Show Duchesne County Reports 32 Cases Of Whooping Cough With a total of cases of I whooping cough in the state 32 cases case's cases are reported from Duchesne county according to to a report from the State Board of Health for the week ending June Chickenpox measles mumps and whooping cough are ae the important important important im im- communicable e diseases in terms of numbers but one encouraging encouraging encouraging en en- sign is that in each ot of these except whooping cough there is a decrease from last week However the number of new cases of whooping cough have doubled In interesting esting features of the communicable disease report for last week are arC the report of 8 new cases of tularemia from 5 counties in widely separated sections sections sec sec- see sec of the state 4 cases of Rocky Recky Mountain spotted fever from 3 counties and 11 cases of tuberculosis from 6 counties Immunization against Rocky Mountain spotted fever is tice lice for one year but unfortunately unfortunately unfortunately there is no vaccine yet developed developed de- de developed de de- that w will protect one against against a- a tularemia It Is extremely important therefore that all persons persons persons per per- sons take precautions against being be- be being being be be- ing bitten by such insects as horseflies deerflies ticks and fleas and wear gloves when skinning skinning skinning skin skin- ning or cleaning wild rabbits Four cases of diphtheria with one death serves to stress again the importance of inoculations early in life against this dread disease It is important that children be protected against those diseases which can be prevented prevented prevented pre pre- vented and diphtheria is one of them I |