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Show HEALTH NEWS According to the weekly bulletin bul-letin of the state department of health, a total of 101 new cases of communicable diseases were reported in the state for the week ending July 8. Mumps continued to lead the list with a total of 34 new cases. Chicken pox was second with 18 and whooping cough was third with 17. The following is a list of all diseases reported for the week: brucellosis, 1; cancer, 1; chicken pox, 18; influenza, 1; measles, 6; German measles, 3; mumps, 34; strep infections, 14; tuberculosis, 1; whooping cough, 17; infectious hepatitis, 1; Rocky Mt. spotted fever, 1; and rheumatic fever, 3. o |