reported as being related to the symptoms. One person complained of symptoms while working with a product containing chlorfenvinphos, an organophosphate classified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as Toxicity Class I (1)."

Most of the pet groomers reported that they did not wear aprons or gloves and did not use the pesticides according to directions on the product labels. They often applied the undiluted concentrates with bare hands, and their skin and eyes were frequently exposed to the flea-control products.

Chloro-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-vinyl diethylphosphate. "The most toxic chemicals are assigned to Class I.

Anthrax

TABLE II. Notifiable diseases of low frequency, United States

*Because AIDS cases are not received weekly from all reporting areas, comparison of weekly figures may be misleading. Nine of the 96 reported cases for this week were imported from a foreign country or can be directly traceable to a known internationally imported case within two generations.

TABLE III. Cases of specified notifiable diseases, United States, weeks ending
May 28, 1988 and May 30, 1987 (21st Week)

TABLE III. (Cont'd.) Cases of specified notifiable diseases, United States, weeks ending May 28, 1988 and May 30, 1987 (21st Week)

*For measles only, imported cases includes both out-of-state and international importations. N: Not notifiable U: Unavailable *International "Out-of-state

3

222

7

25

15

17

17

6

6

1

13

10

2

1

2

8

2

514

208

42

75

25

66

527

68

42

193

151

73

29

27

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1

1234

31

6

TABLE III. (Cont'd.) Cases of specified notifiable diseases, United States, weeks ending May 28, 1988 and May 30, 1987 (21st Week)

9923504

1,363

1,430

21

2

161

228

225

4

1

628

695

8

240

248

9

3

9

2

11

2

16

1

2

1,613

18

137

49

159

48

1

157

11

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160

39

10

6

5

18

193

69

13

5

36

54

6

10

19

261

4

177

42

29

92

37

120

56

32

32

240

40

18

182

133

*Mortality data in this table are voluntarily reported from 121 cities in the United states, most of which have populations of 100,000 or more. A death is reported by the place of its occurrence and by the week that the death certificate was filed. Fetal deaths are not included.

**Pneumonia and influenza.

†Because of changes in reporting methods in these 3 Pennsylvania cities, these numbers are partial counts for the current week. Complete counts will be available in 4 to 6 weeks.

ttTotal includes unknown ages.

§ Data not available. Figures are estimates based on average of past available 4 weeks.