POLIOMYELITIS (INFANTILE PARALYSIS).

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended July 19, 1913.

During the week ended July 19, 1913, poliomyelitis was reported by cities as follows: Buffalo, N. Y., 2 cases; Nashville, Tenn., 1 death: Newark, N. J., 1 case; St. Joseph, Mo., 2 cases.

ERYSIPELAS.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended July 19, 1913.

California-Los Angeles.

Senior Surg. Brooks, of the Public Health Service, reported by telegraph that during the week ended August 2, 1913, 4 cases of pellagra had been notified in Los Angeles, Cal.

1 Rats taken from steamships: Aztec, trapped 1, found dead 7; City of Sydney, found dead 21.

California Squirrels Collected and Examined.

During the week ended July 19, 1913, ground squirrels were examined for plague infection as follows: Alameda County, 27; Contra

Costa County, 595; San Benito County, 45. No plague-infected

squirrel was found.

Plague-Infected Squirrels Found.

During the period from July 2 to 14, inclusive, 23 plague-infected ground squirrels were found in Contra Costa County.

PNEUMONIA.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended July 19, 1913.

During the week ended July 19, 1913, a death from rabies was notified by the health officer at Marinette, Wis.

TETANUS.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended July 19, 1913.

SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS.

Kansas-Measles.

The State board of health of Kansas reported that during the month of June, 1913, 393 cases of measles had been notified in Kansas, instead of 388 as previously reported.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Measles.

Surg. Stoner, of the Public Health Service, reported by telegraph that during the week ended August 2, 1913, 12 cases of measles, with 2 deaths, had been notified in Pittsburgh, Pa., making a total of 9,595 cases, with 167 deaths, reported since November 1, 1912.

Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended July 19, 1913.

SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS-Contd. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended July 19, 1913-Contd.

From 200,000 to 300,000 inhabit

From 100,000 to 200,000 inhabit

From 50,000 to 100,000 inhabit

SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS-Contd. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended July 19, 1913-Contd.

IN INSULAR POSSESSIONS.

HAWAII.

Examination of Rodents.

Rats and mongoose have been examined in Hawaii for plague infection as follows: Honolulu, week ended July 12, 1913, 403; week ended July 19, 403. Hilo, week ended July 5, 1,480; week ended July 19, 1,041. No plague-infected rodent found.

PORTO RICO.

Rodents Collected and Examined.

Passed Asst. Surg. Creel reports that during the week ended July 19, 1913, there were examined 942 rodents, collected from various points in Porto Rico, and that of these, 611 were collected from various parts of San Juan municipality. None was found infected with plague.

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