Show BIRTHS FOR a WEEK DEATHS Health Report Shows Large I lr- lr crease in Number of Contagious Cases According to the tho weekly 1 report ol ot r the city board of ot health for tor the tho we week weel l. l ending March 26 1909 the stork won wor wona a n round from the grim reaper the showing an increase of ot S 8 over the pre pro preceding ceding week while th the number of or 01 r deaths remained the s same me The births for the tho week Just closed were 38 35 38 1 19 I males and 19 females The deaths were 29 29 l 15 males and 14 females The moro more severe of or the contagious diseases showed a n considerable increase In in- In crease smallpox going from 9 to 20 0 I and scarlet fever te from 20 to lo 26 The anI only other cases of contagion reported I were ere 5 cases of ot diphtheria 1 case 0 of measles and amI 1 of or whooping cough making a total of ot 53 cases for th the thu week At the tho close of 01 the tho week there were werl 30 houses under on account of ot smallpox 54 on account of ot scarlet fever and 10 on account of diphtheria The Th Isolation hospital still had 9 0 pa pa- as on the previous week |