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Show Public Health Column Increases were reported in the number of new cases of mumps, whoo-ping cough, measles, chicken-pox chicken-pox and influenza In the week ending end-ing January 27, over the preceding week, according to the weekly com.-.r.unicafole com.-.r.unicafole disease report released today, by the Utah State Board of Health.. During the corresponding week last year, whooping cougm, scarlet fever, mumps, measles and! chicken-pox chicken-pox were the most important diseases, dis-eases, according to number. Decreases were noted this week in the number of neu cases of pneumonia and scarlet fever, and there was reported only cne new case of tuberculosis, compared with two cases in the preceding week. Tois is the time of year, according accord-ing to Dr. J. L. Jones, State Health Commissioner, when communicable communic-able diseases are most likely to spread), and since their early symptoms symp-toms are usually so similar to the common cold, often they are not treated with the degree of concern they deserve. Dr. Jones suggests, therefore, that, especially during this season, all common colds be treated with extreme care, and that the family physician be called call-ed early in cases which do not re-ipono'i re-ipono'i readily to home care. |