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Show yjw MOST COUNTIES SHOW GAIN IN CONTAGION IN DEATHS . The monthly report of the stato board of health for December was Issued Is-sued Thursday by Dr. T. B. Beatty, secretary Tho document shows an Incronse in dlsoasos und deaths in most of tho counties and a remarkable Increase in the number of deaths from pneumonia. pneu-monia. Tn , tho state there were I5S1 deaths from all causes. The diseases nnd the number of deaths from each are listed as follows: Scarlet fever, 252 cases, '.'. deaths; smallpox, 2-12 oases, no deaths: diphtheria diph-theria and membraneous croup, 95 cases, 9 deaths; typhoid fever, 70 cases, 17 deaths; whooping cough, 50 cases. 1 death; measles. 194 cases, no 1 deaths, chickonpox, 225 cases, no deaths; pneumonia, 17S cases, GS deaths; tuberculosis. 8 cases. |