FOREIGN REPORTS. AUSTRALIA. Smallpox-New South Wales. The total number of cases of smallpox notified in New South Wales from July 1 to September 26, 1913, was 829. Of this number 810 cases occurred in Sydney and 19 in country districts. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. Status of Cholera. During the period from October 9 to 13, 1913, 9 cases of cholera were notified in Bosnia-Herzegovina. CHINA. Cholera-Amoy. Cholera was reported present at Amoy, October, 1913. Cholera-Plague-Hongkong. During the week ended October 4, 1913, cholera and plague were notified at Hongkong as follows: Cholera, 6 cases; plague, 3 cases, with 3 deaths. During the same period 2,278 rats were examined at Hongkong for plague infection. No plague-infected rat was found. Examination of Rats-Shanghai. During the two weeks ended October 18, 1913, 590 rats were examined at Shanghai for plague infection. Five plague-infected rats were found. Guines, 1; Santa Cruz del Sur, 1; Gibara, 1; Manacas, 1; Ciego de Avila, 1; Encrucijada, 1; Santiago de Cuba, 3. GREAT BRITAIN. Plague in Rodents-London. From a letter written by Dr. C. A. Moseley, a district medical officer of Jamaica, contained in the Annual Report of the Superintending Medical Officer of Jamaica for the year ended March 31, 1913, pages 2 and 3, it appears that a considerable number of plagueinfected rats were found in London during 1912. The following is that part of Dr. Moseley's letter bearing on the subject: PORT ANTONIO, April 25, 1913. SIR: While on leave in London in July last, it occurred to me that my time might be usefully employed in obtaining as extensive a knowledge of plague as possible. * * Later in the year I decided to do the bacteriology and chemistry, and in fact as much of the work as I could in the three months at my disposal, for the public health diploma, this I did at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Here again, through the kindness of Dr. F. W. Andrews, pathologist to the hospital, I had ample opportunity to observe the post mortem appearances in rodent plague, and to follow up the bacteriological findings. For a matter of two weeks or more some six or eight rats were sent to Dr. Andrews daily for examination. With few ex ceptions they had all died as the result of plague. Hearing that I was interested in the matter he very kindly asked me to be present while he was doing the work in connection with them. ITALY. Quarantine Against Salamina. Vessels arriving at Italian ports from the island of Salamina, Greece, were made subject, October 10, 1913, to the measures prescribed against cholera. MOROCCO. Plague-Rabat. Three cases of plague were notified October 25, 1913, at Rabat. ROUMANIA. Status of Cholera. During the period from October 16 to 22, 1913, 169 cases of cholera, with 140 deaths, were notified in Roumania, making, from the beginning of the outbreak to date, 5,634 cases, with 2,880 deaths. On October 22, 1913, 291 cases remained under treatment. RUSSIA. Status of Cholera. During the period from September 28 to October 4, 1913, 36 cases of cholera with 13 deaths were notified in Russia. The cases were distributed in the governments of Bessarabia, Ekaterinislav, Kherson, and Taurida. SERVIA. Status of Cholera. During the week ended October 11, 1913, 174 cases of cholera with 56 deaths were notified in Servia. The cases were distributed in 18 provinces. TURKEY IN ASIA. Cholera-Trebizond. Cholera was reported present October 29, 1913, in the military barracks at Trebizond. CHOLERA, YELLOW FEVER, PLAGUE, AND SMALLPOX. |