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Show Public Health Column Reports from looal health officers offi-cers of cases of communicable diseases lor the week ending May 29 'showed a slight improvement improve-ment in the comtmwnicable disease dis-ease situation throughout the State. A total of 1579 oases of com-unuiniicaDle com-unuiniicaDle disease was repor. ed as compared with 17u7 for toe eek ending May E2. Measi-s, wlnioh has lead the list of communicable" diseases for the past teveral weeks, aropi.eea lirom a total of 1104 case-s last week to 978 itois -week. One case of epidemic meningitis menin-gitis .was reported lram ftich-field. ftich-field. The pa.ient is 46 years of age. Since the first of toe year, only tores cas-es of elvis di-ease have ibeen reported. The 'niumb.r of cases of whooping whoop-ing cough l.vas 34 as compared with 21. cases for toe previous 'week. Cmickenpox aLo show-adi a slight increase over the previou-' week. Otoer diseases r. ported were as follows: influenza 5, German; imeasles 149, mumps 231, pneumonia pneu-monia 9, ituberoulosis 7, gonorrhea gonor-rhea 10, and syphilis 11. With the pro pect ol .armer weat.i-er, weat.i-er, the number of cases of pneu- 1 iii'ionea Jhould became fewer. |