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Show . iti, fnr the week-ending May ; 16aby Phvslcians and local health officers that represents a slight nc ease in the number of com- j Hcable disease mm when compared with the for the previous week. For the cor responding week last year, there were 719 cases reported. Four cases of ringworm of the scalp were reported from Dav Is county Ever since the OUttek of ringworm of the scalp in Too-le Too-le about a year ago, UmN have been isolated cases reported from j several sections ot the state. Including In-cluding Salt Lake, Weber, Davis and Utah counties. Ringworm of the scalp is thought to be most commonly contracted through the use of contaminated and improperly sterilized combs, scissors and clippers used for cutting hair. It is an infection occurring among children up to the aeeJ at which time th, in&l The best means of W the spread of the inCl hrough proper stmlJB the above mentioned well as the early ckteotlM'. treatment of all new cji The following is a communicable disease! during the week: chickenW5 diphtheria, I; measles mW-man mW-man measles, 4; munuV pneumonia, (resident) m, resident), J; scarlet fever M dent), 20, (nonresident) 'B sore throat, 1; undulani f M whooping cough, 16; e"m (resident) 10 (nonrfij syphilis, (resident), 9 dent), 2; malaria fever 4, (nonresident), i; rinM" the scalp, 4, and rhetBj HEALTH NEWS There were 317 resident cases of communicable diseases reported report-ed to the state department of |