There were 23,220 new cases of measles for the week ending Feb. 12, topping the corresponding figure for the last five years.
The Navy's current measles rate is ten times last year's. Scarlet fever also increased, especially on the Pacific coast.
The Public Health Service could give no figures on chicken pox since the disease is not reportable, but many hospitals noticed a big chicken-pox business.
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