POLIOMYELITIS (INFANTILE PARALYSIS)—Continued. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Oct. 4, 1913. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Oct. 4, 1913. The State Board of Health of Minnesota reported that during the month of September, 1913, one death from pellagra had been reported in Elliott Memorial Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn., the case having occurred in a woman, aged 44 years, of German-American descent, a native of Minnesota, who had lived on a farm in Sumter Township, McLeod County. The report states that the first symptoms referred to pellagra occurred in April, 1913. The patient was admitted to hospital September 27, 1913, and died two days later. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Oct. 4, 1913. 1 Rats taken from steamships as follows: Pennsylvania, 1; Tenyo Maru, 19; total, 20. California-Squirrels Collected and Examined. During the week ended October 4, 1913, 17 ground squirrels from Alameda County were examined for plague infection. No plague-infected squirrel was found. PNEUMONIA. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Oct. 4, 1913. California Berkeley and Oakland – Rabies in Animals. Surg. Long, of the Public Health Service, reported by telegraph that during the week ended October 18, 1913, 3 cases of rabies in dogs had been notified in Berkeley, and 13 cases in Oakland, Cal. California San Diego-Rabies in Animals. Surg. Carrington, of the Public Health Service, reported that during the week ended October 10, 1913, 5 cases of rabies in dogs had been notified in San Diego, Cal.; that the disease had been confirmed bacteriologically, and that several persons who had been bitten by rabid dogs were taking Pasteur treatment. TETANUS. cities as follows: Chicago, Ill., 1 death; Cleveland, Ohio, 1 case with During the week ended October 4, 1913, tetanus was reported by 1 death; Philadelphia, Pa., 2 cases with 3 deaths; South Bethlehem, Pa., 1 death. Ohio.. SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS. State Reports for September, 1913. Maryland, exclusive of Baltimore city Michigan.. Minnesota New Jersey. Wisconsin Report for August, 1913. Wisconsin 68 65 163 Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Oct. 4, 1913. From 300,000 to 500,000 in 14 6477293 302 1 2 SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS-Contd. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Oct. 4, 1913-Continued. SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS- -Con. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Oct. 4, 1913—Continued. ants-Continued. Concord, N. H. 21.497 Cumberland, Md. 21,839 Dunkirk, N. Y. 17, 221 1 Franklin, N. H. Galesburg, Ill. Hannibal, Mo.. Harrison, N. J. Kearney, N. J. La Fayette, Ind. Marinette, Wis.. 14,610 Massillon, Ohio. 13,879 Medford, Mass. 23, 150 Melrose, Mass. 15,715 Moline, Ill. 24, 199 Montclair, N. J. 21,550 Morristown, N. J. Nanticoke, Pa.. 18,877 Newburyport, Mass. 14,949 North Adams, Mass. 22,019 Northampton, Mass. Palmer, Mass.. 8,610 Plainfield, N. J. Pottstown, Pa.. 15,599 Rutland, Vt.. Saratoga Springs, N. Y. South Bethlehem, Pa. Steelton, Pa.. Wilkinsburg, Pa. 18,924 Woburn, Mass.. 15.308 |