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Show It is interesting and to that extent ex-tent encouraging to note that a number of the more serious communicable com-municable diseases are absent from this report, such as diphtheria, diphth-eria, smallpox, meningitis, typhoid ty-phoid fever, and others. Extensive and continuous immunizations im-munizations against the preventable prevent-able communicable diseases is the only sure way known of protecting pro-tecting our infants and children against the ravages of these serious ser-ious diseases. The following is a list of all diseases for the week: chicken-pox, chicken-pox, 82; polio, 2; influenza, 5; : measles, 87; German measles, 11; mumps, 56; pneumonia, 2; scar-' let fever, 7; tuberculosis, 1; un-dulant un-dulant fever, 1; whooping cough, 27; gonorrhea, 3; syphilis, 7; cancer, can-cer, 4; rheumatic fever, 1; and erysipelas, 2. HEALTH NEWS Among the 295 resident cases of notifiable diseases reported to the State Department of Health for the week ending February 25, are 82 cases of chickenpox, 87 of measles, 56 mumps, and 27 cases of whooping cough. These so-called communicable diseases of children together out number all of the other reportable diseases dis-eases combined in this week's report. |