Show Davis Da vis County Health Report With a total of cases ca Ci of in influenza in- in influenza reported in m Davis county during durin- December the contagion reached re r epidemic cpi emic proportions proportion ac according ac- ac cording c to records of the Davis county health department Many other ot her cases of influenza in less ser serious ious ions were unreported as evidenced J by y the hundreds of persons suffer suffer- suffering ing Ong tn with the alIment ailment in public places s cases of pneumonia i were included in the December Dc ember report null anU for the q 11 L m nth six sl x tn tY cHon hue hate e b lm J ujo 17 Etter p fer cases cases cas ca's cl f during th the themo c month mo were were chi ken POX 2 gon Ron gonorrhea gonorrhea 4 s 3 J and undulant fever 1 Majo activities Nurses' Nurses home visits child health con con- conferences conferences f held attendance 5 S at con conferences sort con conFerences 58 immunizations against the following ills small pox diphtheria 23 typhoid fever lever 1623 1621 and whooping cough 31 Blood mood tests given 2399 laboratory tests 2500 There were 51 births during the lie month of November and there STREPTOCOCCI INFECTION INFECTIONs I Dr lle D. D D Keith Barnes of Kaysville Kays ille I deputy state health director and head of the Davis county health de de- department department dc- dc Thursday declared de lared that scarlet fever Fe lias has been misnamed l. l It should be called call d Streptococci infection No one is ii immune to streptococci Infection everyone is I liable to the sore throat and one infection like pneumonia predis predis- predisposes poses apses to another The first infection usually r de- de one against the rash but not the sore sort throat Individuals re react re- re react react act differently Some have hay fever from inhaling pollens others eczema from eating certain olds skin sk ri eruptions from using particular lar tar drugs or soap soaps Likewise indi indi- individuals individuals have varying reactions to the toxins of ot infection One out of five flue to ten persons having a strep- strep sore lore throat will show a peculiar skin reaction capillary hemorrhages es in the skin We term this a scarlet fever rash rah Five or more without a rash pay pa little or orno orno no attention to their infection and broadcast it far and wide Immunizations ns or have proved ineffectual and all that we can hope for is like l J c a first attack a against the rash To stop outbreaks out Dr Barnes advises examine children each morning for a led ted sore throat keep keeI suspicious children Stay home yourself with the slightest sore throat |