FOREIGN AND INSULAR. CUBA. Communicable Diseases-Habana. Communicable diseases have been notified at Habana as follows: Plague has been reported in Egypt as follows: October 1-7, 1923-13 cases, of which 2 occurred at Alexandria. 3 at Suez, the remaining cases being distributed in three districts. October 8-14, 1923-16 cases, of which 2 occurred at Alexandria, 1 at Suez, and 13 in three districts. October 22-28, 1923-6 cases, of which 2 occurred at Alexandria, 1 at Suez, and 3 were distributed in two districts. October 29-November 4, 1923-17 cases, 1 each occurring at Alexandria and Suez, the remaining cases being distributed in three districts, the greatest number of cases having been notified in the district of Luxor, viz, 12. The total number of cases reported from January 1 to November 4, 1923, was 1,413, as compared with 459 cases reported during the corresponding period of the preceding year. JAVA. Epidemic plague and smallpox have been reported in the island of Java as follows: October 3, 1923-at Kepoh, Residency of Soerakarta, epidemic plague; October 19, 1923, at Soerabaya City, epidemic smallpox. The municipal health department was stated to have offered free vaccination to all natives. MALTA. Communicable Diseases-October, 1923. Communicable diseases were reported in the Island of Malta during the month of October, 1923, as follows: Influenza, 2 cases; malaria. (imported), 2 cases; pneumonia, 7 cases, with bronchopneumonia, 4 cases; trachoma, 229 cases; undulant fever, 80 cases; whooping cough, 208 cases. Population, 218,510. POLAND. Communicable Diseases-Sept. 16-22, 1923. Communicable diseases have been notified in Poland as follows: During the period September 16 to 22, 1923, 361 cases of dysentery with 42 deaths, area of greatest mortality, Lwow district, and 1 death from rabies occurring in Nowogrodek district, were reported in Poland. UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA. Plague-Cape Province.1 During the week ended October 27, 1923, a contact case of plague developed at Braklaagte Farm, 11 miles from Haarhoff's Kraal, where the occurrence of three cases of plague was reported October 18, 1923. The case at Braklaagte Farm developed in a member of the family of an infected native at Haarhoff's Kraal, and terminated fatally October 26, 1923. Investigation of the outbreak of plague shows the occurrence of two fatal cases among natives at Helpekaar Farm, about five miles from Haarhoff's Kraal on September 1 and 13 last. One of the cases occurring at Haarhoff's Kraal was found. to have attended the funeral of the second case at Helpekaar, and to have spent two days at that place. Public Health Reports, Dec. 7, 1923, p. 2915. Plague Infection in Wild Rodents. Survey of the Union as regards veld rodents and plague shows that plague infection exists or has recently existed among veld rodents in a number of districts and localities in the Cape Province, Orange Free State, and the Transvaal. Smallpox-Typhus Fever-September, 1923. Smallpox and typhus fever were reported in the Union of South Africa during the month of September, 1923, as follows: Smallpox: Cases 40; deaths, 1, occurring among the native population. Typhus fever: Cases occurring in the native (colored) population, 316; deaths, 94; occurring in the white population, cases, 5; deaths, 1. For distribution of occurrence according to States see pages 3099-3100. CHOLERA, PLAGUE, SMALLPOX, TYPHUS FEVER, AND YELLOW FEVER. The reports contained in the following tables must not be considered as complete or final as regards either the list of countries included or the figures for the particular countries for which reports are given. Reports Received During Week Ended December 21, 1923.1 1 From medical officers of the Public Health Service, American consuls, and other sources. |