ERYSIPELAS.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Mar. 15, 1913.

California Squirrels Collected and Examined.

During the week ended March 15, 1913, there were examined for plague infection 134 ground squirrels from San Joaquin County and 1 squirrel from Alameda County. No plague-infected squirrel was found.

PNEUMONIA.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Mar. 15, 1913.

SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS.

Senior Surg. Brooks, of the Public Health Service, reported by telegraph March 29, 1913, that 349 new cases of measles had been notified in Los Angeles during the week ended March 29.

Pittsburgh-Measles.

Surg. Stoner has reported regarding the outbreak of measles in Pittsburgh that during the week ended March 29 there were 358 cases and 5 deaths reported; during the week ended March 22, 359 cases, with 5 deaths; and from November 1, when the epidemic began, to March 29, 7,747 cases, with 112 deaths.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Mar. 15, 1913.

Cases and Deaths_Reported by Cities for Week Ended Mar. 15, 1913—Contd.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Mar. 15, 1913–Contd.

INSULAR POSSESSIONS.

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

Manila-Plague.

Passed Asst. Surg. Heiser, chief quarantine officer and director of health for the Philippine Islands, reports: During the week ended February 15, 1913, one case of plague was reported in Manila.

From January 1 to February 15, 1913, there have been reported three cases of plague with two deaths. These cases occurred in young adults, their ages being 18, 15, and 15 years, respectively. The cases all occurred in widely separated sections of the city of Manila. In spite of the large force put to work at each place to eradicate rats, no evidence of rat plague infection has been found.

The last plague-infected rat was found December 25, 1912. Since that time active rat catching has been carried on, rats being caught at the rate of approximately 3,700 per month, and all are carefully examined.

PORTO RICO.

Rats Collected and Examined.

Passed Asst. Surg. Creel reports that during the week ended March 15, 1913, there were examined 1,799 rats, collected from various points in Porto Rico, and that of these 489 were collected from various parts of San Juan municipality.

No case of plague in man has been notified in Porto Rico since September 12, 1912, and no plague-infected rat has been found since December 19, 1912.

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