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Show HKALTH REPORT ' INSTATE LOOKS BRIGHTER Vow Cases Of Typhoid Reported In Iast U'0''lt I" Springville According to reports from state health officers, for the week end- sfdo!W g6nera,,y shows considerable con-siderable improvement over the previous week. A total of 201 of communicable diseases was reported and 263 for the previous prev-ious week and 622 for the corresponding corre-sponding week in 1942. ' The improvement in the health Picture of the state for the week is offset by the reporting of twelve new cases of poliomyelitis six of these were reported from Davis county, three from Salt Lake county, coun-ty, one from Salt Lake City, and two from Utah county. The addition addi-tion of these cases brings the total to-tal for 1943 to 379, which is by far the largest number ever reported for any one year during the state's history. Seven cases of typhoid fever were reported for the week one from Salt Lake City, two from Frovo, and four from Springville. The reporting of these cases emphasizes em-phasizes the importance of immunization immu-nization against this disease. Typhoid Ty-phoid fever can be prevented through immunization. It is important im-portant for the public to remember, remem-ber, however, that the protection from inoculation lasts not longer than three years. It is now recommended recom-mended that for those individuals who have not previously been immunized im-munized that they receive three doses of vaccine given approximately approxi-mately one week apart and that they receive one booster dose each year thereafter. Public Health Authorities Au-thorities are convinced on the basis bas-is of past experience, that this method is preferable to the old method of three inoculations given every two to three years. Protection Protec-tion from typhoid fever is especially espec-ially important during these times of labor shortage, especially in view of the fact that adults are just as susceptible to the disease as children. To-date, a total of 29 cases of typhoid fever has been reported from various sections of the state during 1943. The disease totals for the week were as follows: chickenpox, 56; influenza, 1; measles, 8; German measles, 3; mumps, 34; pneumonia, pneumo-nia, 4; scarlet fever, 45; tuberculosis, tubercu-losis, 2 typhoid fever, 7 ; whooping cough, 11; gonorrhea, 6; syphilis, 11; poliomyelitis, 12; legarthis encephalitis, en-cephalitis, 1. |