1. General Situation of the Epidemics
This week (September 15-21, 2008), 2839 cases of 16 categories of legal infectious diseases were reported from 16 districts and two counties of Beijing, of which there were five deaths (four died of hepatitis B, one of hepatitis C), and of which 1,225 cases of ten categories belonged to B-class infectious diseases, up 5.42% than last week, but down 29.60% than last year. According to the report, five epidemics on the top are dysentery (723 cases), tuberculosis (216 cases), hepatitis B (109 cases), syphilis (62 cases) and gonorrhea (42 cases). There were 1614 cases of six categories reported under the C-class infectious diseases this week. They were infectious diarrhea, HFMD, epidemic parotitis, acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC), rubella and leprosy, which accounted for 56.85% of the total legal infectious diseases, down 15.54% than last year.

2. Analysis of the Major Epidemics
(1) Dysentery
This week, 723 cases of dysentery were diagnosed, up 19.70% than last week, but down 36.36% than last year. The top five districts with reported affected diseases are Chaoyang, Fengtai, Haidian, Changping and Xicheng, accounting for 59.34% of the total cases. The patients infected were children and students who live scattered, cadres and employees, retirees, housewives and the unemployed, who accounted for 72.48% of the total.

(2) Chicken pox
This week, 131 cases of chicken pox were diagnosed, up 32.32% than last week. The top three districts where more infected patients were reported were Fengtai, Tongzhou and Chaoyang, accounting for 41.98% of the total cases. The infected population was mainly students and preschool pupils, accounting for 77.10% of the total number. No cases suffering in an aggregate way were reported.

(3) A special reminder
As the National Day Holidays are drawing near and more tourists are coming to visit Beijing, there are more chances for the citizens to take their meals out of home and people’s mobility will increase accordingly, the centers for disease prevention and control at all levels should continue to do a better job in the prevention and control of infectious diseases, such as intestinal diseases, respiratory tract, etc., and intensify the strength of supervision and control in order to prevent the outbreak of epidemics.