The evening times., 1899-10-02

| the Marine Hospital surgeons in Cuba.
| Surgeon VI. j. Rosenau writes from Havana:
The usual order of things has been re-
Versed. Havana has quarantined against
| Key West. Only immunes are permitted
to land and all baggage is disinfected-
that is, the same precautions are now be-
| ing taken against Key West tnat Key West
have been fewer cases of yellow fever in
Havana, owing TO the subsistence of the
| outbreak in the troops taken from Cabanas
Attention is particularly invited to the Sc
we're type Of the disease in Havana. There
have been a total Of ninety cases and thir.
| ty-threea deaths since the 1st of January,
making q death rate of over 36 per cent.
! From ali l. can learn, the type of the dis
case now epidemic at Key West is much
milder.
Much additional work has been imposed
upon this station, consisting mainly of the
| Gisinfection of all baggage on the Morgan
/ Line for New Orleans, all arriving Key
! West baggage, and the mails. The United
States army transport ingalls, was released
from quarantine after five days deten-
ton an this harbor. No further sickness oc-
] NGllSA Ou lulS Is lluStT2-
tion OF the work done and the possibility of
controlling the infection of yellow fever
even in the harbor of Havana.
With the single exception of the out
! break in the soldiers of Cabanas, there has
not been an instance of second case of
yellow fever occurring in a house disin-
fected by the sanitary department of this
city. This is very enviabie record. The
weather continues hot, dry, and disagreea-
! ble'
Assistant Surgeon Herman B. Parker re-
ports from Santiago the health conditions
! of the Fourth district of Cuba, including
/ Santiago, ManZanillo, DaiquiTi, and Guam
tanamO. He says the population of Santi-
ago is $4,000, and for the week ended Sep
tenber the mortality was 32.12. The
principal causes of death were tuberculo-
! sis, tetanus. malarial fever, and intestinal
diseases. There was one recent case of
leprosy. Surgeon Parker reported no new
cases of yellow fever or smallpox in Man
zanillo At Daiquiri, he says, no new cases
had developed in the mining camp.
Concerning Santiago, Surgeon Parker
further states that the yellow fever de-
tention camp has been discontinued. On
the 18th of September transport left San
tiago with the last seventeen men from
the detention camp.
In regard 10 the terrible plague ir Opor-
to- Surgeon Fairfax Irwin. OF the Marine
Hospital Service, writing from Lisbon 10
Surgeon General Wyman, under date of
September 6, says:
I'm discussing the question of the impor
tation of plague TO the city of Oporto, il is
singular to find large number of the edu-
Gated people denying its importation alto
eether and this in the face of the history
Of the City of Cork and its cargo OF rice.
As a case in point i enclose a letter from
the consular agent Of the United States at
0porto This point is, of course, the most
important for the consideration of other
nations and fortunately science practically
settles the question. The progress of the
epidemic is singular in its slowness. The
number of cases as reported last night was
5S: the number of deaths %. The epidemic
has existed three months, and | give below
the cases and deaths as reported day by
day. the first official report being dated
August %. when 46 cases and is deaths
were announced. The mortality is nearly
30 per cent.
August % there were 46 cases. is
deaths; August 26, 4S cases, 10 deaths;
August 81, IS cases, 20 deaths; August 2s
4S cases, q deaths; August %, As cases,
% deaths; August 80, so cases, % deaths;
August 81, 81 cases, % deaths; September
l, 80 cases, % deaths; September 2, 80
cases. % deaths; September 3, 80 cases, p
| deaths: September 4, 50 cases, "a deaths;
| September 5, 58 cases, 25 deaths.
Beyond the daily bulletins. there is
| nothing Of interest TO report, and although
/ shall go to 0porto tomorrow, / do not
| think information will be SO readily OBJ
| tanned as il is here, where / have been
afforded all the faculties of the foreign Of
fee and the sanitary bureau. Many for
| eign physicians are going to Oporto to
al,
case and not so much from the CONNER
cial and quarantine point of view. The
restrictions to travel leaving Oporto, as re-
ported to me are very severe, amounting
| in effect to eighteen days detention with
disinfection of all effects. OF the eighteen
days, nine days must be passed in quaran-
| tine, and later in addition nine days sani-
tary observation at points of destination.
/ These restrictions are maintained by a
military Gordon
Surgeon Irwin says that by order of the
superior officer and for due effect regula-
ticns were promulgated practically annul-
ing the inland trade from Oporto and other
places where the bubonic plague exists.
This order, he says, has caused great dis
| satisfaction, with riotous demonstration at
Oporto. Shops were closed and the mayor
resigned. Surgeon Irwin concludes his re-
all articles coming from any port of Por-
tugal.
An official report of yellow fever in the
| United States from August 81 to Septem-
! Der %, has Just been submitted by Sur
! geon General Wyman, OF the Marine Hos
pital Service. The total number of cases
| is omitted, and while the cases reported
! from New Orleans and Mississippi are not
ed as daily new cases." it is noticeable
that the record from Key West, the great
seat of the infection, is put down from
day to day as eases" The total number
| of these cases reported from Key West
| from August 80 to September 29, accord
! ing TO the Surgeon Generals report, is 1888.
The number of deaths for the same period
| is forty-thFee. Two cases and one death
were reported from Miami, and one case
and one death from Tampa, Fla.
From August &c to September 90 the
cases daily reported from New Orleans
aggregates twenty-seven, the number of
/ deaths seven. There were five cases and
| one death in Mississippi City, and one case
| in Jackson, Miss The Surgeon General
says under date of September 26:
.'On account of the number of cases of
dengue fever at Miami-225 from July IS
10 September 25-the following telegram is
sent the State health officer of Florida:
80 L suggest that at Miami action be ta-
ken to prevent the spread of dengue. This
| can be inaugurated now by house to- house
inspection. Dengue patients to be isolated
and efforts made to prevent them injecting
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