Show Rheumatic Fever Cases High H ig h hI In I n Davis County Davis county has at this time a large number of cardiac cases of rheumatic fever under observation at It the thc county health clinic Dr D. D Keith Barnes Darnes lists them according to age 5 years and under 22 cases 6 years years 12 7 years 10 8 years 10 9 years 5 10 years 9 D 10 to 15 years of oC age 32 Dr Barnes states that some areas of this western America claim to be free of rheumatic fever He wonders He says that while on ona on a l recent trip he visited several classmates and discussed this di di- disease disease sease as they had found it One dry called so s called warm wann desert area area had ha J Just begun a rheumatic fever service and surprisingly to them found the incident very similar to Davis county Strep infections were just as lS numerous but of perhaps milder variety but the potential problems were just as great he said Another warm area lrea with much humidity and lots of fog have few strep strop infections reported and no rheumatic fever He lie wonders ers if jf rheumatic fever isn't so mild and insidious that it is not recognized ed in its early stages and that the definite cardiac is later found much too late for preventive meas meas- ures Dr Barnes is with the county P PT PT PT T A on their drive for rheumatic fever and hopeful of oC geeting a flur os cope to give additional- additional cardial cordial knowledge of cases now in the thc county a and addi addi- additional additional beds for convalescents |