Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-15 | Page 38 | Vital Statistics Show Improvement

VITAL L STATISTICS SHOW SHO I IMPROVEMENT J Salt Lakes Lake's health record was better better better bet bet- ter last week weel than for six months only twenty five tl e cases of oC contagious diseases dis eases cases being belnE brought to the lie attention of OC tho board of oC health As many as ITS liS cases ases have been reported to tho board In some of or tho the seven day periods durIng during dur dur- ing the past few tow months Until tho the Is Issuance Issuance issuance Is- Is yesterday esterday of or the weekly re report report report re- re port the tho best conditions had prevailed the previous week Wh when n only thirtyfour thirtyfour thirty thirty- four cases of diseases were tabulated b by the health department To further top off oCt a banner week eek there are el eight ht more mOll births than last year jear for Cor tho the same week and fourteen fewer deaths The report in fn full tun Is as ns follows 69 59 59 deaths 16 16 cas cases s of Qt smallpox I 1 diphtheria 5 6 typhoid fever ever eer 3 scarlet rover fever 3 whooping cough 10 chIckenpox chicken chicken- pox 1 and mumps 2