DANISH WEST INDIES. Quarantine against Santos, Tampico, and Vera Cruz
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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. November 11, 1896 1302 Mortality of the city of Habana for the week ended Thursday , October £7, 1898 . Cause of death. Total. Yellow fever 6 Enteric fever 85 Malarial fever 94 Pernicious fever 26 Smallpox 0 Enteritis 65 Dysentery 36 Tuberculosis 50 Pneumonia 1 Glanders 1 Starvation 2 Deaths from all causes 523 Deaths in military hospitals from yellow fever 6 Deaths in the city from yellow fever 0 Annual ratio per 1,000 135.95 Very respectfully, W. F. Brunner, Sanitary Inspector, U. 8. M. H. 8 . The Supervising Surgeon-General, U. 8. Marine- Hospital Service . DANISH WEST INDIES. Quarantine against Santos , Tampico , and Vera Gruz. Copenhagen, October 20 , 1898. Sir : I have to inform you that on the 27th ultimo the Government of the Danish West Indies replaced the quarantine declared against ships arriving from Santos, Brazil, June 9 last by sanitary inspec- tion; also that on the 24th ultimo the same go verament ordered a quar- antine of five days against ships arriving from Vera Cruz and Tam- pico, Mexico, on account of an epidemic of yellow fever at these ports. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, Hon. Secretary of State. Laurits S. Swenson. MEXICO. Yellow fever at Monterey . Monterey, October 25 , 1898. Sir : I have the honor to acquaint the Department that I have just sent the following telegram touching yellow fever : " Assistant Secre- tary of State, Washin^on, D. C. Yellow. Pollard." In this connection I beg to say that all doubt of the presence of yel- low fever has disappeared, physicians and the community generally concurring in this. It is not thought there will be an epidemic, although the cases thus far, it is understood, number from 40 to 50. The daily death rate from all diseases is very heavy. The authorities have done their best to keep this a secret, and if it had not been for the courage and independence of one physician the people would have been kept in the dark as to the disease. Monterey has been quarantined for some days by the Texan authorities. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, John K. Pollard, Consul- General. Hon. Assistant Secretary of State.