DIPHTHERIA, MEASLES, SCARLET FEVER, AND TUBERCULOSIS-Contd. City Reports for Week Ended Jan. 6, 1917—Continued. DIPHTHERIA, MEASLES, SCARLET FEVER, AND TUBERCULOSIS-Contd. City Reports for Week Ended Jan. 6, 1917-Continued. FOREIGN. CHINA. Examination of Rats-Shanghai. During the two weeks ended December 9, 1916, 620 rats were examined at Shanghai. No plague infection was found. The last plague-infected rat at Shanghai was reported found during the week ended May 6, 1916. Plague-Infected Rats-Hongkong. Plague-infected rats have been reported found at Hongkong as follows: During the week ended November 18, 1916, out of 2,250 rats examined, 4 found plague infected, and during the week ended December 2, 1916, out of 2,361 rats examined, 4 found plague infected. CUBA. Communicable Diseases-Habana. Communicable diseases have been notified at Habana as follows: Habana newspapers reported the occurrence of four cases of smallpox during the period from January 9 to 12, 1917, in passengers landed at Habana from vessels arrived from ports in Spain. Of these cases, one developed at Casa Blanca, Habana Bay, in a passenger from the steamship Alfonso XII from Santander, Spain, which arrived at Habana December 1, 1916. The case was reported January 12, 1917. Three cases occurred in passengers from the steamship Montevideo from Barcelona, Spain, via Las Palmas, Canary Islands, and Porto Rico, one case occurring at Guanabacoa, vicinity of Habana, reported January 9, and two cases reported January 10, one occurring at Encrucijada, Santa Clara Province, and one at Mariel quarantine station, Habana. On January 20, 1917, the occurrence of a second case of smallpox at Mariel quarantine station was reported. The case occurred in a passenger from the Montevideo, making a total of five cases in persons arriving by the steamships Alfonso XII and Montevideo. The Montevideo gave a history of a case of smallpox left at San Juan, Porto Rico. The vessel left San Juan January 2, and arrived at Habana January 6, 1917. JAPAN. Taiwan Island (Formosa) and Korea Free from Cholera. The island of Taiwan (Formosa) was reported free from cholera, January 20, 1917. Korea was reported free from cholera January 19, 1917. The outbreak began August 1, 1916. CHOLERA, PLAGUE, SMALLPOX, TYPHUS FEVER, AND YELLOW FEVER. Reports Received During the Week Ended Jan. 26, 1917.1 1 From medical officers of the Public Health Service, American consuls, and other sources. |