Show UTAH STATE BOARD OF HEALTH judging from reports to the utah state board of health from local health officers for the week ending june 27 the health of the citizens of the state is exceptionally good only cases of communicable diseases were reported which is the smallest number on record for tha present year six cases of tularemia were reported one from carbon county one from duchesne county two fro from rich county and two from uintah county both of the cases reported from rich county resulted fatally As reported by the attending physicians the various sources of infection were given as dressing rabbits eating rabbits shearing sheep and infected ticks to date a to of 20 cases of tularemia has been reported from all sections of the state for 1941 during the corresponding period of 1940 a total of 30 cases of this disease was reported one case of rocky mountain spotted fever was reported from juab county I 1 chickenpox Chicken pox leads the list of communicable muni cable disease with a total of 13 cases whooping cough is second with a total of 70 cases and german measles is third with a total of 39 cases |