DISEASE CONDITIONS AMONG TROOPS IN THE UNITED STATES.1 The following data are taken from telegraphic reports received in the office of the Surgeon General of the United States Army for the week ended December 27, 1918: Annual death rate (disease only): All troops in United States and A. E. F., France, for the week ending Dec. 19, 1918, 9.86. CURRENT STATE SUMMARIES. Telegraphic Reports for Week Ended January 4, 1919. Alabama.-Influenza in State, 1,212 cases. Arkansas.-Influenza: Leola 150 cases, 4 deaths; Scott 80 cases, 3 deaths; Lee 77, Conway County 79, Hempstead 86, Bradley 49, Texarkana (vicinity) 39, Halley 27, Stamps 30, Warren 26, Guion 25, Fayetteville 20, Izard 18, Garland 16, Pope 13, Dalark 12; also 30 others reported. Typhoid fever 5, smallpox 1, malaria 8, pellagra 1, tuberculosis 8, scarlet fever 1, diphtheria 1. California. Influenza: Reported during week 6,500 cases, still prevalent in most communities (total cases reported to date 240,800). Smallpox outbreak in vicinity of Watsonville, total 46 cases, 12 still under quarantine. Three smallpox Long Beach, 1 Sisson, 1 Kern County. Connecticut. Cerebrospinal meningitis, New Haven 1; influenza for State, 1,619. Illinois. Influenza recrudescence: Fall Creek Township (Adams County) 31, Palestine 23, De Kalb 42, Farina 93, Roberts 30, Newton 22, Yellowhead Township (Kankakee County) 24, Staunton 104, Virden 64, Sandoval 42, Odin 37, Normal 31, Putnam 36, Cowden 39, Alto Pass precinct (Union County) 38, Alto Pass 22, Dongola 16, Chicago 868. Diphtheria 177, of which in Chicago 136; scarlet fever 39, of which in Chicago 27; smallpox 39, of which in Schram City 19, Elgin 12; influenza 3,004; poliomyelitis 1; meningitis 1 each Joliet and Chicago; gonorrhea 1 cach Quincy, Mattoon, Moline, Belleville, 7 Chicago; syphilis 76, of which in Chicago 39. Indiana.-Influenza 572; syphilis 27; gonorrhea 21; diphtheria Rush County 1, Marshall 2, Wabash 1, Randolph 1, Blackford 1, Tippecanoe 5, Vigo 1, Laporte 3, Posey 1. Iowa.-Cerebrospinal meningitis, Greene 2; chancroid, Council Bluffs 1, Des Moines 3, Sioux City 1; diphtheria, Britt 1, Council Bluffs 1, Des Moines 5; gonorrhea, Alton 1, Boone 2, Cambridge 1, Cedar Rapids 1, Council Bluffs 10, Des Moines 130, Dubuque 2, Granville 1, Lovilia 2, Mason City 3, Newton 3, Sioux City 21; scarlet fever, Des Moines 7, Eagle Grove 1; smallpox, Burlington 1, Cedar Rapids 4, Council Bluffs 9, Des Moines 1, Dubuque 3, Mason City 1, Ottumwa 1; syphilis, Des Moines 51, Dubuque 3, Greene 1, Remsen 1, Sioux City 2. In rural districts of following counties: Diphtheria, Mills 1; gonorrhea, Monroe 2, Polk 1, Story 1; mumps, Polk 1; scarlet fever, Adair 1, Keokuk 1, Linn 1, Mills 1, Sioux 1, Union 2, Wayne 1; smallpox, Mills 2; influenza for State 1,653. Kansas.-Meningitis by cities: Andover 1, Centralia 1, Junction City (carriers) 2. State totals: Typhoid fever. 4, smallpox 11, diphtheria 25, scarlet fever 15, influenza 4,139. Influenza by cities: Atchison 5, Coffeyville 72, Hutchinson 27, Independence 162, Kansas City 31, Lawrence 95, Parsons 16, Pittsburg 47, Topeka 70, Wichita 108. Many delayed reports in this week's summary. Louisiana.-Influenza 3,497, typhoid fever 4, diphtheria 4, smallpox 7, meningitis 2. Maine. Cerebrospinal meningitis, Lewiston 3 deaths; chicken pox, York 1; diphtheria, Portland 1, Bangor 2, Waterville 3; gonorrhea, Bath 5, Lewiston 2, Greenville 2, East Millinocket 3, Phillips 1, Fairfield 1, Biddeford 1, Portland 1, Waterville 1; measles, Milo 1; scarlet fever, Bath 4, Waldoboro 4, Portland 24, Dexter 1, Waterville 2; smallpox, Wallgrass Plantation 2, Lewiston 2, Fort Kent 2, Van Buren 1; syphilis, Lewiston 2, Auburn 1, Augusta 1, Portland 9, Bangor 1, Freeport 1, Saco 1; tuberculosis, 8 cases; typhoid fever, Bath 2, Augusta 1; whooping cough, Gardiner 1; influenza, Greenwood 62, Waterville 707 (for December), Gray 33, Portland 170, Rockport 33, Franklin 62, Bath 118, Dover 32, Friendship 27, Waldoboro 67, Bangor 105, Bucksport 63, Dixfield 117, Emden 20, Lewiston 196 (for December), Prospect 26, Willimantic 40, Auburn 43, Bridgeton 28, Thomaston 17, Westbrook 60, Greenville 39, Skowhegan 16; scattered cases 27. Massachusetts.-Unusual prevalence; 14,793 cases influenza. Michigan.-Influenza, Bay City 66 cases, 5 deaths; Battle Creek 70 cases, 7 deaths; Flint 34 cases; Lansing 335 cases; Jackson 61 cases; Kalamazoo 40 cases; Grand Rapids 404 cases, 13 deaths; Pontiac 60 cases; Saginaw 103 cases, 9 deaths; Detroit 743 cases, 143 deaths; total for State 7,431 cases, 280 deaths. Minnesota. Smallpox, new foci: Anoka County, Columbia Heights Village 1; Noble County, Adrian Village 1; Renville County, Fairfax Village 1. One cerebrospinal meningitis reported since December 13. Syphilis 40, gonorrhea 66. |