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Show tjs, 41, and letharT tis, 1. 81C nt( ty 1; Utah County, 1; Provo City. 6; and Ogden, 1. . Most of the counties in the State reported no new cases of poliomyelitis. As a matter of fact, the following counties have reported re-ported no cases of the disease during the epidemic: Beaver, Box Elder Logan City, Daggett Duchesne, Du-chesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Cedar City Kane, Morgan. Piute, Rich, Richfield City, Summit, Sum-mit, and Wayne. A delayed report of a case ot lethargic encephalitis was received receiv-ed from Ogden Cit" the patient was ill during the latter part of July. The more common communicable communica-ble diseases of childhood still show a low incidence in the State. The number of cases of whooping cough shows a slight increase over ov-er the previous week. The venereal disease trend shows a rather sharp increase 15 new cases of gonorrhea and 29 new cases of syphilis were reported re-ported for the week. The totals of all diseases reported re-ported were as follows: chicken-pox, chicken-pox, 12; measles, 6; German measles, mea-sles, 3; mumps, 11; pneumonia, 10; scarlet fever, 10; tuberculosis, 1; whooping cough, 54; gonorrhea, gonor-rhea, 15; syphilis, 29; poliomyeli- Health News I According to reports to the State Department of Health from local health officers and physicians physi-cians for the week ending September Sep-tember 17, there is little change in the poliomyelitis picture for the state. A total of 41 cases was reported for the week ending September 17 as compared with 40 cases for the week ending September 10. The new cases reported were distributed as follows: fol-lows: Salt Laek City, 17; Salt Lake County, 9; Cache, 2; Juab, 2; Tooele County, 2; Uintah Coun- |