CITY REPORTS FOR WEEK ENDED AUGUST 11, 1923-Continued. DIPHTHERIA, MEASLES, SCARLET FEVER, AND TUBERCULOSIS—Continued.

CITY REPORTS FOR WEEK ENDED AUGUST 11, 1923-Continued. DIPHTHERIA, MEASLES, SCARLET FEVER, AND TUBERCULOSIS-Continued.

FOREIGN AND INSULAR.

ALGERIA.

Smallpox-Tuberculosis-Typhus Fever-Algiers-June, 1923.

During the month of June, 1923, 9 cases of smallpox, 87 cases of tuberculosis, all forms, with 87 deaths, and 25 cases of typhus fever with 5 deaths, were reported at Algiers, Algeria. Population, census of March, 1923, 206,595.

BRAZIL.

Yellow Fever Bahia.

Yellow fever has been reported at Bahia as follows: Week ended June 30, 1923-four cases; week ended July 7, 1923-two deaths.

CUBA.

Communicable Diseases.

Communicable diseases have been reported in Cuba as follows:

Plague-Plague-Infected Rats-July 16-31, 1923.

During the period July 16 to 31, 1923, three cases of plague with three deaths were reported at Santa Ana (Manabi), Ecuador. During the same period, out of 4,800 rats examined at Guayaquil, 11 were found plague infected.

EGYPT.

Status of Plague.

During the week ended July 22, 1923, 21 cases of plague were reported in Egypt, of which 2 occurred in Alexandria, 5. at Port Said, and 1 case at Suez. The remaining 13 cases were distributed in eight districts. The total number of cases notified from January 1 to July 22, 1923, was 1,211, against 380 cases notified during the corresponding period of the preceding year. From January 1 to July 26, 1923, 1,241 cases and 619 deaths were reported.

FRANCE.

Birth Rates and Death Rates, 1911-1922.

The following birth rates and death rates for the civilian population of France for the years 1911-1922 are taken from the Statistiques Générales de la France. Stillbirths were not included in computing these rates.

1 The figures for the years 1911-1913 are for the 87 Departments of France prior to the war; 1914-1918 for the 77 Departments not invaded during the war; and 1919-1922 for the 90 Departments of France, including the 3 Departments of Alsace-Lorraine."

HAWAII.

Plague-infected Rat-Honokaa.

A rat trapped at the Honokaa Sugar Plantation, Honokaa, Hawaii, July 20, 1923, was reported, August 6, 1923, found plague infected.

IRAQ (MESOPOTAMIA).

Cholera-Bassorah.

Under date of August 21, 1923, cholera was reported present at Bassorah, Iraq (Mesopotamia). The port was stated to have been declared infected since August 6, 1923.

LATVIA.

Communicable Diseases-May, 1923.

Communicable diseases have been reported in the Republic of Latvia, as follows:

Dysentery-Leprosy-Rabies-May, 1923.

During the month of May, 1923, four cases of dysentery, seven cases of leprosy, and four cases of rabies were reported in the Republic of Latvia.

POLAND.

Communicable Diseases-April 29-May 12, 1923.

During the period April 29 to May 12, 1923, communicable diseases were reported in Poland as follows: