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Show such cases Or suspected cases promptly. O . and influenza was third with 66 cases. The following is a list of all diseases for the week: brucellosis, brucello-sis, 1; cancer, 4; chicken pox, 88; measles, 122; German measles, 7; mumps, 49; rheumatic fever, 2; strep infection, 39; syphilis, 3; influenza, 0(5; infectious hepatitis, hepati-tis, 6. According to United States Public Health Service reports, psittacosis has been confirmed in birds in the southern part of the country and in other areas during dur-ing recent months. More recently some human cases of psittacosis have developed. In January, two people in Minnesota Min-nesota became ill with psittacosis which was traced directly to an infected parokeet brought by them from Florida. It is reported that these cases have responded well to treatment with antibiotics. anti-biotics. No cases of psittacosis (human or bird) have been reported in Utah over a period of several years. However, with the rapid means of transportation at hand and the increased inter-state shipment of psittacine birds the possibility of the disease occurring occurr-ing here is to be considered. Physicians are urged to report HEALTH NEWS i According to the weekly report re-port of the state department of health, a total of 459 new cases of communicable diseases were reported for the week ending February 15th as compared with 437 for the previous week and 522 for the corresponding week last year. Measles leads the list with a total of 186 new cases. Influenza came second with 80 cases and chicken pox was third with 77 cases. The following is a list of all diseases for the week: cancer, 9; chicken pox, 77; gonnorhea, 4; measles, 186; German measles, 9; mumps, 42; poliomyelitis, 1; rheumatic fever, 2; strep infections, infec-tions, 24; syphilis, 10; tularemia, 1; whooping cough, 8; influenza, 80; infectious hepatitis, 6. According to the weekly report re-port of the state department of health, a total of 387 new cases of communicable diseases were reported for the week ending February 22 as compared with 459 for the previous week and 486 for the corresponding week last year. Measles leads the list with a total of 122 new cases. Chicken pox came second with 88 cases, |