The state of the nation's health for the week ended Oct. 1 and for the comparable week of 1926, as reported last week by the U. S. Public Health Service, was:
CASES 1927 CASES 1926
Diphtheria 1,733 1,650
Measles 750 1,081
Infantile Paralysis 595 88
Scarlet Fever 1,656 1,741
Smallpox 147 79
Typhoid Fever 844 1,417
Data was supplied by public health officers of 96 cities (with 30,380,000 total population) and 43 states. Many of those officials were at Cincinnati last week for the 56th yearly convention of the...
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