lot and carried to Atlanta for examination. Salmonella typhimurium and several other pathogenic and nonpathogenic organisms were isolated from the turkey. by 6 volunteers. They were then transported to a recreation area where they were stored at room temperature until Easter. Nose and throat cultures of 2 of the volunteers, and cultures of some cracked eggs, by the local laboratory, revealed staphylococcus. These cultures were confirmed as golden pigmented, hemolytic and coagulase positive, by the State laboratory. They are being submitted for phage typing. The report on gastro-enteritis by Dr. McCroan of Georgia, as given in The Communicable Disease Summary last week, stated that no bacteriologic studies were made. It has been reported that specimens of food from both schools were examined as completely as possible with essentially negative results. A frozen turkey was taken from an unbroken package of the suspected Communicable diseases in other areas Dr. A. S. Osborne, Science Attache, American Embassy, London, reports that the number of confirmed cases of smallpox in Yorkshire, England, has now reached 25. The last 4 cases reported indicate spread to areas not previously involved. One of the recent cases, an 8-year-old boy, died 2 days after admission to a hospital. Many of the cases reported so far have been in older people, vaccinated in infancy, or younger ones who are unvaccinated. Table 1. COMPARATIVE DATA FOR CASES OF SPECIFIED NOTIFIABLE DBEASES: UNITED STATES (Numbers after diseases are category numbers of the Sixth Revision of the International Lists, 1948) 2 46 July 22,338 2,233 () 199 Anthrax ---062 2 2 Botulism- -049.1 2 Brucellosis (undulant fever)-----044 43 40 Diphtheria-- ----055 39 107 Encephalitis, acute infectious ---082 18 32 20 Hepatitis, infectious, and serum--- ---092,N998.5 pt. 836 238 Malaria----- 110-117 8 30 Measles-- ----08521, 902 28,330 25,616 Meningococcal infections---------057 122 135 104 Poliomyelitis, acute- -------080 83 56 Rabies in man-- -----094 Rocky Mountain spotted fever----104A 1 2 2 Scarlet fever and streptococcal sore throat---- ---050,051 3,774 3,227 2,140 Smallpox--- -084 51 Trichiniasis-- --128 9 5 Tularemia ---059 13 Typhoid fever--- -----040 31 30 Typhus fever, endemic --101 4 4 Whooping cough- -056 658 832 1,443 280, 950 118 9 11 (?) 266 520 62,869 66 85 158 350 50 9,310 ?) 45 10 17,167 49 10 31,164 214 448 40 16,979 23,220 44,834 (1) Not computed. Indiana, week ended April 4, 4 cases. SOURCE AND NATURE OF DATA These provisional data are based on reports from State and territorial health departments to the Public Health Service. They give the total number of cases of certain communicable diseases reported during the week usually ended the preceding Saturday. When the diseases which rarely occur (cholera, dengue, plague, typhus fever-epidemic, and yellow fever) are reported, they will be noted under the table above. Symbols.-1 dash [-]: no cases reported; asterisk (*] : disease stated not notifiable; parentheses, [ ] in total; 3 dashes [---] : data not available. ; data not included Table 2. CASES OF SPECIFIED DISEASES WITH COMPARATIVE DATA: UNITED STATES, EACH DIVISION AND STATE FOR WEEK ENDED APRIL 18, 1953 (Numbers under diseases are category numbers of the Sixth Revision of the International Lists, 1948) Table 2. CASES OF SPECIFIED DISEASES WITH COMPARATIVE DATA: UNITED STATES, EACH DIVISION AND STATE FOR WEEK ENDED APRIL 18, 1953-Continued |