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Show PUBLIC HEALTH COLUMN New cases of communicable disease di-sease reported to the Utah State Board of Health during the week ending January 14 numbered 403, an increase of 166 cases over the previous week, according to the weekly communicable diseas'e report released today by Dr. William M. McKay, director of the Division of Communicable Disease Control. The greatest increase was in the number of cases of chickenpox, with 69 cases more than was reported for the previous week. Influenza, mumps, scarlet fever and whooping whoop-ing cough also showed increases. Slight decreases were reported in the number of cases of diptheria, measles and pneumonia. Incomplete reports were received from Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Kane, Tooele, Utah and Washington counties. coun-ties. Kane, Rich, San Juan and Wasatch Was-atch counties reported "no diseases." |