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Show MEASLES EPIDEMIC MENACE REMOVED Surgeon General Gorgas Tells of tne Improved Conditions in Army Cantonments. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. The measles epidemic in the camps of the Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thirty-Eighth and Thirty-ninth divisions of the national guard troops no longer constitutes a menace, according- to a report for the week ending December 7, made public today by Surgeon Geueral Gorgas. The epidemic has spread somewhat, however, in the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth divisions, and to a greater extent in the Thirty-sixth. Pneumonia, following measles, is particularly increased in-creased in the Thirty-sixth division and slightlv increased in the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth. All other national guard camps show a decrease in measles, although there have been a number of cases of pneumonia pneu-monia independent of measles in all army and national guard camps. The report shows 190 deaths during the week in the national guard, of which 171 ivere from pneumonia: 74 deaths in the national army, of which 47 were from pneumonia. |