Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-07-25 | Page 15 | Contagion Shows Slight Decrease

CONTAGION SHOWS SLIGHT DEGREASE Number of Smallpox Cases Lessen and Other Othel Diseases Likewise Twenty one cases of ot contagious antI and Infectious diseases wore vore reported last week to the tho city board of health ac according according ac- ac cording to tho timo weekly report issued Saturday from tram tho ho office This TImIs was a u. decrease of anI only emily two cases front from time the total number recorded the time previous week There was a dropping off ott In tho the number of oC cases of smallpox as was as to 10 tobe tobo be bo expected during tho the warm weather but an Increase was noticed in diphtheria theria scarlet fever ever and chicken pox Of or the tho twenty one cases reported one ono was of smallpox as compared with t twelve cases the time week weck be before before- foro Four of time the newly reported report d cases were diphtheria iberia theria an of or th three ree over o tho time total of the tue receding preceding week for tor or this disease three were typhoid over a as ai compared with tour four cases tho Limo preceding ing week Four lour cases of scarlet fever were wre reported during the time week an In Increase increase In- In crease creuse of or one ono over time the preceding week while one case of at measles and eight of whooping cough were reported Seven Seen houses were under quarantine at the tho end of time the week on account of 01 smallpox thirteen on account of scarlet fever to and four on 00 account of or diphtheria ther theria therm n while there wore were three cases of ot smallpox at the time Isolation hospital Forty births reported twenty twenty- two of the time new arrivals arri being boys bos and anol eighteen girls Irl two Twenty deaths were reported twelve of these being males mules and ten females