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Show Public Health Column A decrease from last week of 31 (1021 last week, 990 in the week just ended) m the number of new cases of communicable disease was reported to the Utah State Board of Health during the week ending December zz, according ac-cording to Dr. William M. McKay, Mc-Kay, Director of the Division of Communicable Disease Control. While the number of new cases ( of influenza increased from 610 1 during the previous week to 688 this week, it is encouraging to note that the increase was not nearly so large as last week. The number of new cases of pneumonia pneu-monia increased from 18 to 30. "This is the time of year," Dr. McKay said, "when pneumonia .s most prevalent, and everyone should be extremely careful to avoid undue exposure and to call the doctor in case of illness. Tne most effective time for the treatment treat-ment of pneumonia," he said, "is curing the first 36 hours of the disease. Care is particularly necessary nec-essary foliowing influenza and uad colds." Two cases of smallpox were reported from Salt Lake City. "Smallpox is one of the diseases 'or which there is specific immunization," im-munization," Dr. McKay pointed point-ed out. "It is urged that everyone who has not been vacinated within with-in the last seven years against this disease should see his family phvsican." Decreases were reported for 'nfantile paralysis, measles, scarlet scar-let fever, tuberculosis, whooping cough, gonorrhea and syphilis. Two cases of tularamia were reported, re-ported, and two cases of septic sore throat, as compared with 6 ,ast week. ' The necessity for extreme care, during this season, to avoid sickness, sick-ness, is illustrated by the fact .hat there are among us more ';han 1.000 cases of communicable 'disease, compared with only avu jior the corresponding week last year. |
