Parowan Times | 1940-03-15 | Page 5 | Whooping Cough Shows Increase during Week

WHOOPING COUGH SHOWS INCREASE DURING WEEK local health officers throughout the state reported a total of cases of communicable disease for the week ending march ath this is thirteen cases fewer than were reported last week and cases fewer than for the corresponding week in 1939 measles led the field with a total of cases although there was a marked increase in the number of cases of whooping cough over the previous week and out of the total of cases reported are in washington county and 67 in salt lake county one case of cyp typhoid oid fever was reported from car carbon li on county one case of was reported from wayne county the infection resulting from the handling of a cottontail cotton tail rabbit the public is again warned to use care in the handling of all wild rabbits if A f gloves are worn by those who dress the rabbits and the meat is thoroughly cooked there is little danger ng of contracting the infection