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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.   January 28, 1898 80 [Inclosure.] Mortality of the city of Habana and town of Regia for the week ended Thursday , January 20, 1898. Habana. Regia. Total. Yellow fever 2 3 5 Enteric fever 13 2 15 Pernicious fever 11 11 Malarial fever 10 12 22 Smallpox 2 2 Enteritis 70 11 81 Dysentery 27 22 49 Diarrhea 12 5 17 Caquexia paludica 34 1 35 Pneumonia 5 2 7 Tuberculosis 56 6 62 Meningitis 5 1 6 3tarvation 8 8 Deaths from all causes 374 73 447 Deaths in military hospitals 82 65 147 Deaths from yellow fever in military hospitals 2 3 5 Annual ratio per 1,000 116. 22 Sanitary report from Santiago de Cuba . Santiago de Cuba, January 15 , 1898. Sir : I have the honor of submitting the following report on the sani- tary condition of Santiago de Cuba for the week ended Saturday, Janu- ary 15 : Ninety-one deaths have been reported, of which 1 was from yellow fever, 9 from enteritis, 5 from tuberculosis, 12 from dysentery, 10 from remittent and 15 from pernicious fevers, 8 from typhomalaria ; the rest from acute and chronic diseases of noncontagious or noninfectious character. Malarial fevers still predominate, the bilious form being the most common. There are also many cases of typhomalaria, and dysentery has a tendency to increase into an epidemic once more. Many of the poorer classes die from want of medical assistance and quinine. In former times the municipality provided the poor with medicines, but at present none is allotted to them, and the consequence is the increase in the mortality. We are anxiously expecting the arrival of supplies from the United States to remedy so much misery. Respectfully, H. S. Caminero, M. D., Sanitary Inspector , U. S. M. H. S. The Supervising Surgeon-General, 77. S. Marine- Hospital Service. DANISH WEST INDIES. Quarantine removed against Teneriffe. January 24, 1898. Sir : By direction of the Secretary of State, I have the honor to inclose for your information copy of a dispatch from our minister at 81 January 28, 1898 Copenhagen, reporting that the quarantine of the Danish West Indies against the island of Teneriffe. has been revoked. ResDectfullv. vours. William R. Day. -i. %j j %J / j Assistant Secretary of State, Hon. Secretary of the Treasury. [Inclosure.] Legation of the United States, Copenhagen, January 3, 1898. Sie : I have the honor to report that through an official note from the minister of foreign affairs, I have been advised that the quarantine declared against the island of Teneriffe by the Danish West Indies, on May 3, 1897, has been revoked. I have the honor, to be sir, your obedient servant, Laueits S. Swenson. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Hon. Seceetaey of State. JAMAICA. Sanitary condition of the island of Jamaica . January 21, 1898. Sir : I have the honor, by direction of the Secretary of State, to inclose for your information a copy of a dispatch from the consul at Kingston, Jamaica, reporting that there has been no case of yellow fever at Port Antonio for about three months, and that on the island of Jamaica the virulent form of the fever has practically died out, only 2 isolated cases at Kingston and 1 or 2 in the mountains of Christiana having recently occurred. Respectfully, yours, Thos. W. Cridler, Third Assistant Secretary of State . Hon. Secretary of the Treasury. [Inclosure.] Consulate of the United States, Kingston, Jamaica, January 10, 1898. Sie: Department instructions, No. 19, of December 26, just received. In reply, I have to state that upon December 23 I received a cable from Commander Dayton of the Detroit , then at Port au Prince, as follows : " Can I get coal, not infected, Morant, or Antonio ? Is there fever?1' To which, after inquiring as to the facilities for coaling, at various places in the island, I replied on the day following : ' Kingston coal best, but yellow fever here. Coal also Antonio. ' ' In consequence of my <jable, the Detroit coaled at Port Antonio on Monday and Tuesday, December 27 and 28. With regard to the health conditions of this island, I have to say that on account of the cooler and drier winter season the virulent form of fever has practically died out. There have been no cases in Port Antonio since the death of Mr. Scanlon, say for three months. There have been recently but 1 or 2 isolated cases in Kingston, and 1 or 2 in the mountains of Christiana, the interior of the island ; none at any other point. There have been quite a number of cases and deaths among the troops in barracks, j ust out- side of the city of Kingston, due to the previous infection, but they have been removed from the barracks to the tents in the open. A few tourists have been here the past two weeks, and no one of them has experi- enced any ill effects. It is my opinion that by the first of February the island will be quite safe, provided that, in the meantime, no other sudden outbreak of the disease occurs, of which, of course, I should duly advise. With regard to the Navy Department's inquiry, especially having in view the «xtreme caution exercised by war vessels in entering infected ports ; having further in view the habits and characteristics of seamen, and appreciating the disastrous effect of infection of one of these vessels, I have no hesitation in saying that, for the present, I would not care to recommend that a vessel of the United States Navy stop in the