CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS.

Arizona.

The secretary of the State Board of Health of Arizona reported by telegraph January 25 that 6 cases of cerebrospinal miningitis, with 1 death, had been reported in Yavapai County during the period January 1 to 19.

Arkansas.

The secretary of the State Board of Health of Arkansas reported by telegraph January 24 that 3 new cases and 2 deaths from cerebrospinal meningitis had been notified at Grady, Lincoln County.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Jan. 11, 1913.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Jan. 11, 1913.

Places.

Harrisburg, Pa..
New York, N. Y.
Oakland, Cal..

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Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Jan. 11, 1913.

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California Squirrels Collected and Examined for Plague Infection. During the week ended January 11, 1913, there were examined for plague infection 44 ground squirrels from Contra Costa County, 26 from San Joaquin County, and 13 from Stanislaus County. No plague-infected squirrel was found.

PNEUMONIA.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Jan. 11, 1913.

SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS.
State Reports for December, 1912.

Surg. Stoner of the Public Health Service reported by telegraph from Pittsburgh, January 28, that 3,225 cases of measles, with 51 deaths, had been reported in that city during the period from November 1, 1912, to January 8, 1913. During the week ended January 18, 355 cases, with 4 deaths were reported.

The fatality rate of the cases from November 1, 1912, to January 8, 1913, was 1.58 per cent, and that of the cases reported during the week ended January 18, 1.13 per cent.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Jan. 11, 1913.