DANISH WEST INDIES. Quarantine against Puerto Rico revoked
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Early Journal Content on JSTOR, Free to Anyone in the World This article is one of nearly 500,000 scholarly works digitized and made freely available to everyone in the world by JSTOR. Known as the Early Journal Content, this set of works include research articles, news, letters, and other writings published in more than 200 of the oldest leading academic journals. The works date from the mid-‐seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. We encourage people to read and share the Early Journal Content openly and to tell others that this resource exists. People may post this content online or redistribute in any way for non-‐commercial purposes. Read more about Early Journal Content at http://about.jstor.org/participate-‐jstor/individuals/early-‐ journal-‐content. JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary source objects. JSTOR helps people discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content through a powerful research and teaching platform, and preserves this content for future generations. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-‐for-‐profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. 373 April 16, 1899 [Inclosure No. 2.] Mortality of the city of Habana and town of Regla for the week ended Thursday , March 31 , 1898. Cause of death. Habana. Regla. Total. Yellow fever 2 2 Enteric fever. 21 1 22 Pernicious fever. . 4 4 Malarial fever 3 3 Smallpox 9 1 10 Caquexia -palúdica 13 16 Enteritis 66 6 72 Dysentery 20 11 31 Diarrhea 5 ...< 5 Diphtheria 3 3 Pneumonia... 11 11 Tuberculosis 39 5 44 Deaths from all causes 328 32 368 Deaths in military hospitals 54 25 79 Deaths in military hospitals from yellow fever 2 2 Annual ratio per 1,000 93.60 DANISH "WEST INDIES. Quarantine against Puerto Rico revoked. Department of State, Washington , D. 0., April 5 , 1898. Sir : By direction of the Secretary of State, I have the honor to inclose for your information copy of dispatch N" o. 20, of the 23d ultimo, from our minister at Copenhagen, reporting that the quarantine declared by the Danish West Indies against Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, has been revoked. Respectfully, yours, William R. Day, Assistant Secretary. Hon. Secretary of the Treasury. [Inclosure.] Legation of the United States, Copenhagen , March 23, 1898. Sie : I have the honor to report that the quarantine declared by the Danish West Indies against Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, May 13 last, was revoked on the 19th ultimo. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, Laukits S. Swenson. Hon. Secretary of State. DENMARK. Leprosy in the Kingdom of Denmark, including Iceland and the Danish West Indies. Copenhagen, March 26, 1898. A new law has just been signed about the lepers in Iceland. A special hospital, a gift from the Danish branch of the Independent ( )rder of Odd Fellows, was built in Copenhagen last winter, and it is now on its way to Reykjavik, Iceland, where it is going to be opened on July 24, 1898. Referring to this consulate's report about leprosy in Iceland, dated