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Show HEALTH NEWS According to the weekly report of the state department of health a total of 503 new cases of communicable com-municable diseases were reported report-ed for the week ending March 7 as compared with 489 for the previous week and 927 for the corresponding week last year. Measles continues to lead the list with a total of 183 new cases. Chicken pox came second with 140 cases and mumps was third with 60 cases. The following is a list of all diseases for the week: cancer, 5; chicken pox, 140; measles, 183; German measles, 12; mumps, 60; strep infection, 56; syphilis, 4; whooping cough, 6; influenza, 36; meningitis (unspec), 1. O |