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Show EALTH EWS PhYSiri.m- alid local health of-ers of-ers reported a total of 83 resist resi-st cases of communicable dis-: let to the state department Of alth for the week ending Aug. This is the smallest number communicable disease cases j wiled during a week since; ptember 13, 1946 when 78 cas-1 were reported. Last week j pre were 94 cases reported and. lease: for the same week last! ar rhree cases of tularemia were ported during the week. This ease is most frequently con-icted con-icted from skinning and handl- wild rabbits, but may be con-ictecl con-ictecl through the bite of the i er fly Most all of these cases uid be prevented by observing few simple rules. The danger contracting tularemia from id rabbits would be eliminated tirely il they were not handl- after being killed. If they f to be used for food, rubber ives should be worn while mning and otherwise handling f rabbits. Then the meat , -'. i thoroughly cooked in der to prevent the possibility contracting the infection from tmg nfected meat The following is a list of all nmunicable diseases reported iring the week: chickenpox, 9; ?htheria, I; measles, 8; Ger-an Ger-an measles. 2; mumps, 12; pneu iia, 2, scarlet fever, 3; tula-mia, tula-mia, 3; typhoid fever, 1; un-, ilant fever, 1; whooping cough,' I gonorrhea, 7; syphilis, (resi-it), (resi-it), 19, (nonresident), 5; and ncer, A . . |