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Show \ : \ DISEASESEN DISEASESIN DISEASIS DISEASES DISEASISGRAND : IN GRAND COUNTYThere COUNTYThere COUNTY COUNTYThere There is a gradual Increase increasen n the number num'ber ' of cases of com corn commUlllcable cornmunicable cornmunicable mUlllcable municable throughoutthe diseases throughout the state of Utah This mcludes includes mcludesdlpl1therIa includesdiphtheria includesdipnthcna dlpl1therIa diphtheria in m which wh1ch six more morecases morecases morecases cases were reported during durmg thepast the thepast thepast past week These cases caseswere -were were - In InU inU inUntah U ntah Tooele and Duchesne Duchesnecounties Duchesnecounties Duchesnecounties counties So far no new casesare cases casesare : are known to exist in our own owncounty owncounty ' county I quote from irom a news re release release release lease from the state department departmentof of health We have had more morediphtherIa morediphtheria morediphtheria diphtherIa cases eases so f far r this thlS year i ear earthan earthan than yearthan for any fully full ull ear since smce 1941 1941when 1941when 1941when when there were wcre 35 cases and andone andone andone one death It is evident thatdiphtheria thatdiphtheria that thatdIphtherIa dIphtherIa cases are ncreasmg ncreasing ncreasingin ncreasmgIn In the state although rather ratherslowly ratherslowly ratherslowly slowly Uliis 'l\lllS 'l l lllS Tlh ' \ s increase is better betterpOinted betterpointed betterpointed pOinted out by the comparIson comparisonof of the number of cases eases ases so far farthIS farthis farthis thIS year (30) 30 ( ) with the 16 cases caseswhl caseswhi caseswhi whl whi his h is 18 the J- J - yearly Jearly early average for forthe forthe forthe the preceding precedmg five years 1941to 1941 1941to 1941to to 1946 This increase is a defm defin defmIte definite defmite Ite : indication for more w de desprc.ad despread despread sprc.ad sprcad spread . diphtheria lInmUlllza immuniza immunizatenons lInmUlllzatIons immumzations tIons tenons See your family physIcIan physicianas as he is the best qualified per person person son to advise you concernmg concerning diphtherIa concerningdiphtheria concernmgdiphtherIa immunizations lmmUI1JlzatIons for foryour foryour foryour your childrenDuring childrenDurmg children childrenDuring During Durmg the month of October October50 50 children were sent to theschool the theschool theschool school nurse s office with Illness IllnessThe illnessThe illnessThe The majority maJonty of these had sore sorethroate sorethroate sorethroate coughheadaches throate running runnmg noses cough headaches temperaturesSome and temperatures Some were excluded ! from fromschool fromschool fromschool school unt 1 they were betterand better betterand betterand and all were referred to a fam famIly famfly Ily fly physician physlCian The above named namedsymptoms namedsymptoms namedsymptoms symptoms are forerunners to tocommunIcable tocommunicable tocommunicable communIcable diseases of some somekInd somekind somekind kInd If we are to control cornmunicable com corn commUnIcable cornmunicable mUnIcable diseases in our coun ty we must take care to exclude excludeI excludeal1 excludeall excludeall I al1 all children who are ill III from fromall fromall fromall all pub publ ' c gatherings gathermgs Parents Parentsif If your child c .11d 11d . uld is as too ill III to be m in ins ms ins s hool he is also too ill III to b b"admitted badmitted " ' adJrnltted admitted to any public gather gathermg gathering gathering mg ing and he should be kept ahome ahome a ahome home and given glVen good care sothat so sothat that he will be able to get baclt back bacltto backto backto to school at the earliest possIble possIblemInute possibleminute possibleminute possibleminuteIf mInute mInuteIf If a child has one two or a acomb acomb comb nation of the followmg following followingsymptoms followmgsymptoms followingsymptoms symptoms it would be bl . good 1 urea ureason leason ea eason son to keep kep " , him 111m at home and andconsurt andconsult andconsult consurt consult y ; our , family physIc-an physIc an physician physio-anat physio anat physIcanat physicianat - - at once about the condltlonNausea conditionNausea condition condltlon conditionNausea Nausea and vomItIngtem vomiting- vomiting vomitingternperature - - tem tern temperature ternperature ternperature perature or unusual pallor pallorcougmg pallorcouging ] cougmg couging sneezing sneezmg running runnmg e eyes eyesor eiesor es esor or nose skin skm eruptions eruptlOns or rash rashes rashes rashes es unu unu'ual unuual unusual ' < ual lass tude or fatigue fatiguesore fatiguesore sore throat headache or bach bath bachaC'he bathache bachaehe aC'he aChe ' dizziness dlzzmess or fainting faIntmg swollea swol swollen swollen len lea neck glands sores in m .calp calp . ocalpor .calpor ealp ealpor or on body twitching twltchmg or fidg fldg fidget fidgetmg < > t tmg ting mg irntab IrrItab lity hty linty over sensItive sensItiveness sensitiveness sensitiveness sensitivenessLet ness nessLet Let each and everyone every ona one be bealert bealert bealert alert to detect symptoms 0 o o'communicable ocommunicable ' commumcable communicable diseases and toreport to toreport toreport report them and follow out tlie the 'doctors doctors 'doctor doctor ' s orders in 111 regard regazd - regazdthem them jthem ahedller heJ1Ier hedtier and we will have a heJ1- heJ1 hedt - Ier community in wh ch to -I I lpHARRIET tp L'1 L1 lp tpHARRIET ' > HARRIET PETERSB PETERSF PETERSEI . j ) C6unty C6untyIn iOftunty jC6unty \In In 1a \ 4 |