CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS-Continued. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Aug. 9, 1913. POLIOMYELITIS (INFANTILE PARALYSIS)-Continued. State Reports for July, 1913-Continued. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Aug. 9, 1913. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Aug. 9, 1913. 2 1 12 1 LEPROSY. California-San Bernardino. The State Board of Health of California reported that during the month of July, 1913, a case of leprosy had been notified at San Bernardino, Cal., in the person of a Mexican, T. H., who had lived in the United States for more than three years. The disease is of the nodular type, and the patient has been isolated. PELLAGRA. During the week ended August 9, 1913, pellagra was reported by cities as follows: Montgomery, Ala., 3 cases; Nashville, Tenn., 4 cases with 1 death; New Orleans, La., 3 deaths. PELLAGRA-Continued. Minnesota-Rochester. The State Board of Health of Minnesota reported that during the month of July, 1913, 2 cases of pellagra had been notified in Rochester, Minn. One of these cases occurred in a man 54 years of age, who had come to Rochester for treatment, from Willow City, N. Dak. Symptoms of the disease had been apparent for at least four years. This case terminated fatally June 3, 1913. The other case was in a woman 55 years of age who had resided in Rochester more than 20 years and had been affected by the disease for about 2 years. Rats taken from steamships: Algoa, 1; Enterprise, 1. California-Squirrels Collected and Examined. During the week ended August 9, 1913, ground squirrels were examined for plague infection as follows: Alameda County, 88; Contra Costa County, 351; San Benito County, 5; total, 444. Plague-Infected Squirrels Found. Of the squirrels examined for plague infection during the week ended August 9, 1913, 3 squirrels from Alameda County and 6 from Contra Costa County were found to be plague-infected. One plague infected squirrel was found in Berkeley. PNEUMONIA. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Aug. 9, 1913. |