Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-03-29 | Page 5 | Deaths Are on Increase in Army

DEATHS ARE ON INCREASE IN ARMY By Associated Press WA WASHINGTON March Although health conditions In general among the time troops training In this country are de described described do- do scribed In this weeks week's report of tle e tl division divi sion slon of field sanitation as ns ver very j i good deaths amon among the soldiers Increased from ISO tho the week weel before to Pneumonia Increased in tho the national army ant and regulars regu regu- lars hars ars but In iii the national guard nil nH epIdemic epidemic epidemic epi epI- epi- epi demic diseases are d declining Deaths In the regular arm army last n t week were SC 86 as against 71 the tho week before in tho the national guard 20 as against 28 and in the national army as ns against SI three Seventy of tho the deaths In tho the national army and seven se of tho those e In tho national guard were ero caused by monia Only 76 new cases of pneumonia were reported from rom the tho 13 1 national guard camps but In the national army new cases of this disease were reported as a against 2 5 the week before Mumps and Influenza prevail pre In many national arm army camps camis and some measles and meningitis are reported In tho the national guard camps tho time sick and death rates are arc described as remarkably remarkably remark remark- abl ably low 10 while In the time regulars there are fewer cases of measles and and- scarlet fever and meningitis Pneumonia shows how an arm increase among tho time regulars particularly In iii the aviation section and southern do- do TV r t fl t