IN INSULAR POSSESSIONS. HAWAII. Examination of Rodents. At Honolulu rats and mongoose were examined as follows: Week ended March 15, 1913, 459; week ended March 22, 1913, 357. No plague infection was found. At Hilo during the week ended March 15, 1913, there were examined 931 rats and mongoose and at Honokaa during the same period 1,910. No plague infection was found. PORTO RICO. Rats Collected and Examined. Passed Asst. Surg. Creel reports that during the week ended March 29, 1913, there were examined 1,613 rats, collected from various points in Porto Rico, and that of these 461 were collected from various parts of San Juan municipality. No case of plague in man has been notified in Porto Rico since September 12, 1912, and no plague-infected rat has been found since December 19, 1912. FOREIGN REPORTS. COLOMBIA. Santa Marta-Plague. Plague was reported present in epidemic form in Santa Marta bar racks April 11, 1913. CUBA. Special Quarantine Measures Against Porto Rico Suspended. The quarantine measures imposed December 30, 1912, against arrivals from Porto Rico on account of plague were suspended by circular of March 30, 1913, issued by the quarantine service of Cuba, Vessels from Porto Rico will only be required to fumigate every six months, in accordance with circular of March 7, 1913, which applies to all vessels arriving from clean ports. Patras Cerebrospinal Meningitis-Smallpox. Cerebrospinal meningitis was reported present in Patras during the week ended March 23, with 3 deaths and an estimated number of 20 cases. Smallpox was reported present in the city during the same. period, 7 deaths from the disease having been notified, the estimated number of cases present being about 90. The deaths from smallpox occurred in the city proper. Vaccination measures are being carried out. INDIA. Bombay-Plague. Consul Norton reports, March 22: During the past four days 67 cases of plague with 58 deaths were reported in Bombay. The disease is not confined to any particular quarter of the city. MEXICO. Merida-Yellow Fever. Consul Gracey reported April 10 that a case of yellow fever had been notified at Merida. PERU. Plague. Plague was reported present in the vicinity of Trujillo March 25, 1913, with 15 cases under treatment in the Trujillo Hospital. The disease was reported present on the same date at the port of Huamachuco. CHOLERA, YELLOW FEVER, PLAGUE, AND SMALLPOX. |