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Show tal of 298 new cases. Strep infections in-fections was second with 85 and chicken pox was third with 49. The following is a list of all diseases reported for the week: chicken pox, 49; measles, 298; mumps, 7; strep infections, 85; influenza, 12; cancer, 30; poliomyelitis, polio-myelitis, 4; gonorrhea, 2; syphilis, syph-ilis, 2; tularemia, 1; inf. hepatitis, hepa-titis, 4; rheumatic fever, 2; ringworm ring-worm of scalp, 1; trichinosis, 1; Rocky Mt. spotted fever, 1; encephalitis en-cephalitis (measles), 2. . O HEALTH NEWS- . According to the weekly bulletin bul-letin of the state department of .health, a total of 501 new cases of communicable diseases were reported in the state for the week ending May 24th. Measles led the list with a to- |