The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-14
YELLOW FEVER.


The following official report OF the pesti-
lence for last week, represents the "close of
the season"
No. l7.-Office Surgeon General L. :. NJ.
H. s, Washington, November ., ls7s.-
Abstract of sanitary reports received dur
ing the past week under the National
Quarantine Act:
NEW OEI FANS, LA-TheFe were So new
cases Of yellow fever and l09 death. for the
week ended yesterday. Duiing the week
the board OF health received information Of
2SS old cases not previously reported. For
the pas. twenty four hours there were new
cases and deaths. Total casss l3, -. to-
tai deaths 1878.
MORGAN CITY, LA.-During the past
week there were 5 deaths from yellow fever
Total cases TO date, 5G3 deaths, l02
BATON ROUGE, LA-For the week ended
yesterday evening there were - ca-.-- oi
yellow fever and IL Gea hs. Totsl casea
2,il5 deaths, 100.
MoBIL~, ALA-During the week ended
yesterday evening there were 80 New cases
OF yellow fever and 10 deaths. Total cases,
222i deaths, %.
DECATUR, ALA-There were 10 cases oil
yellow fever and deaths fOr the week end
ed November l-t Total cases, lSS; deaths
IL.
BAY ST Louis, MIss.-Totsl cases OF vel
low fever TO yesterday evening 53J, death;
IS. Only an occasional case occurring now
and the local health authority considers III.
epidemic at an end.
Pass CHRISTIAN, MIss-During the week
ended Yesterday evening there were 10 cas-
es Of yellow fever and no deaths. Two
de ,ths from yellow fever occurred in the
week ended October 18th, which were not
reported in that week. Total cases to d ite
lS9, deaths 20.
GRAND JUNCTION, TENN-To October
26th there were Ia cases Of yellow feve,
and Il deaths
MILAN, TENN.-For the two weeks ended
Yesterday evening there were II cases o
yellow fever and i deaths. Total cases, ID
deaths ..
MISUNDERSTANDING the week ending DC
tober Ist, there were - deaths from yellow
fever. Total deaths 1864. The Boord o.
Health announced officially. October 2Stb
that absentees could return with safety.
MAsToN-The first case of yellow fever
refugeo-occurred August -, the frs
among Inhabitants, oc, urred October 4th
since which time TO yesterday evening there
have been go cases and 2i deaths.
CHArTANOOGA-During the week ending
Yesterday evening there were 2S new case.
of yellow fever and twelve deaths. Total
deaths 50.
GALLIPoLIs the week ending
October 30th one new case OF yellow level
occurred and two deaths.
No cases of yellow fever or deaths il
Louisville and Key West during the pas
week.
HAvANA-Thirty-t~o deaths from yel
low fever and from small pox for the weel
ending October 26ih.
RIO DE JANEIRo No deaths from yellow
fever and eleven deaths from 'perniciou.
fever" for the week ending September 2Sth
In the same week there werel ,g45 from al
causes, OF which l49 were from small pox
Since May !, 1873 there have been l.
233 deaths from small pox.
EURoPE-In li9 cities and towns Of the
German Empire, having an aggregate po
pulation Of 1923, 1913, there were 5,75:
births and 3,5l2 for the week. ended Octo
ber 9TH, being an annual mortality rate o.
2i6 per 1000 OF the population. The low
est death rate, Il2, was in kiel, the high
est, i22, was in Augsburg. The deaths in
clude los from scarlet fever and IA iron
diptheria and Group. None from small
pox.
JNn. W. WooDyCRTH,
Surgeon General I. ;. Marine iiospited