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Show Utah Health Column , Reports from local health of- j iicers sent to the Utah State . j Board of Health, for the week f eliding March 7, show a total of 466 cases of communjcablfi dis- : eases, an increase of 56 oaaes ovtf the previous week and 248 cases iewer than for the same week in 1940. ; The cases of whooping cough ' showed a sharp increase of 84 ! cases as compared with 14 for the I previous week. Ten cases of pneumonia were , reported as compared with 32 in ' the same week for 1940. One case of typhoid fever was reported from Salt Lake City and i one from Sanpete County. The . probable sources of infection of i .ntse two cases are being inves- tig-ated but at the present time ,;ave not been determined. One case of diphtheria was reported re-ported from Salt Lake County, ihe patient is an adult, 21 years of age. ' Other disesases reported were as follows: chickenpox 120, in- -.iuenza 8, measles 35, Germau -measles 75, mumps 92, scarlet fe- -ver 5, gonorrhea 7, syphilis 20, eeptic sore throat 6, and amoebic ' dysentery 1. ; "The State Board of Health urg- .: es at the present time that all ' citizens of the State who intend o spend considerable tinie in the mountains during the spring and ' :arly summer months be inocu-.ated inocu-.ated against Rocky Mountain i-polted fever. The present out-look out-look suggests an early spring .vhich also means the early . ap- 1 iearance of the woodtick which '.s responsible for the transmis- ; sion of Rocky Mountain spotted .evei. ii It is suggested that all those n who desire be immunized to visit their family physicians who will io this work for them. The physicians in Salt Lake City and immediate vicinity may secure ( vaccine from the Utah State Board of Health. I Physicians outside this area ; should apply for vaccine directly " to the U. S. Public Health Serv- : ice Laboratory at Hamilton, Mon- ; iana. There is no charge for tnis ;; vaccine. |