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Report from C(allao- Vaccinationw certificatesissued Vaccinationper- formed by municietpal authorities. Assistant Surgeon Lloyd reports, August 8 and 12, as follows: During the month of July 172 certificates of vaccination were issued by this office. In addition 14 certificates of recent vaccination were given. Between 7,000 and 8,000 persons have been vaccinated bv the municipal authorities in Callao during the same period. Y'ellow, fever imiported on vessels fromn Panama. AUGUST 12, 1905. A case of yellow fever occurred in Lima a few days ago. The patient, a cabin passenger on a steanmer just arrived from Panama and Guayaquil, had fever en route but arrived in fairly good condition and was allowed to land. Shortly after landing there was a recur- rence of fever, the patient was isolated and the case was diagnosed as yellow fever. The next succeeding vessel brought 5 cases of fever in the persons of members of the crew of the Pizarro, who had been con- demned to labor on the Isthmus on account of misconduct on board the vessel. Three of these cases presented albuminuria and 1 of them died. The malarial organisnl was not encountered in any of those examined. The vessel was quarantined and the cases weere treated as yellow fever without, however, a diagnosis of yellow fever having been miade. I had no opportunity to see these cases. All vessels arriving fromi Panamia ar e quar antined to complete seven days from Pavta at presenit. PORTO RICO. -Report from, Tmon.e-iiortality for July, 190J. Acting Assistaint Surgeon Torres reports, August 14, as follows: Number and causes of deaths in? Ponce jurisdiction during the moulth of July, 1905. Digestive svstem-i - , , 54 Nervous system -,,--,,-. 8 /Circulatory system -.-,-.-.- 7 Respiratory system -.......------ 8 Malarial fever -,--- ,,-,,1 TTuberculosis -,---. ----17 Anfemia -.------------------5 Nephritis -,,,,, ---- 2 Cancer -,,,,,,,,,----,,,,,-----5 Accidents .-------------l-1- Unciniariasis ------- 5 HJydrwrnia - Tetanus -- 3 Metritis -I Old age -.1 Grippe -.------ 4 Puerperal fever -.---.-.- 2 Total - 127 , Deaths, July, 1904 -.-...--113 WEST INDIES. Report fron Barbados-inspection and famiyation of vessels-Danish W est Indies quarantine against Belize and Livinqstonr. Assistant Surgeon Ward reports, August 15 and 21, as follows: During the week ended August 12, 1905, I inspected and bills of health were issued to 2 steamships and 2 sailing vessels, with 116 crew, 22 cabin and 19 steerage passengers. There were 15 cabin and 19 steerage passengers taken on at this port. September 8, 1905 1916 In a letter received the 12th instant from St. Croix I learn that the Danish West Indies on July 26 placed a five days' quarantine against all arrivals from Belize, British Honduras, and from Livinigston, Gua- temala, on account of the presence of yellow fever in these ports. The general health of Barbados continues good; no quarantinable diseases have been reported. During the week ended August 19, 1905, bills of health were issued to 6 steamships and 1 sailing vessel, with 267 crew, 77 cabin and 93 steerage passengers. Of this number I inspected 4 steamnships, 169 crew, 8 cabin and 93 steerage passengers. There were 2 crew, 27 cal)in and 26 steerage passengers taken on at this port. On August 1o I viseed the bill of health of the Republic of Panama issued to the Royal Mail steamship Jaqams, bound to Colon via other ports on the Caribbean Sea, with 135) crew, 24 laborers and passengers. There were 43 certificates of vaccination issued to deck passengers for Colon and 302 to laborers recruited for work on the Panama Canal. For the two weeks ended August 19 I examined 421 men to ascertain their fitness to act as laborers for work on the Panamiia Canal and rejected 82. On August 16 I fumigated, to kill mosquitoes, all the compartments, includinig the holds, of the British steamship Th,e.spVis, from Santos, via Rio de Janeiro, bound to New Orleans, with a cargo of coffee, 455 crew, and 8 cabin passengers, natives or long residents of South America. On the arrival of the British steamship Amnazonense from Para this morning, bound to Galveston, Tex., the American bill of health from Manaos, Brazil, showed 8 cases and 7 deaths of yellow fever and 1 case and 1 death of smallpox during the fortnight en(led August 12. The general health of Barbados continues good; no quarantinable diseases have been reported. Report fion Castries, St. Lucia I-sland-l nspectiom of vessels-&Sai- Itary conditions. Passed Assistant Surgeon Fricks reports, August 19, as follows: Week ended August 19, 1905. Bills of health issued, 7; vessels fumigated, none. The sanitary condition of the port continues good. FOREIGN AND INSULAR STATISTICAL REPORTS OF COUNTRIES AND CITIES-UNTABULATED. CUBA-- flabana.-Month of May, 1905. Estimated population, 275,000. Total number of deaths, 543, including diphtheria 4, enteric fever 15. mneasles 16, scarlet fever 2, and 101 from tuberculosis. Month of June, 1905. Total number of deaths, 556, including diph- theria 6, enteric fever 11, measles 16, scarlet fever 1, and 85 from tuberculosis. Month of July, 1905. Total number of deaths, 912, including eniteric fever 16, measles 12, scarlet fever 1, and 98 from tuberculosis. GERMANY- Weimar.-Month of July, 1905. Estimated population, 30,829. Total number of deaths, 54, including enteric fever 1, and 4 froni tuberculosis.