Show TYPHOID FEVER IS UNCHECKED V Outbreak of Communicable Diseases Continues to Be BeS Serious S rious Question I SCARLET FEVER INCREASES I DIPHTHERIA CASES SHOW A rA WELCOME DECREASE Contagious Disease Record Nov No Oct 1 I Scarlet carlet fever 9 J 13 Diphtheria 5 33 Measles 46 C G Tuberculosis 2 Typhoid fever 21 73 thicken Chicken pox 3 S 3 1 Meningitis 1 I Pneumonia V 1 1 l z Totals 1 J 53 v In I S First nine days In November That the outbreak of contagious dis diseases diseases eases ases which has been sweeping the city has not abated is shown by the above comparison of the number of cases r port ported ed d to ho he department of health during Oc October October tober ober and during the first nine days of November A study of the table will ill show that V VA measles s Is becoming more prevalent that typhoid fever Is holding its own that scarlet carlet fever which is more dreaded than diphtheria is on the increase and that diphtheria shows an encouraging de do crea p The report of nf the department for Octo October October ber er which shows that there were twenty two wo cases of typhoid in each of the two western municipal wards the Second and Third as against ten each in the First and the Fourth and nine In the Fifth This his same report shows that the diphtheria ria na cases are almost evenly divided be between between tween all the wards but the Fourth where only two eases cases were reported The T o Third has seven of the thirteen scarlet fever ever cases the thc Second three and the theother theother theother other wards one each Typhoid fever caused twelve deaths during October The spread of diseases throughout the city ity has attracted considerable attention In n medical circles and many of the doctors are working overtime The health h aith depart department department ment meat officials say that if all the cases were reported that the number would be materially Increased This is especially true of typhoid fever and measles As yet et all efforts to trace the cause of the prevalence of typhoid have been in vain Somo attribute It to In the th water while others say that infected milk is the cause Because of the prevalence of the disease all over oyer the city no definite rea rca reason reason son can be given as it seems to be a gen general general general eral and not a local trouble The weekly weekly report of the health depart department department department ment was Issued l sued yesterday esterday and shows that during the week there were fifty births of which twentysix were males and females This is within four of the record for this year There were but seventeen deaths ten males and seven females p p |