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Show S' physicians in Salt Lake City and immediate vicinity ma y secure vaccine from the Utah State Board of Health. Physicians outside this area should apply for vaccine directly to the U. S. Public Health Service Ser-vice Laboratory at Hamilton, Montana. There is no charge for the vaccine. A Public Health Reports from the health officers of-ficers sent to the Utah State Board of Health, for the week ending March 7, show a total of 466 cases of communicable diseases dis-eases an increase of 56 cases over the previous week and 248 cases fewer than for the same week in 1940. The cases of whooping cough showed a sharp increase of S4 cases as compared with 14 for the previous week. Ten cases of pneumonia were reported as compared with 3i in the same week for 1940. One case of typhoid fever was reported from Salt Lake City and one from San Pete County. The probable sources of infection of these two cases are being investigated inves-tigated but at the present time have not been determined. One case of diphtheria was reported re-ported from Salt Lake County. The patient is an adult, 21 years of age. Other diseases reported were as follows; chickenpox 120, influenza influ-enza 8, measles 35 German measles meas-les 73, mumps 92, scarlet fever 5, gonorrhea 7, syphilis 20, septic sore throat 6, and amoebic dysentery dy-sentery 1. The State Board of Health urges ur-ges at the present time that all citizens of the state who intend to spend considerable time in the mountains during the spring and early summer months be inoculated inocu-lated against Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The present outlook out-look suggest an early spring which also means the earlv appearance ap-pearance of the woodtick which is responsible for the transmission transmis-sion of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. It is suggested that all those who desire to be immunized to visit their family physicians who will do this work for them. The |