Show 1 l J 11 f. f 0 Health H alth Heads Sa Say SaUt Utah k Fortunate on Polio Utah fare far fared well observed state health officials Friday as po infantile paralysis pursued it its ita characteristically enigmatic enigmatic enig enig- m matic tic pattern in the thc intermountain area area Up to mid August the state had only six resident cases cues and one nonresident case of ot polio These were accompanied by a total of three deaths since Bince Jan 1 1 Last y year r there was a total of cases including 10 nonresident nonresident dent and nine deaths from the dread crippling disease which hits children most frequently ly But we are figuratively speaking speaking speaking speak speak- ing l keeping o our r fingers cro crossed d Dr Welby Velby W. W Bigelow acting state health commissioner e said I Two years year ago it lit was Colorado that was hard hardest t hit by the disease disease dis dis- dis ea ease e in the f intermountain region last year it was Utah and this year it seems to be bc Idaho that is suffering suf suf- suffering fering most the doctor noted With 60 persons i al already eady 8 stricken strick strick- en comp compared red with 11 persona persons Q c stricken x during a corresponding orre period in 1946 the situation n in Idaho was wu char characterized as epidemic epidemic epi demic In the nation also also the disease seems to be on Cn the noted Dr A AA A Jenkins state director of communicable communicable ble disease control Up to the end of May there were 6 7 eases cases ases of t polio reported in the nation n compared with cases reported report d' d in a 11 corresponding period of 1946 U. U S. S public health service has as advised Dr Jenkins |