PREVALENCE OF DISEASE.

IN CERTAIN STATES AND CITIES.

SMALLPOX.

California-San Francisco and Vicinity.

Passed Asst. Surg. Long, of the Public Health Service, reported by telegraph February 8, 1913, that during the week ended February 8 no new cases of smallpox were notified in San Francisco and that no cases remained under treatment in that city; at Oakland 6 new cases were reported, 12 cases remaining under treatment; at Berkeley 2 new cases were reported, with 6 cases still under treatment. At Alameda 1 case, previously reported, was still under treatment.

Florida-Pensacola.

Acting Asst. Surg. Mallory, of the Public Health Service, reported by telegraph from Pensacola, February 8, 1913, that during the preceding week 13 cases of smallpox had been notified in Pensacola, and that a total of 193 cases had been notified to the date of report.

Kentucky-Ohio, Grayson, and Davis Counties.

Surg. Clark, of the Public Health Service, reported by telegraph from Beaver Dam, February 8, 1913, that 61 cases of smallpox had been notified in Ohio County since the outbreak in November; February 9, that 39 cases of smallpox had been notified in Grayson County, from 5 infected points since the outbreak of the disease in December; and February 11, that in Davis County, since April, 1912, 50 cases had been reported in Owensboro, the last case having been notified February 5, 1913, and that since November, 1912, 72 cases had been reported in the county outside of Owensboro.

New York-Niagara Falls.

Acting Asst. Surg. Bingham, of the Public Health Service, reported by telegraph from Niagara Falls, February 8, 1913, that 4 new cases of smallpox had been notified in Niagara Falls during the week ended February 8, 1913.

Oklahoma-Choctaw, McCurtain, and Pushmataha Counties.

Information was received through the United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs concerning smallpox in Oklahoma as follows: A report dated at Hugo, February 3, 1913, stated that up to the time of the report 82 cases of smallpox, with 21 deaths, had been reported in Choctaw County, that 51 of the cases and 17 of the deaths reported occurred in the town of Hugo, and that 4 mild cases of the disease had occurred among Indians at the Old Goodland Mission, 3 miles from Hugo. In all only 7 cases were known to have occurred among the Indians and of these 2 terminated fatally. Thirty-one cases, with 10 deaths, had been notified in McCurtain County and about 18 cases in other near-by counties.

Pennsylvania-Allegheny Home, Woodville.

Surg. Stoner, of the Public Health Service, reported February 11, 1913, that 5 new cases of smallpox had been notified in the Allegheny Home at Woodville, making a total of 15 cases with 3 deaths reported for that institution since January 23, 1913.

Texas-Virulent Form in Hunt County.

Dr. T. J. Milner, health officer of Hunt County, Tex., on February 5, 1913, reported regarding smallpox in that county as follows: There was a case of smallpox in Hunt County at Lone Oak in the latter part of October. From this focus there arose 11 secondary cases, with 3 deaths. On November 12 a case developed in the southeast part of the county. There were in all 9 cases, with 1 death, from this focus. On November 14, 2 cases developed in Greenville. One of these died. A widely advertised lot sale was held in Greenville on November 20, which drew a great many people from the surrounding section. About 15 days afterwards the disease broke out in many families. The epidemic was of the virulent form, 127 cases, with 34 deaths, having been reported. At present the disease is apparently under control, there being but 3 cases remaining under treatment.

Texas Hidalgo County.

Acting Asst. Surg. Fairbanks, of the Public Health Service, reported February 3, 1913, that a new outbreak of smallpox had been reported in Hidalgo County, Tex., and that the infection had existed there for two or three weeks.

The State Board of Health of Alabama reported that 2 cases of cerebrospinal meningitis had been notified in Jefferson County, Ala., during the month of December, 1912.

Washington Report for December, 1912.

The State Board of Health of Washington reported that during the month of December, 1912, cerebrospinal meningitis was notified as follows: 1 case in Adams County and 1 case in Spokane, Spokane County.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Jan. 25, 1913.

POLIOMYELITIS (INFANTILE PARALYSIS).

Alabama Report for December, 1912.

The State Board of Health of Alabama reported that 1 case of poliomyelitis had been notified in Jefferson County, Ala., during the month of December, 1912.

Washington Report for December, 1912.

The State Board of Health of Washington reported that 1 case of poliomyelitis was notified in Whitman County during the month of December, 1912.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended January 25, 1913.

During the week ended January 25, 1913, poliomyelitis was reported by cities as follows: Cincinnati, Ohio, 2 deaths; Los Angeles, Cal., 1 case; New York, N. Y., 3 deaths.

ERYSIPELAS.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Jan. 25, 1913.

California-Squirrels Collected and Examined for Plague Infection.

During the week ended January 25, 1913, there were examined for plague infection 145 ground squirrels from San Joaquin County, 39 from San Benito County, and 15 from Stanislaus County. No plague-infected squirrel was found.