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Show HEALTH NEWS According to the weekly bulle- - . tin of the state department of - ' health, a total of 153 new cases of communicable diseases were reported for the week ending November 28th as compared with 164 for the previous week and 252 for the corresponding week '" last year. Chicken pox leads the list with a total of 56 new cases. Strep infections in-fections came second with 20 and measles and German measles were third with 17 cases each. The following is a list of all diseases for the week: cancer," 8; chicken pox, 56; "diphtheria, 1; measles, 17; German measles, 17; mumps, 8; poliomyelitis, 16; strep infections, 20; gastroenteritis, gastroenter-itis, 3; ringworm of scalp, 1; syphilis, syph-ilis, 1; rheumatic fever, 1; influenza, in-fluenza, 3. . v |