CHOLERA, PLAGUE, SMALLPOX, TYPHUS FEVER, AND YELLOW FEVER-Continued. Reports Received During Week Ended December 21, 1923--Continued. Aug. 24-Sept. 24... 4 Poland..... Union of South Africa.. Cape Province. Do... Natal. Oct. 14-27. Paratyphus fever, Oct. 14-Nov. 17, 1923: Cases, 39. Including municipalities in Federal district. 43: Sept. 16-22, 1923: Cases. deaths, 4; Recurrent: Cases, 4. Sept. 1-30, 1923: Cases (colored), 316; deaths, 91. Cases (white), 5; deaths, 3; total, 341 cases, 97 deaths. Sept. 1-30, 1923: Cases, 269; deaths, 81 (colored). White population, 3 cases, 1 death. Outbreaks. Sept. 1-30, 1923: Cases, 10: deaths, 3 (colored.) White, 1 case, 1 death. Outbreaks. CHOLERA, PLAGUE, SMALLPOX, TYPHUS FEVER, AND YELLOW FEVER-Continued. Reports Received During Week Ended December 21, 1923-Continued. Reports Received from June 30 to December 14, 1923.1 1 From medical officers of the Public Health Service, American consuls, and other sources. CHOLERA, PLAGUE, SMALLPOX, TYPHUS FEVER, AND YELLOW FEVER-Continued. Reports Received from June 30 to December 14, 1923—Continued. Nanking. Ecuador: Guamote.. May 27-June 23.. Rodent plague present. July 8-Sept. 1.. Reported as endemic. Apr. 29-June 30.. 63 40 July 1-Oct. 6... 33 39 May 31.. 1 1 Guayaquil.. 3 Santa Ana (Manabi). Egypt..... 2 Country district. May 16-June 30, 1923: Rats examined, 13,800; found infected, 39. July 1-Aug. 15, 1923: Rats examined, 13,450; found infected, 23. Aug. 16-30, 1923: Rats taken, 54.304; found infected, 66. (Number examined not reported.) Jan. 1-June 21, 1923: Cases, 1,051; deaths, 548. May 1-29: Cases, 345. Jan. 1-June 24, 1923: Cases, 1,069. Jan. 1-Oct. 4, 1923: Cases, 1,360; deaths, 652. Bubonic. CHOLERA, PLAGUE, SMALLPOX, TYPHUS FEVER, AND YELLOW FEVER-Continued. Reports Received from June 30 to December 14, 1923—Continued. Cases. Deaths. Remarks. Present. Plague-infected rats: Pohakes, May 23, 1923, 1 rat; vicinity of Pacific Sugar Co. mill, June 2, 1 rat: Aug. 2, 1 rat at HamaKE Mill Co. plantation. Aug. 16, plague rat found at Kapulera. 1 July 20, 1923: One plague rot; July 30, 2 plague rats; Honokas Sugar Co. mill and Honoka village. Apr. 29-June 23, 1923: Cases, 5,783; deaths, 4,481. July 1Sept. 22, 1923: Cases, 23,225, deaths, 15,850. 411 July 1-Oct. 13.. 50 42 May 6-June 9. 13 13 Aug. 12-Sept. 15... 2 2 May 13-June 30. . 110 July 1-Oct. 20.. 123 111 Madras Presidency.. May 13-June 30.. 254 141 July 1-Oct. 27.. Indo-China.. 291 Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 1922: Cases, 28: 5 Including 100 square kilometers Preceding month, 15 deaths. Do. Jan. 1-Feb. 28.. |