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Show HEALTH NEWS According to the weekly report re-port of the state department of tions, 78; syphilis, 3; tularemia, 1; influenza, 44; epid. meningitis, meningi-tis, 1; gastro-enteritis, 2. health, a total of 576 new cases of communicable diseases were reported for the week ending March 28th as compared with 459 for the previous week and 679 for the corresponding week last year. Measles leads the list with a total of 198 new cases. Chicken pox came second with 115 cases and mumps was third with 93 cases. The following is a list of all diseases for. the week: cancer, 11; chicken pox, 115; infectious hepatitis, 2; gonorrhea, 2; measles, meas-les, 198; German measles, 22; mumps, 93; poliomyelitis, 3; rheumatic fever, 1; strep infec- |