SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS-Contd. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Feb. 15, 1913. SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS-Contd. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Feb. 15, 1913-Contd. IN INSULAR POSSESSIONS. HAWAII. Plague-Infected Rodent Found. A dead mouse was found at Mika's stone wall at Kukuihaele village January 27, 1913, which on examination was found to have died of plague. The stone wall surrounds the house in which the fatal case of human plague occurred January 31, 1913.1 The last case of plague in man occurred at San Juan September 12, 1912; the last plague-infected rat was found at Caguas, December 19, 1912. 1 Public Health Reports, Feb. 21, 1913, page 359. FOREIGN REPORTS. ARABIA. Aden-Hookworm Disease. Consul Schultz reports January 22: Hookworm disease is not indigenous in this part of Arabia. A prominent physician of 20 years' residence in Southern Arabia states that he has found only two or three cases and the subjects in these cases were not inhabitants of this locality but were men who had traveled in Egypt or Sumatra. CANARY ISLANDS. Santa Cruz de Teneriffe-Plague. Five deaths from plague were reported at Santa Cruz de Teneriffe. February 27, 1913. The following information relative to ancylostomiasis in Indo-China has been received from Vice Consul Joblin at Saigon: Ancylostomiasis is widely diffused among the native population of Annam. The disease is found among the agricultural class, the most important part of the population. No information as to its presence among workers in mines has been received. Tonkinese natives are affected by ancylostomiasis in a proportion of more than 50 per cent. Examination of worms ejected after a dose of thymol or collected by necropsy has shown that the uncinaria in North Indo-China belong to two species, viz, Ancylostoma duodenale (Dubini, 1843) and Necator americanus (Stiles, 1902). According to information collected in 1909 the ratio of ancylostomiasis is nearly the same for each district. The infection is the same in the low region as in the high. The natives from the plain generally use stagnant water from pools, while those from the hill country use running water from streams. Males and females are affected in the same ratio. Children are less affected. The disease is found among the farming class in Tonkin, and also among miners, but this latter class is in the minority in Tonkin. Europeans are affected in a ratio of 15 to 20 per cent. JAPAN. Cholera. Surg. Irwin at Yokohama reports: During the week ended February 1, 1913, there were reported in Japan 24 cases of cholera. Of these, 15 cases were reported in Shidzuoka-ken, 5 in Tokyo-fu, 3 in Chiba-ken, and 1 in Kanagawa-ken. The origin of most of these cases was in the island of O-shima, which is situated within a few hours' travel from the mainland. No cases of cholera were reported in Japan during the preceding week. RUSSIA. Odessa-Cholera. According to information dated February 1, received from the foreign office at St. Petersburg through the American Embassy, five cases of cholera with two deaths were reported at Odessa from January 8 to 21, 1913. TURKEY IN ASIA. Consul General Horton at Smyrna reported, February 3: There are no official statistics of the prevalence of malaria in Turkey in Asia, but information obtained from local physicians seems to show that the disease is most prevalent in the country adjacent to the province of Aidin, where it is found in chronic form. In the city of Smyrna, which is situated in the Province of Aidin, the disease has shown a tendency to disappear since the drainage of the swamps in the vicinity. The city of Menemen, which is situated about 22 miles from Smyrna, and the villages scattered in the plain of Menemen are centers of malaria. The next greatest areas of prevalence of malaria are the valley of the Caystre, with the villages |