DANISH WEST INDIES. Quarantine against Bahia on account of smallpox
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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. December 10, 1897 1556 Smallpox has not increased much during the past week. The number of cases will not exceed 50. Yery respectfully, W. F. Brunner, Sanitary Inspector , TJ. 8 . M. H. 8 . The Supervising Surgeon- General, TJ . 8. Marine- Hospital Service. Mortality of the city of Habana and the town of Eegla for the week ended Thursday , Decem- ber 2, 1897. Habana. Regia. Total. Yellow fever 10 10 20 Enteric fever 22 22 Pernicious fever 10 10 Malarial fever 21 8 29 Smallpox 2 2 Caquexia paludica 25 1 26 Enteritis 104 17 121 Dysentery 42 26 68 Diarrhea 15 2 17 Pneumonia 10 4 14 Tuberculosis 55 6 61 Starvation 4 4 Deaths from all causes 465 86 551 Annual ratio per 1,000 143. 6Q DANISH WEST INDIES. Quarantine against Bahia on account of smallpox . Washington, December 6 , 1897. Sir : By the direction of the Secretary of State, I have the honor to inclose for your information copy of an unnumbered dispatch of the 18th ultimo, from our minister at Copenhagen, reporting that the gov- ernment of the Danish West Indies has declared a quarantine of fifteen days against vessels from Bahia on account of epidemic variola, which prevails there in a mrticularlv malignant form. Respectfully, yours, William E. Day, Assistant Secretary. Hon. Secretary of the Treasury. [Inclosure.] Legation of the United States, Copenhagen , November 18, 1897. Sie : I have the honor to inclose a notice of declaration of quarantine of fifteen days against vessels from Bahia by the government of the Danish West Indies, on account of an epidemic of variola in particularly malignant form. I have the honor, etc., John E. Risley. Hon. Secretary of State. ^Translation.]] The Minister of Foreign Affairs has the honor to present his compliments to the lega- tion of the United States of America and to inform it that the Government of the Danish Antilles - on account of an epidemic of smallpox which, according to a declara- tion published by the authorities of the island of Barbados, prevails at this time at Bahia, and which seems to be of a particularly malignant nature - has established a quarantine of fifteen days commencing on the 20th of last month, with respect to all vessels arriving from that port. Copenhagen, November 17 , 1897.