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Show HEALTH NEWS According to the weekly report re-port of the state department of health, a total of 366 new cases of communicable diseases were reported for the week ending May 11 as compared with 458 for the previous week and 671 for the corresponding week last year. Mumps lead the list with a total to-tal of 166 new cases. Chicken pox came second with 60 cases and strep infections was third with 59 cases. The following is a list of all diseases for the week: chicken pox, 60; gonorrhea, 1; measles, 54; German measles, 3; mumps, 166; pneumonia, 5; rheumatic fever, 6; strep infections, 59; syphilis, 4; whooping cough, 4; influenza, 3; lead poisoning, 1. The third Western Institute on epilepsy will be held at the Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City, June 22, 23 and 24. The meetings are designed de-signed to bring together both professional and lay workers in the field of epilepsy, as a means of coordinating their efforts in the care of the epileptic. The program includes a discussion of the practical considerations of medical diagnosis and therapy, and various aspects of social adjustment, ad-justment, education and rehabilitation. rehabil-itation. Those interested in registering re-gistering for the meetings, or obtaining a copy of the program should direct inquiries to Dr. Jean Davis, director, EEG laboratory, lab-oratory, Dept. of Psychiatry, Salt Lake General hospital, 156 Westminister West-minister Ave., Salt Lake. Registration Regis-tration fee: Physicians $5.00, others oth-ers $3.00 (including luncheon on Saturday). |