Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-03-02 | Page 28 | Infectious Sort of Maladies Less Apparent

Infectious Sort Of Maladies Less Apparent That Salt Lake Is practically free tree from all infectious diseases ex cx except ept in influenza In- In which which in itself has waned rapidly rap rap- Idly Is idly is shown in the weekly health report submitted by the thc board of ot health yesterday Comparison with tho the corresponding week of ot lOiS 1918 showed that whereas there were three twenty three cases of or smallpox small sinai pox thirteen of scarlet fever rever thirty thirty- six chickenpox and two diphtheria there were this year only fur four ur one three and four respectively Several other diseases which claimed scores of or victims during the week of or lOiS 1915 have hav not been apparent nt this year at all Thus Thusa a year ear ago there were twenty one cases of ot measles twenty three whoop whoop- whoopIng In Ing ng cough four fifty German measles and ind twenty three mumps None of or these diseases is reported present now Even Een with the te lOG cases D of influenza Influenza enza reported during the past week Salt alt Lake only had uS lIS infectious ills ills- ease case patients during the week as compared compared com corn pared with patients during the tho corresponding eor- eor responding period of 1918 InS Both Doth births and deaths disclosed a shari falling Callins or off as compared with last ast year ear In the week of 1918 there thero vero were two seventy-two births consisting of at thIrty five boys K s 's and thirty seven girls while this year there were but fifty fifty- nine line births thirty one boys toys and y girls Deaths ear ago numbered num num- ered thirty nine consisting of oC twentysix twentysix six ty-six male and thirteen female while during the past week they were thir- thir one y-one comprising eleven male and twenty wenty I