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Show Gives Figures On Health Conditions Local health officers from all sections of the state reported a total of 348 cases of communicable communi-cable disease to the Utah State Board of Health for the week ending February 21. This is 183 cases fewer than were reported for the previous week and 249 cases fewer than were reported for the corresponding period one year ago. One case of para-typhoid fever was reported from Salt Lake City. According to the attending phy-sican, phy-sican, the patient, who is a student, stu-dent, apparently contracted the infection in the bacteriology laboratory at school. One case of diphtheria was reported from Salt Lake City and one case from Provo. A case of infantile paralysis was reported from Salt Lake City. The patient, eight years of age, suffered an acute attack of the disease in the latter part of November, No-vember, 1940 but, due to the fact that the parents thought then-son then-son was suffering from influenza, no physican was called at that time. The diagnosis was made on the basis of a paralysis of the muscles of one leg. Circumstances surrounding this case emphasize further the necessity of calling in the family doctor in all cases of acute illness. One case of meningococcus meningitis was reported from Provo. The patient is a woman 46 years of age. Other diseases reported were as follows: chickenpox, '123; influenza. in-fluenza. 43; measles, 8; German measles, 17; mumps, 34; pneumonia, pneu-monia, 7; scarlet fever, 3; tuberculosis, tuber-culosis, 1; whooping cough, 70; gonorrhea, 10; syphilis, 25; and septic sore throat, 1. TV! |