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Show HEALTH NEWS Resident notifiable diseases dropped from 156 cases last week to 83 for the week ending August Aug-ust 12, according to reports received re-ceived by the state department of health from physicians and local lo-cal health officers. For the same week last year 104 cases were reported. The following is a list of all diseases for the week: chicken pox, 19; gonorrhea, 1; measles, 23; German measles, 1; mumps, 8; pneumonia, 4; rheumatic fever, fev-er, 2; syphilis, 5; whooping cough, 17; cancer, 1; other diseases, dis-eases, 2. |