FOREIGN REPORTS. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. Cholera. A fatal case of cholera was notified at Cattaro August 6, 1913. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, to August 16, 22 cases with 3 deaths were notified. CHINA. Hongkong-Plague-Plague-Infected Rats. Plague has been notified in Hongkong as follows: Week ended July 19, 1913, 16 cases with 14 deaths; week ended July 26, 1913, 25 cases with 24 deaths. During the same period 4,999 rats were examined at Hongkong for plague infection. Of this number 29 were found to be plagueinfected. INDIA. Karachi Statistics of Plague. The following statement of the prevalence of plague at Karachi was received from Consul Lupton: Quarantine Against Kavala, Turkey. Vessels arriving at Italian ports from Kavala, Turkey, were declared, August 4, 1913, to be subject to the quarantine measures prescribed against cholera. JAPAN. Communicable Diseases. The following statement of communicable diseases notified in Japan is for the Empire, exclusive of the island of Taiwan (Formosa): 134 cases in Tokyo and 35 in Kyoto. 247 cases with 14 deaths in Nagasaki-ken, 4 cases with 2 deaths in Tokyo, and 1 case in O-ita-ken. ROUMANIA. Cholera. To August 14, 1913, there were notified in Roumania 37 cases of cholera with 16 deaths. The cases occurred in 11 localities. On August 21 cholera was reported present in 14 additional localities with 40 fatal cases. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. Singapore-Quarantine Against Hongkong. By government notification of July 18, 1913, quarantine was declared at Singapore against Hongkong on account of plague. CHOLERA, YELLOW FEVER, PLAGUE, AND SMALLPOX. CHOLERA, YELLOW FEVER, PLAGUE, AND SMALLPOX-Continued. |