Show Communicable Disease slight 14 owing during 1938 utah has a very enviable record so far as communicable diseases are are conceded con concerned ceped for the year 1938 A comparison of the utah death rate thit that year from all communicable diseases with that of the united states registration area tor for 1037 records not complete tor for 1838 1938 shows a considerably lower rate except measles for which the state has bas a slightly higher rate according to a report from the state board of health I 1 Dip therla cases are still occurring even een though such a simple procedure proc eduie as dip therla immunization will afford protection against the disease during 1938 there were cases in the state this Is not a large or an ad alarming arming number of cases but Is evidence that those people tailed malloid to avail themselves of the protection that ncy lie be obtained through immunization in health district no 2 it Is noteworthy that the three counties of beaver kane and flute had bad no cases of dip therla during 1938 for which they deserve special recognition there were only 29 20 cases of smallpox in 1938 which Is IH an all time low record equaling that of 1033 1933 beaver garfield Garti eld iron kane aud and plute plate counties are on the honor list of counties reporting no cases for 1038 1938 therla smallpox small pox and typhoid fever are three serious communicable diseases against which medical science and research have developed a means of prevention through immunization and vaccination aaion and by availing ourselves of this protection these diseases can be practically eradicated records records such as given above are most encouraging to people interested in preventive medicine and to public health healt ii workers who have carrier carried ou on campaigns to jo immunize and vaccinate and to provide adequate protection of water milk and food supplies |