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Show reports sent to the state department depart-ment of health by physicians and local health officers. For the corresponding cor-responding week last year 384 cases were reported. The following is a list of all diseases for the week: chicken pox, 140; poliomyelitis, 1; gonorrhea, gon-orrhea, 2; influenza, 94; measles, 174; German measles, 5; mumps, R!; pneumonia, 4; rncumatic fever, fe-ver, 1; meningitis (epid ), 1; scarlet scar-let fever. 7; syphilis, 10: tuberculosis tuber-culosis (pul.), ti; silicosis, 3; leukemia, leu-kemia, 1; whooping cough, 18; cancer, 7; meningitis (non-epidemic), 1. HEALTH NEWS Resident communicable disease cases increased from a total of 472 last week to 5(14 for the week i ending March 10, according to ! |