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Show BIRTHS IN MAY FAR OUTNUMBER DEATHS Births exceeded deaths in Utah nearly near-ly four to one in May, according to the monthly bulletin of the state boaTd of health issued yesterday. B-irths reported re-ported in May were 3172.' and the total deaths 311. Although not credited with the" great number of deaths, whooping cough was the most prevalent disease in the st.'ite last, month. The total oases numbered 3154, and there were five deaths. Pneumonia, as usual, claimed the highest percentage of lives. There was a death toll of fourteen out of forty-four forty-four eases of pneumonia reported during the mouth. There were twelve deaths from tuberculosis tuber-culosis last month, and six new cases reported in tlm state. Measles ranked next to whooping cough in the number of cases reported. There were -08 cases of measles, and no dea t lis. Diphtheria cases numbered eighty-four for the month, and there were three deaths. |