Texas: SMALLPOX IN THE UNITED STATES-Continued. Places. Date. Cases. Deaths. Remarks. Surg. Brooks reports December 16: I have the honor to call attention to the severity of cases of smallpox which have recently developed in this city. On November 22, 1911, a case was found in a district occupied by Mexicans, and investigation drew attention to 2 suspicious deaths in children, which occurred earlier in the same community. To this date 14 cases have been found scattered in various parts of the city. Five have died. Not one of the five presented any evidence of successful vaccination. In contrast to this, in the past 10 years there have been only 3 deaths from smallpox in this city. REPORTS RECEIVED FROM JULY 1 TO DEC. 29, 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 ] |