Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-10-03 | Page 36 | Contagious Diseases Reported during Week

CONTAGIOUS CO US DISEASES DIS ES REPORTED DURING WEEK There were 74 a cases casl s of contagious die dis diseases eases reported to the city board of health during the week ending Friday of which 47 7 were typhoid fever smallpox 6 diphtheria diphtheria diphtheria theria 3 scarlet fever 10 measles 1 pneumonia 1 and chickenpox 6 S The 47 ft cases of typhoid make a total of IS for forthe forthe forthe the last three weeks w kl The Th typhoid epi epidemic epidemic epidemic demic is believed to be about over The weekly report rep rt of the board of health also shows that six houses bouses are under quarantine for smallpox four for scar scarlet scarlet let r t fever and four for diphtheria Two cases CB ea of smallpox are at the isolation hos hospital hospital hospital pital There were 5 births during the week neck of which 23 were boys Of the 22 deaths dur during durI tag ins the week 16 were males Eight bodies I were brought to Salt l Lake ke for burial