Show INCREASE REPORTED IN r communicable DISEASE one hundred and fifty three new cases of communicable disease were reported to the utah state board beard of health during the week ending october 13 accord ing to a statement released toda by dr william 31 mckay director of the division of amun cable disease control this Is is an increase of 48 cases over the previous week and 56 cases over the corresponding correspond ino week last year the diseases which showed increases were chickenpox chicken pox infantile paralysis rnea measles mumps pneumonia scarlet fever and whooping cough while only typhoid fever showed a decrease greatest G reates percentage increases were noted in the cases of pneumonia measles and who whooping cough there were reported eleven cases of aru iruan ancile lile paralysis compared with ten cases aunna tn anc previous week two or these wen wem irom lavis bavis county two croci fro san an juan county lour from ban lake county and three irom from salt sail lake city forty eight cases af tile paralysis have been reported to the state board I 1 ot nealin to date th this year compared with only one case c ase for the same period last year and only enree lor ane entire year of 1446 this is a large increase it was pointed out at ai the state board of healin chiea ain cace ine cases ases nave leen een reported cl rather widely separated areas an ni n i I 1 me disease nas not reacted epla ec proportions |