Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol. 4, no. 33, August 26, 1955

Provisional information on selected notifiable diseases in the United States and on deaths in selected cities for week ended August 20, 1955 -- Number of deaths in 108 selected cities -- Poliomyelitis cases reported by week: United StatesEpidemiological reports: Excess mortality -- Brill's disease (typhus fever) -- Diphtheria -- Anthrax in animals -- Psittacosis -- Encephalitis -- ShigellosisTable 1. Cases of specified notifiable diseases: continental United States -- Table 2. Cases of specified notifiable diseases: United States, each division and state, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico for weeks ended August 21, 1954 and August 20, 1955 -- Table 3. Deaths in selected cities by geographic division -- Table 4. Deaths in selected cities for week ended August 20, 1955