MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY-Continued.

Morbidity and mortality table, cities of the United States, for week ended July 15-Con.

STATISTICAL REPORTS OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY, STATES AND CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES (untabulated).

FLORIDA.-Week ended July 16, 1911. Reports from the State board of health show diphtheria present in 1 locality with 1 case, malaria in 6 localities with 19 cases, smallpox in 12 counties with 63 cases, tuberculosis in 8 localities with 15 cases, typhoid fever in 6 localities with 18 cases.

MASSACHUSETTS.-Week ended April 1, 1911. Population of reporting towns, 2,565,623. Total number of deaths from all causes 816, including diphtheria 11, measles 4, scarlet fever 3, tuberculosis 89, and typhoid fever 4.

Week ended April 8, 1911. Population of reporting towns, 2,524,805. Total number of deaths from all causes 834, including diphtheria 10, measles 4, scarlet fever 4, tuberculosis 90, and typhoid fever 2.

Week ended April 15, 1911. Population of reporting towns, 2,565,623. Total number of deaths from all causes 811, including diphtheria 7, measles 9, scarlet fever 2, tuberculosis 83, and typhoid fever 2.

Week ended April 22, 1911. Population of reporting towns, 2,565,623. Total number of deaths from all causes 862, including diphtheria 13, measles 4, scarlet fever 7, tuberculosis 71, and typhoid fever 3.

Week ended April 29, 1911. Population of reporting towns, 2,565,623. Total number of deaths from all causes 769, including diphtheria 10, measles 8, scarlet fever 2, tuberculosis 75, and typhoid fever 2.

Morbidity. During the 5 weeks ended April 29, 1911, cases of communicable diseases were reported as follows: Diphtheria 544, measles 2,760, scarlet fever 699, typhoid fever, 115, tuberculosis, pulmonary, 656, tuberculosis other than pulmonary 3, cerebrospinal meningitis 23, meningitis other than cerebrospinal 7, whooping cough 451, varicella 199, erysipelas (not notifiable) 6, mumps (not notifiable) 79, ophthalmia neonatorum 112, anterior poliomyelitis 10, trachoma 4,1 smallpox 1.

NEW YORK.-Month of May, 1911. Population, 9,113,614. Total number of deaths from all causes 12,383, including diphtheria 208. measles 167, scarlet fever 177, tuberculosis 1,538, typhoid fever 78. Cases reported: Diphtheria 2,139, measles 10,011, scarlet fever 3,953, smallpox 34, tuberculosis 3,407, typhoid fever 358.

UTAH.-Month of June, 1911. Population, 373,351. Total number of deaths from all causes 277, including diphtheria 7, measles 3, scarlet fever 5, tuberculosis 12, typhoid fever 2. Cases reported: Diphtheria 40, measles 588, scarlet fever 116, smallpox 187, tuberculosis 1 (incomplete), typhoid fever 27.

FOREIGN AND INSULAR

AUSTRALIA.

SYDNEY-Examination of Rats for Plague Infection.

The following information was taken from bulletins issued by the department of public health of New South Wales:

During the four weeks ended June 24, 1911, 1,265 rats were examined. No plague-infected rats were found.

The last case of human plague was reported May 29, 1909.
The last plague-infected rat was found April 25, 1910.

AUSTRIA.

TRIESTE-Cholera.

Information was received July 31 from the American consul of the occurrence of 7 cases of cholera with 2 deaths.

BRAZIL.

MANAOS-Yellow Fever.

The American consul reports July 29 the occurrence of 3 cases of yellow fever.

RIO DE JANEIRO-Plague.

The American consul reports for the week ended June 17 the presence of a case of plague in the isolation hospital.

CHINA.

HONGKONG-Plague-Plague Rats.

Surg. Brown reports June 20:

During the week ended June 16, 30 cases of plague with 23 deaths were reported. The number of rats taken was 1,869, of which number 24 were found to be plague-infected.

Seven days' detention of steerage passengers is enforced at Mariveles quarantine station, Philippine Islands, against Hongkong.

FRANCE.

Cholera at Marseille.

Minister Bacon at Paris reported to the Department of State July 28:

Under the terms of the sanitary convention, the foreign office: informs 8 cases of cholera in Marseille July 20, but none since then. These cases do not constitute contamination, as referred to in article 7.

The International Sanitary Convention of Paris, 1903.

GERMAN EMPIRE.

Measures at German Ports Against Cholera.

Cholera having been officially declared present at Palermo, an order of the imperial chancellor dated July 7 declares all vessels, with their passengers and crews, arriving at German ports from Palermo to be subject to sanitary inspection before being granted pratique.

HAWAII.

Record of Plague Infection.

The last case of human plague at Honolulu occurred July 12, 1910. The last plague-infected rat was found at Aiea, 9 miles from Honolulu, April 12, 1910.

At Hilo the last case of human plague occurred March 23, 1910. A fatal case occurred at Honokaa, 60 miles from Hilo, December 17, 1910; 2 fatal cases were reported January 31, 1911, and 1 fatal case was reported April 19.

The last plague-infected rat was found at Honokaa February 2, 1911. A plague-infected rat was found at Hilo during the week ended June 10, 1911.

Chief Quarantine Officer Ramus reports, July 10:

CALCUTTA-Cholera, Plague, and Smallpox.

Acting Asst. Surg. Allan reports, June 29:

During the week ended June 10 there were reported at Calcutta 51 deaths from cholera, 38 from plague, and 1 from smallpox; in all Bengal, 57 cases of plague with 54 deaths; in all India, 7,082 cases of plague with 6,649 deaths.

ITALY.

PALERMO-Status of Cholera-Smallpox-Inspection of Vessels.

Surg. Eager reports, July 17:

The last official report received from the central Italian Government through the American embassy at Rome gives for the period of July 7 to July 11, 1911, inclusive, 84 cases of cholera, with 27 deaths, at Palermo, and 6 cases, with 3 deaths, in the Province of Palermo.

Although it is now midsummer and cholera has been present in Palermo for many weeks, the death rate from all causes, though some days double what it is under normal conditions, remains almost

stationary. This fact is justly considered as favoring the hopeful impression generally entertained that conditions at present at Palermo do not favor a wide extension of the disease. In the year 1837 cholera at Palermo killed about 25,000 people in two months. At that time water was distributed in the city in the most insanitary ways. At present the chief supply of water to Palermo leaves little to be desired. The suspension of accessory water supplies of a suspicious nature was followed rapidly by a diminution in the intensity which marked the outbreak of cholera at Palermo this year.

The week covered by this report is the customary period for the celebration of the feast of Santa Rosalia, the patron saint of Palermo. With a view to avoiding the gathering of crowds, the usual festivities are to be dispensed with this year.

Smallpox. Reports from the municipal health office give 11 cases of smallpox, with 8 deaths, at Palermo during the week ended July 15, Week ended July 15, 1911.

1911.

The steamship Venezia sailed July 30 direct for New York with 155 steerage passengers.

MEXICO.

SAN JUAN, TABASCO-Epidemic Smallpox.

Acting Asst. Surg. Eaves, at Frontera, reports July 8 the prevalence of epidemic smallpox at San Juan, the capital of the State of Tabasco.

NEW ZEALAND.

Examination of Rats for Plague Infection.

The following information was taken from the bulletins issued by the department of public health of New Zealand:

During the three weeks ended June 17, 179 rats were examined for plague infection. Of this number 9 rats were found infected. The last case of human plague was reported May 8. The last plague-infected rat was found May 31.