Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-03-21 | Page 15 | City's Health is Getting Better

UTY'S GITY'S HEALTH IS BETTER Decrease in Births Deaths an and Contagious Diseases Is Shown in Report A decrease is shown in both births birth and deaths b by the tho report of or tho the city board of or health for tor tho week ending births were March larch 19 Thirty one recorded as ns against 46 tG for Ol tho preceding pre pre- ro- ro ceding week 29 deaths as against 32 for tor the week ending March 12 1 Contagion is on tho the stead steady decrease only 18 cases being reported last las week as compared with 60 for tor th the previous week weck and 68 for the wee weekending week ending March 6 5 The rhe contagious diseases dis- dis eases cases reported arc are Nine ca cases 8 o or of small pox pox- six of or diphtheria 20 O o ot of scarlet fever 2 of or measles G 6 o or of whooping whooping- cough couSh 1 of or pneumonia an and 4 of or chickenpox There Thero aro are still stUl under under un un- der quarantine 33 houses on account of or smallpox 48 on account of or scarlet scarlet scarlet scar scar- let fever and ancI seven on account o of diphtheria nine cases cass of or smallpox remaining at the tho isolation hospital II