Show WEEKLY HEALTH REPORT The mortality In Salt Lake City for the week ending October 31st according accord-ing to the reports made to the Board of Health represents the lowest death rate In many weeks Of the ten deaths reported re-ported five were males and five females two of this number being persons who came here with chronic affections from which they later died Both deaths and births show a decrease of seven as compared com-pared with the preceding week the births numbering twentyeight sixteen males and twelve females all whites One case of scarlet fever remained over from last week and one having been reported during the week leaves two cases In detention at the close of this report There are now eight cases of diphtheria In the city one case having hav-ing recovered during the week and six having I been reported There were live cases of smallpox remaining in quarantine quaran-tine at the close of the last report during dur-ing the week one new case developed and four having recovered left two cases at the close of last report The new cases of typhoid fever decreased nearly half as compared with the preceding pre-ceding week thirteen being reported In compariEon with twentylive for the week before Two cases of chicken po were also reported during the week |