1.   He praised state health authorities for their rapid response to the crisis.

2.   In most places, state health departments collect that data, and then forward the information to city health departments.

3.   Reporting would be received by state health departments as soon as cases are suspected or identified.

4.   State health inspectors have demanded that the city act immediately to clean the water supply.

5.   State health officials have warned that some of those structures are so weak that they could collapse at any time.

6.   That system has deteriorated so much that state health officials have stepped in to demand that the city act immediately.

7.   Though relatively healthy animals, state health officials warn that they are notoriously susceptible to bubonic plague.

8.   State health officials have succeeded in containing the virus.

9.   Physicians performing abortions were obliged to file detailed reports on each case to the state health department.