FOREIGN REPORTS. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. Cholera. Cholera was reported present in Hungary July 31, 1913, 5 cases with 3 deaths having been notified at Temessziget, district of Kevevara. CHINA. Hongkong-Plague-Plague-Infected Rats. During the week ended June 21, 1913, there were notified at Hongkong 22 cases of plague with 17 deaths. During the same period there were examined for plague infection 2,584 rats, of which number 9 were found to be plague infected. On August 8 Consul General Anderson reported by telegraph the occurrence at Hongkong of 23 cases of plague, and on August 12, 14 cases. Hongkong-Cholera. On August 12, 1913, 10 cases of cholera with 9 deaths were notified at Hongkong. 2 One from Guines and the other from Habana. Quarantine Against Ports in Uruguay. On account of the occurrence of plague in Montevideo quarantine was declared at Habana, August 1, 1913, against all ports in Uruguay, the period of detention being 7 days. ECUADOR. Plague Yellow Fever. During the month of June, 1913, plague and yellow fever were reported in Ecuador as follows: Plague. At Guayaquil, 4 cases with 1 death. Yellow fever.-Present in the district of Guayaquil, at Guayaquil, Milagro, Naranjito, and Babahoyo, with a total of 22 cases with 14 deaths. JAPAN. Communicable Diseases. The following statement of communicable diseases notified in Japan is for the Empire, exclusive of the island of Taiwan (Formosa): Of the smallpox cases, 7 occurred in Nagasaki-ken, 2 in O-Ita-ken, 1 each in Tokyo and Kanagawa-ken, and 1 death each in Tokyo and Nagasaki-ken. MEXICO. Yellow Fever. During the week ended July 19, 1913, there were notified in Campeche 2 cases of yellow fever with 1 death. ROUMANIA. Cholera. Five cases of cholera with 1 death were notified August 1, 1913, in the vicinity of Bucharest. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. Singapore Cholera. Two fatal cases of cholera were notified at Singapore July 15, 1913. CHOLERA, YELLOW FEVER, PLAGUE, AND SMALLPOX-Continued. Reports Received During Week Ended Aug. 15, 1913-Continued. Siam: CHOLERA, YELLOW FEVER, PLAGUE, AND SMALLPOX-Continued. Reports Received from June 28 to August 8, 1913—Continued. CHOLERA-Continued. Places. June 22, abating; July 10, still 1 July 8, 2 fatal cases. 1 case on s. s. Hydra, which left Manaos June 17, Para June 21. Four deaths occurred in voyage: 2 at Manaos, 1 at Guantanamo, and 1 at Cienfuegos. 2 15 8 |