The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-09-09
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IN ERHmIE sEoRY OF THE
Dn1AD aLAck DEATH.
hossns ~ Wheas wsssd Fssn Mon.
n oDonnn D1u4e iThsoseh Indis -
- Dsunsaaso. \ He Len Death n
- Vona. o y.
WoaAaneson. sspl s.-sursson GEN.
eeo1 Wynan Of the public health and
on1sins hosplsal service has issued in
oenplst form . paper prepared BY
Ass1saant sursson ,. n. Easst giving
= hietory OF ths spread Of bubonic
plague during The last four years. No
study presents more important and
dt9culs sanitary problems. DR.. nssst
! say1 than the lines Of march taken
~ bubenie plague during the period
mentioned In In advance from the re-
note snsdsmic rocus Of the disease In
~ brovfHos Of YuAnsn. china. to the
numerous countries In all parts of
ths sIobs. whore. In many instances,
y has ssonbllshsd itself IN defiance OF
- nost eArsfslly planned preventive
neeNrsa. 4 ( ~ &JISS4l
The revival OF the plague. DIR.
nosss says. dates from issl. when.
escaping from the western Chinese
psovinea o. Yunnsn. II rsaehsd Can
eon. Between March ana August,
1es>. ths number Of deaths from
pngue n Canton b estimated at
1se.eee. All elassss among the ma
/sivs ,peDulation suzcrst and rats
. vope 4qVpdr - y a6scts6. but In ,theI
fose(gh quarter % Canton. with N
popuiation OF about 100000 not :
|'e1nsis cass occurred. During the next
yeas easss of'plssue were reported In
Hong Koag. Annoy. Macao and Foo
ehow ana IN 1sss sanitary attention
throughout tie world was focused on
the threatening Epidemic BY its ap-
pearsncs In Bombay. Starting in
August the disease spread throughout
Ahs whoie vast territory OF the Bonn
bay presidency and before the end Of
the year showed q total Of 1880 cases
and ASS deaths. During that year
plague rsappeared In Hong Kong.
whore 70 has been spidsmic ever since.
IN China thsrs were epidemics at
Annoy and swamow with many deaths
In other sections Of the empire and in
the feilowing year there were over
ise.eoo cssss In India with . NOR
taiity Of ii1.eee. In .isos. plague was
present In svsgy quarter OF the world.
Ths 4hilippins isiands were tnc,uded
IN the march Of the disease, 1s0
dssths occurrsns IN Manila. The most
nsenbss faet In the history Of the
tenGus In the western world was the
eppearsncs - - fatal cases in San
I'm 1894. IN India q great augmenta-
oen took place. until In 1904 plague
eoussd ne osath OF over i.o0o, 900
psrsons In india alone and epi-
dsmic prevailed to q, srester or less
degree In nearly all parts Of the
world.
India. the great centre. suffered ter
ribly In the ysar 1905. but in the year
1905 there was . great decrease. the
number Of deaths being about ssa.-
900. but again In 1907 there was
great increase. the deaths numbering
100000. For nine years. DR.. Eaget
ssys. Hawaii In 1907 had not been
free from plague. but the Philippines
now seem to be clear Of the disease.
During the year 1907 16s cases Of
plague with 70 deaths occurred In San
francisco. There were also a few
cases at Oakland and other close
neiGhborhoods Of San francisco. At
Seattle. Washington. three cases oc-
CURED last year.