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 949 9,1896
October

andyellow
Cholera - Continued.
, etc.
fever
YELLOWFEVER-Continued.

od pC
Places. Date. £ te
© Remarks.
«8
O Q
- Continued
Cuba .
Matanzas June 24... 56
17-June 42
June 24-July8... 124 85
July8-July 29... 200 134
30
July29-Sept. 267
Placetas Aug. 1 Yellow
fever
reported
epidemic.
Remedios ..do Do.
Santiago Dec. 7-Dec.21 29
Dec.21-Dec.28 12
Dec.28-Jan. 4 15
Jan.4-Feb.15 47
Feb.22-Feb.29 15
Mar.1-Apr.4 20
Apr.4-May 30 22
June1-June 6 2
June6-June27 14
June 27- 4
July1 7
July4-Aug. 71
Aug.8-Sept.19 98
SagualaGrande Dec. 1-Dec.21... 43 3
Dec.25-Jan.25... 31 6
Feb. 1-Feb.15... 8
Mar.13-Mar.20.... 5
Apr.4-Apr.18
11 3
11-May
May25- Yellowfever
reported.
May June6 30 Yellowfever reported
among
14 troops.
June6-June 27... 171
July4-July 18.... 124 15
July 18-Aug.8... 265 26
Aug.8-Aug. 29... 230 35
19... 163
Aug.29-Sept. 33
Yaguajay Aug. 1 Yellowfever
reported
epidemic.
Vueltas do I)o.
Zulueta do Do.
Indies
West
Martinique, :
FortdeFrance Aug.3-Aug. 6 2
Mexico
:
Acapulco July 18.... 1
11-July
Tuxpan Jan.11-Jan.25 4
VeraCruz ' '. May21-May 28... 5
May2928-June5 Yellow
fever
reported.
July 3
July30-Aug.13... 6
Aug.20-Aug.27... 1
Peru:
Callao Apr.5 2 2 Onvessels
from
Guayaquil.
PuertoRico:
SanJuan Nov.29-Dec. 20... 63 23
Dec.20-Jan. 17... 104 24
May 1-May 31.... 14 4
June1-June 30... 15 1
Sept.1-Sept. 7... 2 1
U.S.ofColombia
:
Panama Aug:. 22... 2
15-Aug. 1

Choleranotes.
the" Veröffentlichungen
inthisBureaufrom
[Translated desKaiserlichen
Gesundheit-
samtes,"
Berlin, 16,1896.]
September
Egypt. - From August 23 to 29, 32 oases and 29 deathswere reported
at Alexandria. In the cities of Ďamietta, Port Said, and Suez, from
August 22 to 28, 1 case, 3 deaths; б cases, 7 deaths, and 3 cases, 1 death
were reported. Later reports give fromAugust 18 to 24, at Cairo, 3
cases, 6 deaths ; in the districtof Ahou Kerkos, 34 cases, 35 deaths;
districtof Sohag, 14 cases, 68 deaths ; districtof Guergueh,37 cases, 52
deaths; districtof Tabta, 5 cases, 45 deaths; district of Keneh, 19
 9,1896
October 950

cases, 38 deaths ; districtof Tama, 97 cases, 91 deaths; in other dis-

trictsand cities, 156 cases, 306 deaths. The total number of cholera
cases and deaths reported in Egypt up to August 27 is 19,225, and
15,979, respectively. Total number in Alexandria during the same
period, 1,034, and 876, respectively.

Currentquarantinemeasures.

in thisBureaufromthe ''Veröffentlichungen
[Translated des Kaiserlichen
Gesund-
heitsamtes,"
Berlin, 16,1896.]
September
PLAGUE.

.- The quarantine against arrivals from Swatow

Straits Settlements
was suspended afterAugust 7 by orderof the colonial government.

YELLOW
FEVER.

Portugal.- By ministerialorder of September 4 the port of Para is

declared clean.
BRAZIL.

SanitaryreportfromRio de Janeiro.

Ею de Janeiro, August8, 1896.

Sir : I have the honorto inclose reportfortheweek ended September
5, 1896:
There were 4 deaths fromaccesso pernicioso,a decrease of 1 ; none
fromyellow fever,a decrease of 1 ; 1 fromsmallpox, a decrease of 2 ;
2 fromberiberi,a decrease of 4 ; none fromentericfever,4 6 in the fore-
going week ; 1 frominfluenza,1 in the foregoingweek,and 39 fromtuber-
culosis, a decrease of 8. From all causes there were 222 deaths, a
decrease of 43- an exceptionallyhealthyweek for this town. There
is no epidemicwhateverprevailing,and rarelyhave we a week without
1 case or death fromyellow fever.
Since last report the following-namedships have received bills of
health and been inspected: September2, bark Atlantico , Portugese,for
New York, N. Y. September3, steamshipRutherglen , British,forGal-
veston,Tex.; steamshipAlgoa, British,forGalveston,Tex., and bark-
entine Josephine , American, for Baltimore, Md. September 4, bark
Banca, British,for New York, N. Y. ; bark Carl Pihl, Norwegian,for
Tybee Roads, Ga., and ship Boadicea, British, for New York, N. Y.
September5, bark Julia Rollins, American, forBaltimore,Md.; steam-
ship Galileo, Belgian, forNew York, N. Y. ; bark Glandinorwig , British,
forNew York, N. Y., and bark (4 masts) Crocodile , British,forPhila
delphia, Pa.
Respectfully,yours, R. Cleary, M. D.,
SanitaryInspector, TJ.S. M. H. S.