The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-24
NATIONAL HEALTH REPORT.

Washington, October 10Th, 1873. Abstrac
of sanitary reports received during the pas
week under the nationsl quarantine act:
NEW ORLEANS, LA-During the weel
ended Yesterday afternoon there were 81,
cases OF yellow fever and 235 deaths, o
which SO cases and SO deaths occurred il
the last twenty-four hours reported. Tota
cases, I21S2; deaths S,635.
No cases OF yellow lever at Port Eads ol
Southwest Pass during the past week.
MORGAN CITY, LA.-There were II
deaths from yellow fever during the las
week. The number of cases was incorrect
" given for last report. Total cases Il
date reported to be about 432, total deaths
81.
MOBILE, ALA.-For the week ended yes
terday noon there were 56 cases Of yellow
fever and l. deaths. Total cases 93, deaths
50.
DECATUR, ALA-73 cases of yellow fevel
and II deaths during the week ended yes
terday. Total cases l55, deaths y.
OCEAN SPRINGS, MIss.-During the week
ended Yesterday noon there were % cases
of yellow fever and l death. Total cases
lbs, deaths %.
Pass CHRISTIAN, MIss.-There we're 81
new cases of yellow fever and deaths foi
the week ended yesterday. Total cases l26
deaths l3.
BAY ST. LOUIS, MIss-During the week
ended yesterday evening there were %
cases of yellow fever and II deaths. Total
cases 33S, deaths 6S. The fever is on the
decrease for want OF material. The cases
occurring now are more malignant.
Epr,p's p,r~r NtSs nasos of yallnu-
fever and deaths during the week ended
yesterday evening. Total cases p, deaths
6.
CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MIss.-The yellow ie-
yer is cortined principally to the country
around Dry Grove and Lebanon Church.
No case has vet occurred within the limits
of the village of Crystal Springs. During
the past week there Were 81 cases and
deaths Total cases l12, deaths H.
BATON ROUGE, Msss-During the week
ended yesterday at 9 A. NJ. there were sol
cases of yellow fever and IL deaths. Total
cases 2,I70, deaths l29.
PAsCAGoULA, Miss Total cases of vel
low fever at quarantine, TO October 18th, ),
deaths 2.
SCRANTON, MIss.-Total cases of yellow
fever to October 18th ), deaths 8.
VIcKsBURG, MIss-For the past week
there were 30 deaths from yellow fever in
the city, and 6i in the county Of Warren,
outside Of the city Total deaths in the city
and county, 1914
HOLLY SPRINGS, MIss-Total number OF
cases OF yellow fever to yesterday evening,
LIZ, deaths, 2S5. About 200 cases under
treatment. The fever is spreading into the
surrounding country. A slight frost oc-
CURED on the night OF October 10th.
GRNEADA, MIss-For the week ended
yesterday evening, there were 4 new cases
spreading into the country. In fourteen
families containing 81 unscclimated per-
sons, there occurred IL cases and deaths,
during the past week. Total deaths in
Grenada and adjacent country, 327.
BALroN, MIss-Total cases Of yellow
fever to yesterday evening, III, deaths 81.
The first case of yellow fever occurred Aug
ust 18th.
HERNANDo, MIss-During the week end
ed yesterday evening, there were 30 cases ol
yellow fever and % deaths. Several OF
the cases are from one to three miles in
the country. Total number cases to date 133
deaths SO. A slight frost was observed this,
morning.
MEMPHIS, TENN-For the week ended
the evening of the 18th inst, there were
los deaths from yellow fever. Total deaths
1882.
DIR. Thornton. in charge of the Marine
Hospital Service at Memphis, has the yell
low fever.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn - l01 new cases
Ill .rl h, fnr he, =
ended at P. NJ. yesterday.
PARIS, TENN-No cases of yellow fever
or deaths for the week endea yesterday af-
ternoon A frost has occurred and no fur
ther trouble is expected.
MILAN, TESN-The first case of yellow
fever, refugee, occurred August Goth.
The first case among the inhabitants oc-
Cured October 18th. Total cases to yester-
day 5, deaths 3.
CAIRO, ILIs-No cases or deaths reported.
Assistant Surgeon Waldo, of the Marine
Hospital Service, died of the fever at his
post yesterday.
ST. LOUIS, MOI deaths from yellow
fever, at quarantine, during the week ended
the 10Th.
LOUISVILLE, KY.,-For the week ending
Yesterday there were 10 new cases of yell
low fever and deaths, of these numbers,
] 4 cases and D deaths are among the inhab-
itants in the locality before described. To-
tai cases l27, deaths "a, OF which SO cases
and 81 deaths are among refuge..
KY WEST, FLA.-No new cases of vel
low fever during the week, one death oc-
Cured on the 18th inst. Total cases 81,
deaths Il.
n, ra,ortr reca;raJ f,o,n ,Ja foIIo-;,.
places, where the yellow lever exists, Pla-
Iuemine, La, Port Gibson, Miss, Mississip-
pi City, Miss, Greenville, Miss, Spring
Hill, Miss, Water Valley. Mss, Biloxi,
canton, Miss, Brownsville, Tenn, Grand
Junction, Tenn, Hickman, Ky, and Gal
ipolis, Ohio.
HAVANA, CUBA-2i deaths from yellow
ever and one from smallpox for the week
,nding October 18th. The deaths from all
,au-es for the month OF April, May and
Iune last, were 5000, an increase of 9s9
leaths over the total for the same months
Il 1877, Of this increase 535 deaths were
rom smallpox, 9S from yellow fever, and
80 from diarrhGa. The deaths from yell
ow fever the past summer are recapitula-
ed as follows: April 2S, MAY j3, June
81, July sol, August 374, and September
to the 2Slh,) los, making a total OF 1871
eaths.
MArSAZAs, CUBA-Ofiicial returns OF the
'oard of Health for the months Of June,
uly, August and September. show that
uring that period there were 279 cases of
ellow fever with 81 deaths. Cases are
ow rare and the fever has almost entire
Y ceased.
Morocco, AFRICA-Advices from Tan
ier up to September 2lst, report the prev
lence of Cholera, Smallpox and malig
ant fevers throughout the Empire except
n the country fronting on the Spanish
oast. Smallpox prevails in every port
xcept Tangier and Tetvan. The deaths
rom cholera at Casahlanea, a port of 5000 |
nhabitants, were on the increase, and |
umbered lO3 on the 18th of September. |
hundreds have died in the interior from
holers, fevers and starvation, especially
] the middle and southern provinces.
JOHN VI. WooDwoRTH,
Surgeon General, L. s., III. III. 5.