Telegraphic Reports for Week Ended June 29, 1918.

Alabama.-Diphtheria: Andalusia, Covington County, 50 cases, Jefferson County 2 cases. Typhoid fever: Jefferson County 17 cases, Tuscaloosa County 7 cases.

California. Sharp decrease in the number of cases of communicable diseases last week. One case poliomyelitis, San Diego. Typhoid fever prevalent; 18 cases last week, mostly in the southern part of the State. Twenty-seven cases of smallpox scattered throughout the State.

Reported by mail for the preceding week (ended June 22):

Connecticut. Cerebrospinal meningitis: Bridgeport 1, Middlefield 1, Wallingford 1. Smallpox: East Hartford 1, South Windsor 1. Scarlet fever: New Britain 9, State total 27. Typhus fever: Greenwich 1.

Illinois. Diphtheria: One hundred fifty two, of which in Oak Park 10, Chicago 117. Scarlet fever: Thirty-one, of which in Chicago 19. Smallpox: Twenty-three, of which in Lincoln 4. Meningitis: Four, of which De Kalb 1, Elgin 1, Chicago 2. Poliomyelitis: Chicago 4, Pierce Township (Dekalb County) 4.

Indiana.-Measles: Epidemic Fountain City. Poliomyelitis: Evansville 3 cases.

Louisiana.-Meningitis 1, anthrax 2, typhoid 75, diphtheria 90. Massachusetts.—Unusual prevalence. Measles: Andover 28, Fitchburg 63, Lawrence 54, Malden 24, Manchester 15. Leprosy: Boston 1. Smallpox: Tisbury 1.

Minnesota. Smallpox, new foci: Faribault County, Winnebago City Township; Itasca County, Steneagen Township; Marshall County, Vega Township; Martin County, Centercreek Township; Stearns County, Getty Township, and Holding Township, each 1 case; Pipestone County, Osborne Township, 2. Three poliomyelitis reports since June 24.

Ohio. Typhoid fever: Dayton, 7 cases.

Virginia. Two cases smallpox Newport News, 1 Lancaster County, several Louisa. One case cerebrospinal meningitis Newport News. One case infantile paralysis Petersburg.

Washington. Scarlet fever: Tacoma 58, Seattle 18. Smallpox: Chewelah 10, Farmington 10. One cerebrospinal meningitis Seattle. Mumps: Seattle 29, Tacoma 131. One cerebrospinal meningitis Raymond.

DISEASE CONDITIONS AMONG TROOPS IN THE UNITED STATES.

The following data are taken from telegraphic reports received in the office of the Surgeon General, United States Army, for the week ended June 21, 1918:

New cases of special diseases reported during the week ended June 21, 1918.

During the month of June, 1918, 6 cases of anthrax in man were reported in New Jersey, 5 of which were in Camden among persons engaged in the production or handling of leather and 1 in Oceanport, Monmouth County, in a worker in a woolen factory.