New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-26
THE HEALTH or HAVANA.
REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENT IN SANITARY
CONDITIONS

REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENT IN sANIIAhl
CONDITIONS.
WASHINGTON. Feb - (speciaD.-Among the most
g-atievine official reports which reach the Govern
mont are those from the United states health o.
cc.rs I'm cuba. which yladicate the belief SO i'7-
ouen,ly and emphatlcaly expressed 10y '''''s
IN former wears that cuba would become YER
table garden spot Of the tropics and sa.uo'''u'
abode II Spanish misrue were ended The vie
,o,di,ions Of the cities Of The island breeding
contagious diseases II the malignant type are now
ho,.evar being rapidly supplanted by cleanliness
and IN. Improvement from "a sanitary We" j. r.
markabe as well pleasing. A. an instance %
the great changes that are taking place throughout
,.,ha and Porto Rico the following report just 'e-
80, %, s,,rgeon-General Wyman from Dr. brun-
ner. the Marine Hospital Service representative
dated Havana. February l.. j. quoted:
Tn. deaths from all causes continue to decreease
.,.rv vy..k and his weeks mortality j. M low
est recorded IN -~yeral var ears ~. r.. This cas-
occurred m the person ~ private ~. 'i' IN ,s
fan,ry This regiment Ia been di2r,"r.p . '' PI,ta
which is near the entrance OF the AarD.i - W
IN TWO hundred yards oi 'nr ~ ,a,i rs ~
~" Am and m, United States Marine H'-plia.
Service There VS. a l'' ii.. ~. elme a.tf.r-
&c ,r4l.,i led after the nccroisy. out as iA, ''-
n death WAS determined on thr peg, II
d,ers now pert7rmius guard ana ojher -.l.,ir
~. rom sickness although the location q ein'
II the troops has been .n places "-,n. .' ~; -
ion az. not free from me .i.oh a.s ''-,,i',..
.h. var DISCHARGED soldiers ana Army IN 49,
. turning oy every passenger steamer 10 gre
f-rft.f states and would t-tl'lll. l'' num-
eor The last week ~ three hundred 49, M -,
nc 70 his point from the Province oi santiago VI"
go 'i 10 Miami and Po; Tampa Fla ana SIs | Tdh
here recommend that tn tarEa7r ~. ~ 5'.fr,
,trr.i,..y blankets and sOil,d cot hing. De ds."-
i.ci-d ports of arrit IL - who nave
20 find enlisted men ana Army 'tlP. =. ,tsS
re,,tr been yaccinatei such men ar" Faccll.ttt'rl
and detained short "a i'tloi Is - 49,,
tho limit Of safety. ! examined $50 ,r -
-. 80 TJo.rf,al Corps. TWO ~ them mao never '"'i;
,cirafed one man loudly proclaimed rs Iat una.
i-,rri,ritv 20 both yellow fever ana -maHloN
- - - ilayana as quarantine orcer. SURGEON
carter has transferred the Two n'I..e va. ~. IA
VINO were detailed by me army 9-, MI. ori.rs -
s.rylr. and they are now acting -iu,. 80 III
ssts c,,.e These officers have been ana are sun
f,,unJ for the work Of boarding inc) nI.R Fc7'
s,,t,.r, u-pector A 4. Hagen reported LOT 49,
si''' Uy1,1a3i,4sdav morning Ills coming has ueen
,r,uo-turc as the work or tho - IF4Dr Ht9 ~
daily until with the present 10, ,s..-,s ,a "a
ss,r,r.rl, to inspect vessels going 70 the United
States ..-..-. ...-.......- s.e,-,,-s every
- ~ me United States. cold wave mas ),'St
,sesd over the island. the thermom't" rtElst'il"s
Lou ~ degrees Il j. again warm the theTfoiue-
- ~ degre.s There has been greater ialnfaN
99i.3,y r. asst month than has ever been known
ne SAM period In an" ~ P Hgyn5 for the week
.nIed Thursday. February Is. l%'.
..,.... ~, death Total Cause Z death. Total.
yellow fever ......-.'.' lTr,f sl,I's -
Psrn.ci. - n Deaths from all causes
, M"... ....... Annua. ratio i")o. 90 %
1he death rate il now less than half Of what II
was an any period Of the last TWO or three years