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. POLIOMYELITIS (INFANTILE PARALYSIS)-Continued. Kansas-Crawford County. The State Board of Health of Kansas reported that during the month of July, 1913, 1 case of poliomyelitis had been notified in Crawford County, Kans. Virginia-Salem. Surg. Lumsden, of the Public Health Service, reported by telegraph September 1, 1913, the occurrence of 3 cases of poliomyelitis in a suburb of Salem, Va. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Aug. 16, 1913. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Aug. 16, 1913. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Aug. 16, 1913. PLAGUE-Continued. California Squirrels Collected and Examined. During the week ended August 16, 1913, there were examined for plague infection 71 ground squirrels from Alameda County, 241 from Contra Costa County, 5 from San Benito County, and 3 from Berkeley; total, 320. Plague-Infected Squirrels Found. Of the squirrels examined during the week ended August 16, 1913, 2 from Alameda County and 12 from Contra Costa County were found to be plague-infected. PNEUMONIA. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Aug. 16, 1913. California-Rabies in Animals. During the week ended August 16, 1913, 3 cases of rabies in dogs were notified at Oakland, Cal. Surg. Long, of the Public Health Service, reported by telegraph that during the week ended August 30, 1913, 1 case of feline rabies had been notified in San Francisco, 8 cases of canine rabies in Oakland, and 1 case in Alameda, Cal. Florida-Jacksonville. The States health officer of Florida reported that during the month of August 1 fatal case of rabies had occurred in Jacksonville, Fla. TETANUS. During the week ended August 16, 1913, tetanus was reported by cities as follows: Baltimore, Md., 1 death; La Fayette, Ind., 1 case with 1 death; St. Louis, Mo., 1 case with 1 death; Wilmington, N. C., 3 deaths (tetanus neonatorum). SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS. State Reports for July, 1913. |