Show s DIPHTHERIA SCARE El ENDS BiDS Closing of Washington School Causes Great Decrease in Hum Num Humi i ber her of Cases The closing of at the Washington school recently on account of the diphtheria ep epidemic practically stopped the J of the disease according to the officials of the health department It is claimed that If U the school had been allowed to remain open there would In all probability have been a serious epidemic but that the sit situation is now well under control This is la borne out by the weekly report prepared yesterday which shows that only two cases of or the tho io malady malad were re reported ported during the week as against sixteen for the week before and fourteen for the week before that Now seventeen n cases remain In quarantine but the most of these will be let out this week The report also shows that during the past week there were births in Salt Bait Lake and deaths Eight cases cages of or contagious diseases were report w Id d consisting of or two cases of diphtheria two wo of measles one of meningitis and andree andhree ree of ot whooping hooping cough |