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Show Four New Cases Of Jaundice In Uintah Basin Four new cases of infectious hepatitis (yellow jaundice), 3 at Roosevelt, Duchesne County, and one at Randlett, Uintah County, were reported to the State Board of Health last week. Lynn M. Tatcher, director of the sanitary engineering department, depart-ment, said there is no Utah city but which could clear up additional addi-tional danger spots from its water wa-ter supply system. "No positive evidence, however, how-ever, links the four new Uintah Basin cases of jaundice with the water supply," he said. A single case of amoebic dysentery dys-entery was reported from Salt Lake City. t This case was of interest since the State Board of Examiners recently authorized specialized clinical training for a State Health Department staff member mem-ber in detecting amobea in laboratory lab-oratory samples. . Some laboratory tests indicate a relatively heavy incidence of amobeic disentry in Utah, while others show that it is rare. Three cases of infectious conjunctives con-junctives (pinkeye) in Salt Lake City and two cases of trachoma, a more serious eye disease, in San Juan County, were reported. report-ed. ' |