Show Polio Epidemic Seems to Be Under Control No New Cases of Poliomyelitis Recorded Says State Department According to reports to the State Department of Health from local health officers and physicians for tor forthe forthe the week ending September 17 there is little change in the poliomyelitis poliomyelitis poliomyelitis polio polio- picture for the State A total of 41 cases was reported for forthe forthe forthe the week ending September 17 as compared with 40 cases for the week ending September 10 The new cases reported were distributed ed as follows Salt Lake City 17 Salt Lake County 9 Cache 2 Juab Juab Juab Ju- Ju ab 2 Tooele County 2 Uintah County 1 Utah County 1 Provo City 6 and Ogden City 1 Most of the counties in the State reported no new cases of litis As a matter of fact the following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing counties have reported no cases of the disease during the epidemic epidemic epidemic epi epi- epi- epi demic Beaver Box Elder Logan City Daggett Duchesne Emery Garfield Grand Iron Cedar City Kane Morgan Piute Rich Richfield Richfield Richfield Rich Rich- field City Summit and Wayne A delayed report of a case of le lethargic lethargic le- le encephalitis was received from Ogden City the City the patient was wasill wasill ill during the latter part of July The more common communicable diseases of childhood still show a law incidence in the State The number of cases of whooping cough shows a slight increase over the previous week The venereal disease trend shows a rather sharp increase 15 15 new cases of gonorrhea and 29 new cases of syphilis were reported for forthe forthe forthe the week The totals of all diseases reported report report- ed were vere as follows chickenpox 12 measles 6 German measles 3 mumps 11 pneumonia 10 scarlet scarlet scarlet scar scar- let fever 10 tuberculosis 1 I whooping cough 54 gonorrhea 15 syphilis 29 poliomyelitis 41 and lethargic encephalitis 1 I |