The Washington bee., 1891-08-29

thousand. Diseases of the respiratory ORGANS
Sauseu l'5 deaths. In greater London 2GA
@ o@vaIns were registered, corresponding to an
annual rate OflS.6 thousand of the ponuIa
tloh. In the "Outer ring the deaths included
"Io3plhg cough, r. and diph,heria g.
| tLeidnu-Ihe average annual death rate
represented by the deaths registered during
| the week ended August /, in the l6 PRINCIPAL
| CoWn dlstric's of Ireland, was 1914 Thousand
| vi !he population. The lowest rate was re-
| corded In Lisburn viz, So and the high est il,
| Kilkenny, viz, ST. thousand In DubIin
@ dnu suburbs l25 deaths were registered, in
Gluaing Whooping cough, /. Scotland. The
ueitlhs registered in principal towns during
tlle week ended August l cOrresponded to an
annual rate of l6y a thOusa, d of the poDuJa-
Iloh, which is estimated at I,33S, ,3lI The
lowest mortality was recorded i'm 4 berdaau
VIZ LID, and the highest in Perth, viz 2O3 n
thousand. The aggregate number of deaths
registered from all causes was 1876. Including
measles, measles, 1; scarlet fever, s. diphtheria, ,;
"nooplng cough, Il: fever, I; and diarrhoea, o.
MEXICO, Guaym S-Denial Of reported cases
OF yellow fever.-The following dispatch has
oeeh received from the United States consul:
AUGUST Il, 1891.
No yellow fever at Guaymas, nor anv cases
reported on west coast of Mexico. san Do-
MINGo-YellOw fever Under date Of August
!3' 1871, the following has been received from
Cne Actlng Secretary of State
have the honor to inform you that on the
IIIn instant telegram was received from our
consul at san Domingo, announcing that
yellow lever had appeared at that port.
Il
states consul at Beirut, Syria, transmits the
following, dated July Is, 1891:
Reverting to my No. 42l and f24, dated the
3Jth OF June and 7th of July, 1891 respective
~ upon the subject of cholera, have now |
Tie honor to inform yOI that dispatches
received this day from our cons lar agent |
r. Poche, esquire, in AleppO, fully confirm |
The Intelligence thus far imparted to v0ur
Department respecting this epidemic 1t |
would also seem that the CnOlera has invaded |
the adjoining Vilayet (prOVince) of Diarbakir
IN MesOpolamia, one case having been report.
as occurring III the city of NardIn on july 8
last According TO Mr.. POche, the cholera
maze ltS tlrSt appearance in the city of AleDDO |
as early as May last but the authorities care
Iully suppressed the fact and appear to have |
on the WHOLE been Very slow in adODt no |
prophylactlc measures to combat it. In the |
Nlayet OF Beirut, on the contrary, everything |
Is Delng done to arrest its approach and the |
authorities are most active in putting this |
city IN perfect state of sanitation. Under
uate or July - the same consul reports that |
Ihe English steamship City of Newcastle |
WIN q cargo of licOrice, left Alexandretta |
syria, July -, bound for New York, AIevan- I
dretta being a chOlera-infected port. The
quarantine officer at New York was uOtifird |
II ON thls Bureau by telegraph. The United
states com missioner at COuStantinOple under
late OF july y, repOtrS that the Sultan has
invited the International Sanitary Commits.
SION 10 take the necessary measures to StOp
Ihe epidemic of chn era now prevailing i'm |
syria and the Hejsz. The Commission has
issued circular of instruction to the author
|
Incompetent. IC has been proposed to send
physl -lanS to the infected districts but be.
cause the Government has not yet authorized |
payment OF their salaries this mas been deeTr. |
1u. Since the beginning of the epidemic 22g
-atus nave been registered in Upper Syria ,
ma IL is feared that the table land in Asia | I
Minor will be contaminated and the capital
Infected. In The Hejaz the numb + of deaths |
since the outbreak Of the cholera
5 2,"gl. In Mecca 33 cases of cholera We're
eported July l3. Owing TO the presence of a
lumber Of pilgrims the di sease spre1d rapidly
ma, by July -, 800 persons We're affected by
l. CHOLERA has also broken out in \ ySsnia q
nd IN The Vicinity of Mount Atlas. :
IN Calcutta, during the week ended July l3.
b deaths from cholera were reported The
GLOWING information has been received with
egard to the prevalence of cholera i'll the
'traitS Settlements: In Singapore On'y | |
ase las been reported, and ii is doubtful if
! was case Ofgenuine cholera. In Penang |
cases IN all are reported, 81 of which were
ltal. The first case was reported Marcn 20 |
he last May II. In Wellesley Province, be-
Ween the 10Th of March and the 18th of
-prll of the current year, 90 cases Occurred,l
which resulted in death. In Malacca, from
ne l4th or March to the 4th of May of this
ear, lI9 clSes were reported. of which 50
ere fatal. The disease, which was not de-
aIed epidemic by the health authorities 4
ecauSe it remained localized, may now be
extinct.