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Show UTheDe,?SenShOW Decli"0 Typhoid fever dropped to an alU.me low during the period eoh'1 h illCidCnce of whopping cough during the two year period was the lowest since records of the disease were started back in 1908 Of the preventable diseases diphtheria was the only one re ported as having "got out nf control." During the first ye 3 deaths were recorded and during dur-ing the second year 117 cases and 11 deaths. Commenting on the situation the department spokesman said, "this diphtheria epidemic resulted from a com-Jnationof com-Jnationof causes, but the most 'm,Prlafnt. factor was insuffici-thy insuffici-thy 'immunization during enrPtaS Several y." The report shows that five years ago 7307 people were being immu-whfi immu-whfi taunnually for diphtheria h,e number had decreased to 4209 last year. Distinguishing between diseases dis-eases preventable by immunization immuniza-tion and those classed as un-preventable un-preventable for which no immunization immu-nization has been developed; such as chickenpox, measles, poliomyelitis and mumps the report shows these diseases occurred oc-curred in relative large numbers. During the first year of the biennium there were 138 cases of poliomyelitis and 8406 cases of measles. Figures for the second year were not complete |