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Show DISEASES SHOW INCREASE IN PAST WEEK State health officers reported a total of 468 cases of communicable communica-ble diseases to the State Dept. of Health for the week ending May 26an increase of 61 cases over the previous week. Salt Lake City and County each reported one case of ' pulmonary tubeculosis. A case of unduiant fever was reported from Provo. According to the attending physician, the patient pa-tient contracted the disease from drinking unpasteurized milk. Fourteen cases of rheumatic fever were reported for the week. This is the largest number to be reported for any week this year. Eighty cases of this disease have been reported since January. |