PREVALENCE OF DISEASE. No health department, State or local, can effectively prevent or control disease without knowledge of when, where, and under what conditions cases are occurring. IN CERTAIN STATES AND CITIES. SMALLPOX. Oregon-North Bend and Empire. Acting Asst. Surg. Strate, of the Public Health Service, reported, September 13, 1913, the occurrence of an epidemic of smallpox of mild type at North Bend and Empire, Oreg., the disease having been present at these places during the past two months. CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS. South Carolina Report for August, 1913. The State Board of Health of South Carolina reported that during the month of August, 1913, cerebrospinal meningitis had been notified in South Carolina as follows: Chester County 1 case, Spartanburg County 3 cases. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Aug. 30, 1913. POLIOMYELITIS (INFANTILE PARALYSIS)—Continued. Oregon Report for July, 1913. The State Board of Health of Oregon reported that during the month of July, 1913, 2 cases of poliomyelitis had been notified in Coos County, Oreg. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Aug. 30, 1913. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Aug. 30, 1913. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Aug. 30, 1913. California Human Case in Contra Costa County. Surg. Currie, of the Public Health Service, reported, September 11. 1913, the occurrence of a fatal case of plague at Martinez, Contra Costa County, Cal. The case occurred in a white man 55 years of age, who had resided in Contra Costa County two years, and had worked on a ranch at Pittsburg, Contra Costa County. The patient entered Martinez Hospital September 8 and died September 11. PLAGUE-Continued. California Squirrels Collected and Examined. During the week ended August 30, 1913, ground squirrels were examined for plague infection as follows: Alameda County, 70; Contra Costa County, 197. Plague-infected Squirrels Found. Of the squirrels examined during the week ended August 30, 1913, one from Contra Costa County was found to be plague infected. PNEUMONIA. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Aug. 30, 1913. California Alameda and Oakland-Rabies in Animals. Surg. Long, of the Public Health Service, reported by telegraph that during the week ended September 13, 1913, rabies in dogs had been notified as follows: Alameda, 1; Oakland, 4. TETANUS. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Aug. 30, 1913. SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS. 211 Scarlet Measles. Diphtheria. Oregon Report for July, 1913. Scarlet Measles. Diphtheria. |