TABLE III. Cases of specified notifiable diseases, United States, weeks ending
December 22, 1984 and December 24, 1983 (51st Week)

TABLE III. (Cont'd.) Cases of specified notifiable diseases, United States, weeks ending
December 22, 1984 and December 24, 1983 (51st Week)

TABLE III. (Cont'd.) Cases of specified notifiable diseases, United States, weeks ending December 22, 1984 and December 24, 1983 (51st Week)

⚫ 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

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

tt Total includes unknown ages.

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

Compendium - Continued

should be abolished. However, limited control in high-contact areas (picnic grounds, camps, suburban areas) may be indicated for the removal of selected, high-risk species of wild animals. The public should be warned not to handle wild animals. The state game department should be consulted early to manage any elimination programs when requested to do so by the state health department.

2. Bats:

a. Rabid bats have been reported from every state except Hawaii and have caused human rabies infections in the United States. It is neither feasible nor practical, however, to control rabies in bats by areawide bat-population reduction programs.

b. Bats should be eliminated from houses and surrounding structures to prevent direct association with people. Such structures should then be made bat-proof by sealing routes of entrance with screen or other means.

THE NASPHV COMPENDIUM COMMITTEE: Melvin K. Abelseth, DVM, PhD, Chairman; John I. Freeman, DVM, MPH; Russell J. Martin, DVM, MPH; Grayson B. Miller, Jr., MD; James M. Shuler, DVM, MPH; R. Keith Sikes, DVM, MPH.

CONSULTANTS TO THE COMMITTEE: William H. H. Clark, DVM, AVMA Council on Public Health & Regulatory Veterinary Medicine, Kenneth L. Crawford, DVM, MPH; David A. Espeseth, DVM, Veterinary Biologics Staff, APHIS, USDA; Howard Koonse, Representative, Veterinary Biological Section, Animal Health Institute, Robert H. Miller, PhD, Representative, Veterinary Biological Section, Animal Health Institute, William G. Winkler, DVM, MS, CDC, PHS, HHS.

ENDORSED BY: Conference of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; AVMA Council on Public Health and Regulatory Veterinary Medicine.

Erratum: Vol. 33, No. 49

p. 687. In the article, “Acute Convulsions Associated with Endrin Poisoning-Pakistan," the chemical name for DDT in the sixth line of the third paragraph should be: 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-dis (4-chlorophenyl)ethane.