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Show GBEAT 1P1MII 11 HEALTH IF CITY Big Palling 0(1' Is Shown, in Number oi Smallpox Cases. The report of the city board of health for tho week ending July 23 shows a decided improvement in the smallpox situation in the city, as onty one new case of that disease was reported during dur-ing the week, while during tho previous week there were 12 now enses reported. report-ed. At the close of the week just past only 3 cases of smallpox remained ia quarantine at the isolation hospital, while at tho close of the week of July IG there were S patients in the hospital. hospi-tal. There wero -10 births reported during the past week, of which 22 were males and IS females. The roport shows 22 death?, of which .12 wore males and 10 females. One body was shipped hero for burial. Twonl3'-oue cases of contagious and infectious diseases wero reported during the week, as against 2.'l for the woek prior. Those reported are as follows: Smallpox, 1; diphtheria, 1; typhoid fever, fe-ver, .'!: scarlet fever, J; measles, 1; whooping cough. S. Seven nouses romain in quarantine on account of smallpox, 13 on account, of scarlet fever and -1 on account of diphtheria. |