| Show BOARD OF HEALTH NEWS A total of cases of commini i able disease was reported to the altah state board of health for the ali week ending may 30 this is five cases fewer than wet e reported for f lo 10 r the preceding week and cases fewer than were reported for tin the corresponding week one year ago three new cases of tularemia n t were d as follows one from ogden one from paradise and one hom salt lake city in all three cases the occupation is given a as heep shearer and the source of i infection as a bite from a tick the attention of the public is called to t the fact that ticks can transmit tularemia as well as rocky mountain spotted fever there is no preventive vaccine which can be used against tular meia persons going into canyons or into areas where ticks are found should search their bodies and clothes for the presence of ticks at frequent intervals to date there has been a total of nine continued on last page |
