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Show SMALLPOX 11 BEING SURELY 8IMPEB OUT Diligence of Iie City Board of Health Having Desired Kifect. Owing to tho diligence and efficiency .of the health department, smallpox is slowl3' but surel3" being stamped out of tho city. Tho health board's report for tho week ending Saturdaj" shows 011I3' six cases reported, as against eight tor the preceding seven davs. Contagious and infectious diseases showed a slight increatte-i five cases over those of the previous week, however, how-ever, owing to the largo number of scarlet fever casos. There wcro forty-six forty-six cases of infectious diseases for tho wook onding Saturd.13', a3 against oub' fortv-ono for tho previous week. Tho contagious anil infectious diseases dis-eases for tlio last week were as follows: Smallpox. (; diphtheria, simple meningitis, J; tuberculosis, l; mumps, 2; scarlet fovor, 28, as against 16 for tho preceding wcok; measles, 1; pneumonia, pneu-monia, 2; chickon pox, 1. One now caso of smallpox. Clara Sodebcrg, 25 roars old, of 617 "West Third iNorth street, was reported Saturday. Sat-urday. Six houses remain under quarantine on account of diphtheria, fort3'-nino on account of scarlet fovor, twenty-two on account of smallpox and nino cases of smallpox aro left at tho isolation hospital. hos-pital. The stork was a busy bird again last week. There wcro -12 births, as against 21 deaths. Of tho births, 2-1 wore bo3'3 and 3S girls; of the deaths. M males nnd 0 females. Six bodies were shipped here for burial. |