Show board reports on 0 U disease situation during tho the year ber 1137 1037 there were uru discs I 1 of communicable diseases reported to the utah slide board of health according to tile annual re leasca today by tuu the division of communicable disease control of the utah state board of ile health alth ChIcken chickenpox pox accounted tor for the greatest ilu number niber with cases followed by influenza with 2800 whooping cough with ith 1088 IL lot fever ayik aud and mumps wit with 1401 thore were 41 bitses of tuler emlu 12 cases of spotted fever 33 cases of infantile paral and 24 cases of typhoid this 1 I 1 is 9 an all time low lu in the number of cases of typhoid fever iu in the state hatate of utah others important not cossar nc lly ily from the point of view of great numbers but from the fact that they aro are respectively so hig highly ehly fatal aro are pneumonia with cases inid and dip diphtheria theria with cases the latter disease can bo be prevented by immunization it Is an interesting tact fact that there were no deaths from chicken pox and only 7 deaths front from diphtheria as compared with six deaths last year resulting from only 33 cases of dip diphtheria theria but there were 33 1 deaths from pneumonia other communicable diseases resulting in relative relatively ly largo large numbers of deaths were influenza and tub er erlos losis ls it Is interesting to note that pneumonia tuberculosis and influenza account for more than 85 8 per cent of all deaths resulting directly from communicable diseases this fact however according to dr J L jones state health commissioner should not lot serve to make our attitude toward the other diseases passive because there aro numerous dc defects fets and deficiencies which manifest themselves vea in litter inter life resulting from neglect or improper care of ninny many of the communicable diseases dr william willan M X M mckay c I 1 11 y director of the alie division of disease control states that through cooperation of local tile the splendid officers and practicing physicians inns tho 60 reporting service Is now on a and uniform basis more coil complete pleto than over ever before |