fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. In prosecutions under this ordinance it shall not be necessary to prove guilty knowledge or criminal intent.

SEC. 26. That ordinances Nos. 20426, 20550, and 19090 of the city of Portland bẹ, and the same are hereby, repealed: Provided, That this repeal shall not annul, suspend, or affect in any way proceedings now pending in any court under the foregoing ordinances or any one of them.

SEC. 27. Inasmuch as this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, and safety of the city of Portland and the inhabitants thereof in this: That present ordinances regulating the supply of milk to the inhabitants of the city of Portland are insufficient and inadequate; therefore an emergency is hereby declared, and this ordinance shall go into force and effect from and after its approval by the mayor. [Ordinance adopted January 11, 1911.]

REPORTS TO THE SURGEON GENERAL, PUBLIC HEALTH AND MARINE-HOSPITAL SERVICE.

PLAGUE-PREVENTION WORK.

PLAGUE-INFECTED GROUND SQUIRREL FOUND IN CALIFORNIA.

During the week ended October 21, 1911, the finding of one plagueinfected ground squirrel was reported. The squirrel was found in Alameda County, Cal., October 9, 1911, at E. M. O'Brian ranch, 4 miles east of Fruitvale.

DISTRIBUTION OF POISON.

In connection with the making and maintenance of a squirrel-free zone around the cities of California on San Francisco Bay, 7,405 acres of land in Alameda County were covered with poison during the week ended October 21, 1911.

During the same period 3,960 acres of land in San Joaquin County and 6,410 acres in Stanislaus County were covered with poison for the purpose of eradicating plague foci.

Identified, Mus norvegicus 938, Mus musculus 364, Mus rattus 129, Mus alexandrinus 107.

4 Identified, Mus norvegicus 1, Mus musculus 4, Mus alexandrinus 58.

In the following tables the States indicated by an asterisk are those from which reports of smallpox are received only from certain city, and in some cases county, boards of health. In these States, therefore, the recorded cases and deaths should not be taken as showing the general prevalence of the disease. In the States not marked by an asterisk the reports are received monthly from the State boards of health and include all cases reported throughout the State.

Reports Received During Week Ended Nov. 10, 1911.

SMALLPOX IN THE UNITED STATES-Continued.
Reports Received During Week Ended Nov. 10, 1911.

[For reports received from Dec. 31, 1910, to June 30, 1911, see Public Health Reports for June 30, 1911. In accordance with custom, the tables of epidemic diseases are terminated semiannually and new tables begun.]