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The 9,982 patients under care were grouped as follows, according to the nature of their cases:

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BILL FOR FEDERAL AID OF VENEREAL DISEASE WORK

To establish a government board of social hygiene and make permanent the present activities of the government for the control of venereal disease are objects of a bill introduced into Congress by Senator Chamberlain and Representative Kahn. The proposed board would consist of the surgeons-general of the Army, the Navy and the Public Health Service, and any other members whom. these three might designate, with the secretaries of war, navy and treasury as ex officio members.

Provision for aiding the states by advisory measures and by financial assistance are included. The money grants would be paid to the states in amounts equal to state appropriations for venereal disease control, although for the first year the apportionment would be on the basis of state population, the "fiftyfifty" arrangement going into effect. in 1919.

The sixteenth annual conference of state and territorial health officials with the United States Public Health Service, meeting in Washington in June, adopted a resolution endorsing this bill.

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS BY DIVISIONS

DIVISION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Reported Cases of Notifiable Diseases, June, 1918

Prevalence. In order of greatest prevalence for June, the notifiable diseases list as follows, with comparative figures for May

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For no other notifiable disease was a total of 50 or more cases recorded for June. Whooping cough, which was indicated to be on the increase in May, changing to third place in order of prevalence from fifth in April, is first in June. Measles, although ranking second as to prevalence, shows only half the number of reported cases for June as recorded for May. For German measles, only one-tenth as many cases as reported in May were recorded for June. The marked increases in the number of cases of gonorrhea and syphilis are to be accounted for by cases recorded from the camps and do not signify the improved general reporting of these diseases which is being insisted upon by state and federal authorities.

Smallpox. Reported cases for May, 1914, were cut in half in June, 610 cases. The highest county totals for June follow: Scioto 81 cases, Cuyahoga 68, Butler 46, Summit 44, Ashtabula 35, Henry 32, Hamilton 29, Mercer 20, Jackson and Mahoning 17 each. For no other county was a total of 15 or more cases recorded for the month.

Typhoid Fever. The reported total of 168 cases for June slightly exceeds the figure for June, 1917, 152 cases, but is below the figure for June, 1916, 281 cases. The reported cases for June of this year have been checked against death certificates, with the resultant addition of II cases not previously reported. The reported cases were well scattered in 62 of the counties of the state, only 20 counties reporting 3 or

more cases as follows: Adams 3 cases, Allen 4, Franklin 8, Gallia 3, Hamilton 6, Jefferson 8, Lawrence 6, Licking 3, Logan 7, Lucas 16, Mahoning 4, Medina 3, Montgomery 9, Portage 4, Scioto 8, Stark 4, Summit 3, Trumbull 3, Van Wert 5, Wayne 3.

Meningitis, Cerebrospinal. The 18 cases recorded for June were reported from cities as follows: Cleveland 12, Cincinnati 3, Massillon 1, Dayton 1, Youngstown 1.

Poliomyelitis. The seven cases were reported from the following districts: Cleveland 3, Cincinnati 1, Springfield 1, Lawrence County, Fayette Township, 2, and Scioto County, Rarden Township 1.

TABLE I. REPORTED CASES OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES, OHIO,
JUNE, 1916-1918, WITH DISTRIBUTION FOR CITIES AND FOR
VILLAGES AND TOWNSHIPS, JUNE, 1918, AND CASE
RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION, JUNE, 1916-1918.

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* Reported cases from Camp Sherman and Wright Aviation Field included in total figures.

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TABLE II. REPORTED CASES, TEN NOTIFIABLE DISEASES, WITH
TOTAL CASE RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION, OHIO
CITIES, JUNE, 1918.

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TABLE II. REPORTED CASES, TEN NOTIFIABLE DISEASES, WITH TOTAL CASE RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION, OHIO

CITIES, JUNE, 1918- Concluded.

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* Reports from Ironton and Wooster were incomplete.

Case Reports. Death certificates reveal unreported cases of notifiable diseases. It has not been possible in Ohio to check deaths. against case reports until recent arrangements with the State Bureau of Vital Statistics gave to the State Department of Health information, not only as to the names and addresses of persons dying of notifiable diseases but also as to the physician in attendance. Certain local departments of health make it a practice to check reports against deaths, calling unreported cases resulting in deaths to the attention of the physician who has failed to report. All local departments should fol

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