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.

The health officer of Alton, Ill., reported that during the month of November, 1913, 13 cases of smallpox had been notified in Alton, Ill.

New York-Niagara Falls.

Acting Asst. Surg. Bingham, of the Public Health Service, reported by telegraph that during the week ended December 13, 1913, 11 cases of smallpox had been notified in Niagara Falls, N. Y.

Oregon Portland.

Surg. Magruder, of the Public Health Service, reported that during the month of November, 1913, 9 cases of smallpox had been notified in Portland, Oreg.

Surg. Lloyd, of the Public Health Service, reported that 40 cases of typhoid fever had been notified in Centralia during the two days December 15 and 16, 1913, making a total of 160 cases reported since the beginning of the outbreak.

CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS.

Mississippi Report for October, 1913.

The State Board of Health of Mississippi reported that during the month of October, 1913, cerebrospinal meningitis had been notified in Mississippi as follows: Attala County 1 case, Lawrence County 1 case, and Tate County 1 case.

Wisconsin Report for November, 1913.

The State Board of Health of Wisconsin reported that during the month of November, 1913, cases of cerebrospinal meningitis had been notified in Wisconsin as follows: Brown County 1, Dane County 1, Milwaukee County 3, Iron County 1, Trempealeau County 2. City Reports for Week Ended Nov. 29, 1913.

The State Board of Health of Mississippi reported that during the month of October, 1913, poliomyelitis had been notified as follows: one case each in Attala, Panola, and Lincoln Counties.

The State Board of Health of Wisconsin reported that during the month of November cases of poliomyelitis had been notified in Wisconsin as follows: Calumet County 1, Grant County 1, La Crosse County 2, Langlade County 1.