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Show .WORKING AGAINST MEASLES EPIDEMIC ! The epidemic of measles in Salt Lake at present is more serious than it has been since H12, according to board of j , health officials yesterday. There are , more than 300 cases in the city at present I that have been reported to the health department. However, It is believed by : them that there are as many more which t have not been reported. t Officials of the department said yester- day that the chief difficulty in fighting the disease was the failure of parents to 'report at ihe proper time. The disease, ! they said, is contagious three days be- fore It can be diagnosed, and parents are urged to keep the children from contact ; with other children at the first sign of ! sickness. |