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Show WEEK'S BIRTH RATE SHOWS A DECREASE Salt Lake, March 14. According to the report of the city -board of health for the week ending March 12, a slight decrease is shown In the birth rate, while the death rate remains the same. There were reported 48 births, 27 mal3 and 21 females. The death record shows 32, 17 being males and 15 females. Contagious diseases show a slight decrease, being 60 ca.os against 07 for the precious week. The contagion Is divided as follows: 20 ca-ses of small pox, 10 whooping cough, 2 pneumonia pneu-monia and 4 chlckenpox. There were reported 36 houses under un-der quarantine of smallpox, 43 on account ac-count of scarlet fever and 6 on account of diphtheria. |