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Show HEALTH NEWS Resident communicable disease cases increased from a total of 344 last week to 498 for the week ending February 24, according ac-cording to reports sent to the state department of health by physicians and local health officers. of-ficers. Measles leads the list thus week with a total oi 238 cases. The cits-; ease is fairly widespread in thej report. Measles takes second place among the diseases with 133 cases reported. The following is a list of all diseases for the week, chicken pox, 133; gonorrhea, 2; influenza 18, measles, 238; German meas- les, 5; mumps, 61; scarlet fever, 4; syphilis, 6; tuberculosis (puD.j 7; whooping cough, 21; cancer,1 2; ringworm of scalp, 1. 1 |