Show - - - WEEKLY HEALTH REPORTSHOWS REPORTSHOWS REPORT REPORTSHOWS SHOWS DISEASE DECLINE Df.CLlNE DfCLlNE DECLINENew DECLINENew . New cases of commumcible communlc\ble communlc ble communicable ' \ di diseases diseases dlseases seases reported to the Utah state stateboard stateboard stateboard board of health for tht tho th thtweek . . -week week aeek \ - eek end endIng ending ending Ing January 21 numbered 349 a adecrease adecrease adecrease decrease of 54 cases according to tothe tothe tothe the weekly communicable commurucable disease diseasereport diseasereport Isease Iseasereport report released today by Dr Wil WU 11am llam Liam M McKay director of the thedivision thedivision I divIsIOn of o1 communicable dlscase disease dlscasecontrol diseasecontrol diseasecontrol diseasecontrolSlight control controlSlight dlscaseI I Slight increases mcreases were noted in the thenumber thenumber thenumber number of cases of diphtheria diphthena tu to tuberculosls toberculosis tuberculosis berculosls berculosis and scarlet fever whIle whIledecreases whiledecreases whiledecreases decreases were reported for chick chicken chicken chicken en pox Influenza measles mumps mumpspneumOnl'1 mumpspneumonrl mumpspneumonn pneumOnl'1 pneumOnl1 pneumonrl ' and whooping coughDr coughDr cough coughDr Dr McKav McKay pointed out that thatwhile thatwhile thatwhile while three deaths from epldenuc epidemic epidemicn epldenucn n cI1ingiUsere cnlngills cI1ingiUs eningitis \ were \\ere ere \ reported epldenucI from fromHanksvllle fromHanksville fromHanksville I Hanksvllle Hanksville the number of new newcases newcases newcases cases is decreasing decreasmg and it is be beleived beleived beleived leived that due to the effIcIent effIcIentwork efficientwork efficientwork work of health officers in that thatvicinity I vicinity danger of an epidemic eplQemlC epinemic has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been averted avertedA A case of tularemia tularemiaftps tularemial'S \ -ftps ftps \\l'S l'S lS wes - ' reported reportedfrom reportedfrom reportedfrom from Salt Lake City Dr McKay McKaywarned McKaywarned McKaywarned warned hunters htUlters to use care In Inhandllng inhandling inhandling handllng handling wild animals and pointed pointedout pointedout pointedout out that the disease is just lust as pre- pre prevalent prevalent pre prevalent - valent in winter as in m summer The Thedisease Thedisease Thedisease disease may also be contracted he hesaId hesaid hesaid saId through eating the msu insuf insufficiently insufficlently ! ficiently cooked meat of Infected Infectedanimals infectedanimals infectedanimals infectedanimalsDaggett animals animalsDaggett Daggett Garfield Grand Kane KaneRich KaneRich KaneRich Rich reported and San Juan counties report reported reported ed no diseases for the week |