January	12,505	15	0	3
February	12,576	14	0	5
March	12,442	13	1	11
April	12,100	8	1	1
May	5,836	5	0	1
June	1,736	2	0	0

The average monthly rate for the whole period was 1 per 1000.

The percentage of primary attacks among men who entered the malarious area was 0.88 per cent.