The Henderson County Board of Health heard detailed reports, Tuesday on the health department's annual communicable disease report, along with the specifics on quality improvement measures for teen services and safe sleep initiative.
Director of nursing Crystal O'Dell presented the communicable disease report, which showed an increase in confirmed cases for 2018.
Forty- two cases were confirmed last year, compared to 23 in 2017. The number is a decrease from some recent years, which includes 51 cases in 2016, 47 in 2015, and 56 in 2014.
