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Show which heve occured in a number of construction camps throughout the State. Fortunately, the symp-tons symp-tons are not severe and the patients pa-tients are usually back on the job within one or two days. Investigation suggest that the condition is due to an overtaxing of the plants in which the food is prepared and distributed as well as the insufficient refrigeration. refrigera-tion. No evidence has been f ound of water contamination. The disease totals reported for the week are as follows: chicken-pox chicken-pox 43, influenza 3, measles 191, German measles 4, mumps 54, pneumonia 5, scarlet fever 6, whooping cough 11, gonorrhea 14, syphilis 12, and disentry 1. Diseases Show Increase Local health officers reported a total of 346 cases of communicable communi-cable diseases to the Utah State Department of Health for the week ending November 6, This is an increase of 35 cases ove the total reported for the previous week. Fewer cases of chickenpox but a rather sharp increase in the but a rathr sharp increase in the number of cases of measles is noted. A total of 191 cases of measles were reported, these being mostly from Carbon County, Salt Lake City, and Provo. Local health officers reported no new cases of infantile paralysis para-lysis an the number of cases of veneral diseases were fewer few-er than for the previous week. A case of typhoid fever was reported re-ported from Salt Lake City. The patient is a male, 45 years of age. An investigation is being made to determine the probable scourre infection of the disease. Unofficial reports have been received re-ceived at the office of the State Health Commissioner of a great many cases of mild dysentery |