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Show HEALTH NEWS According to the weekly bulletin bulle-tin of the state department of ! health, a total of 640 new cases of communicable diseases were reported for the week ending March 26th. Measles continued to head the list with a total of 395 new cases. Chicken pox came second with 89 and mumps was third with 51 cases. The following is a list of all diseases for the week: cancer, 5; chicken pox, 89; influenza, 25; j measles, 393; German measles,! 11; mumps, 51; strep infections,; 25; whooping cough, 14; gonorrhea, gonor-rhea, 6; syphilis, 9; infectious hepatitis, 3; gastro enteritis, 4; rheumatic fever, 3. |