Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Oct. 11, 1913.

ERYSIPELAS.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Oct. 11, 1913.

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During the week ended October 11, 1913, 1 death from pellagra

was notified at Boston, Mass.

1 Rats taken from steamship: Golden Gate, 32.

California-Squirrels Collected and Examined.

During the week ended October 11, 1913, 161 ground squirrels from Alameda County were examined for plague infection. No plague-infected squirrels were found.

Washington-Seattle-Plague in Rats.

Surg. Lloyd, of the United States Public Health Service, reported by telegraph October 28 that two plague-infected rats were found in Seattle, Wash., since the report given in the last issue of the Public Health Reports. This makes a total of nine plague-infected rats found in Seattle since September 30, 1913. Local authorities and officers of the United States Public Health Service are vigorously engaged in work to prevent the spread of the infection.

PNEUMONIA.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Oct. 11, 1913.

California Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco-Rabies in Animals. Surg. Long, of the Public Health Service, reported by telegraph that during the week ended October 25, 1913, 6 cases of rabies in dogs had been reported in Berkeley, 16 cases in Oakland, and 1 case in San Francisco, Cal.

TETANUS.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Oct. 11, 1913.

SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS.

Passed Asst. Surg. Krulish, of the Public Health Service, reported October 1, 1913, that 8 cases of measles had occurred at Karluk, 1 case at Kodiak, and 1 case at Afognak, Aleut villages located on Kodiak Island, Alaska.

The report further stated that 9 new cases of measles had occurred on board the steamship Dora during the trip from Unalaska to Seward.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Oct. 11, 1913.

SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS-Contd. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Oct. 11, 1913-Continued.

IN INSULAR POSSESSIONS.

HAWAII.

Examination of Rats and Mongoose.

Rats and mongoose have been examined in Hawaii as follows: Honolulu, week ended October 4, 1913, 400. No plague-infected animal found.

PORTO RICO.

Rodents Collected and Examined.

During the week ended October 11, 1913, there were examined 1,002 rodents collected from various points in Porto Rico. Of these, 761 were collected from various parts of San Juan municipality. None was found infected with plague.

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