The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-25
PLAGUE REPORTS
Forwarded From Hong
kong and Yokohama.
Steamship Companies Are Refus-
Ing to Take Sseerage Passeng-
ers From Infected Ports.

The Foreign Office has received let
tiers from Hawaii's sanitary inspectors !.
stationed at Hongkong and Yokohama. |
From Japan the news comes that an
epidemic OF dysentery has appeared.
and DR.. Rokaku. this Governments
representative at Yokohama recon-
mends that this disease be treated
here as an infectious. quarantinable
disease. In Hongkong. up to the date
of writing, there had been l.O05 deaths
out of 1865 cases of the bubonic
plague.
ID. Kokaku's report is as follows:
The cases of plague reported in the
Kens of Kanagawa and Nagasaki are
those removed from the steamship
America Maru and City of Picking. re-
spectively. The report OF the same
disease from Formosa is undoubtedly
far below the real extent of the cpl
demic.
In connection with the recent out
breaks of plague upon the steamships
of the Togo Kisen Kaisha and the
Pacific Mail Companies. which. as
well as those of the o. x o. :. :. are
under the same general management.
| have TO notify you that the agent
of these companies has informed me
that il has been decided to- refuse any
lsteerage passengers from HongkonE or
other infected Chinese ports so long rs
plague continues epidemic. | may add
that | have. for several years. urged
this action upon the companies trad
ing between China and the United
States.
Epidemic dysentery has already ap-
peared in forty-three out OF the forty
seven procedures OF Japan. have
found that. so far, the epidemic * al
most strictly limited to- the country
districts, but few cases have occurred
in Yokohama itself.
Il beg TO reiterate my former sug-
gestion that dysentery coming from
Japan be treated, in all respects. as an
infectious quarantinable disease. the
more so as, from the nature OF the
malady, its detection among embark
ing passengers is very difficult"
DR.. Jordan, the inspector at Hong
kong, writes as follows:
"Bubonic plague continues to- make
its ravages felt and even to spread the
area of distribution. The totals for
the week ending June Il. although not
showing very large increase over the
previous week, are yet. an advance.
have also to notify you that during the
past two weeks five Europeans have
been struck down with plague. These
consist of two inspectors of the SAM
tary board, two soldiers from the bar
racks, and one private person. These
cases are recovering, three being quite
lconvalescent.
Following are the returns for the
Ipast three weeks:
Week ending June 3, % cases. %
deaths: week ending June 10. 81 cases
81 deaths; week ending June Il. 1OS
cases, III Deaths
Under date of July /. DR.. Jordan
writes as follows:
"Bubonic plague continues steadily
to increase in this colony. For the
week ending June "a. there were us
eases and 13S deaths.
, "Grand totals to date from January
l, LOGS cases. l .005 deaths.
In view of the fact of three OF the
American mail steamers having beer
recently placed in quarantine in differ.
ent ports en- route, the agent here 1:
now taking extra precautions by dis
injecting the baggage OF the entire pas
sengers and crew of these ships. Tn,
outgoing mail today (the Gaelic is the
first vessel to carry out this with re
igard to the crew"