Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27

follows: January, 1; February, o; March.
L; April, 2; May, o; June, 1: July, 2; Au-
gust. 13: September. IS; October %; No
vember %; December. % There are now
six cases in the city. and they are all con-
'valescent. The health department hopes
fer marked decrease from now on The
year 1880 was very dry, and that helped
the work done to suppress yellow fever.
the probabilities are that the showing
would not be as good, though it is ap-
parent that there can be no such spread of
the disease as there was under the careless
rule of the Spaniards in former years.
While there We're over 5000 deaths in
Havana in 1899. there were but Ais births
of which 1905 were legitimate and LAG
There were 11S3 marriages.
There are - 900 houses in Havana and the
;thoroughness with which the American
health department has worked is shown by
the fact that 41o52 inspections of premises
were made and 5000 houses were actually
-disinfected. Some of the houses have been
dfsfnfected twice, at intervals of several
months. 1t is the intention to disinfect. in
course of time, every house in the city of
Havana, and good progress has been made
with the work. as is shown by the figures.
During the year nearly 5000 wagon loads
of rubbish were removed from the city, and
the water, milk, liquor and nearly every
staple article of food was analysed by the
American chemists
Emigration and Immigration.
The emigration and immigration figures
for 1890 show some rather unusual features.
These figures do not include the movement
OF any soldiers. either American or Span
ish. During the year there were 81. 115 de-
partures for the United States, 1890 for
Spain. and about $500 for other countries,
or total departure of about $1,000 people.
In the same time there were Al 600 arrivals
or gain to the population of the island of
about 1o.CJ people. From the United States
there were 22.ED arrivals, from Spain about
5000 and the balance from other coun-
tries. This shows gain of only a few
over 1000 Americans, of over 1000 Span-
iards and the balance from other coun-
t-.cf.
+ The Spaniards now coming to Cuba are
of the very poorest class. and the increase
in Spanish immigration is coincident with
the increase in yellow fever. 1t is also cor
roborative of the idea that the two facts
have bearing. one on the other that over
30 per cent of the cases of yellow fever
come from what is known as the yellow
fever belt in Havana, which is the part of
town in which these immigrants land and
where they lodge.
Claims of the Americans.
The American engineers and doctors who
have charge of sanitary matters in Ha-
vana do not claim that they have or can.
as yet. wipe the scourge out of existence,
but they do claim that they have it fairly
well under control. and that in their adj
Elinistration there has never been a spread
OF the disease from one case to another
Havana has undoubtedly been made a bet
ter place to live in by the men the people of
the United States have sent to accomplish
a dangerous and most difficult task. These
men nave not hesitated to expose them
selves to all the dangerous and disagreeable
things met with in the course of their la
bors. Several have sacrificed their lives,
and many their health. to their duty. The
work has been done thoroughly and though
much. of 1t was neceSSa riIy exDerimen+aI
the most advanced principles of sanitary
science have been applied to clean a city
FOR people who could not fully understand
what the row was all about, and many of
whom regarded the workers with Jealous
and suspicious eye.
J. D. WHEI, Pr EY