Public Health Reports

PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS.

INDEX TO VOLUME XIX. PART II. Froil June to December, Inclusive. 1904.

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Aconcagua, Chilean steamship at Callao; plague ...... 1377 Aden, Arabia; plague -..--.--....--..-.-..2472,2519,2572,2630,2672 Adrenalin used by immigrants to conceal the existence of trachoma------2497,2549 Alameda, steamship, at San Francisco; disinfection for tuberculosis ------2135 Alaska, smallpox extinct ...... 1395 Alice, Tex.- Reports, fumigation, and antimosquito work- -...... 1312, 1356, 1496, 1554, 1555,1713 Sickness not yellow fever - ...--..-- ...... --...... 1311

Health conditions -.------...... 1555,1870 Allende, Mexico, inspection -...... --.--.--...... 1694 Amazon; proposed yellow-fever expedition to ------2234 American Republics; second general international convention to be held in Santiago, Chile ...... 1711 Amoy, China, United States consul- Plague------1470 Detention of steerage passengers for Philippine Islands recommended ---- 1544 Ankylostomiasis- In Germany ------2072,2285,2393,2589 In Queensland ------.2631 Anopheles mosquitoes- At Key West -.--..--.--.--....--.--.--1651 At Tampico ------2024 Anthrax in Siam -.....--...... --....2215 Antimosquito ordinances passed at Brownsville and Matamoras - 1714 Antimosquito work at localities on Mexican border ...... 1312, 1356,1397, 1496, 1497, 1498, 1555, 1556, 1714 Antofagasta, Chile, consul; plague extinct ...... 1470,1737 Arona, steamship, at Cienfuegos, from Mobile; malarial fever ...... 2272 Australia, Queensland; health conditions 2630 Australien, steamship, at Wusung; plague ------1431 Austria, steamship, at Rio de Janeiro; suspect plague 2475 B.

Baden; grand duchy, Germany, statistics .... 2116 Bagdad, Turkey, American consul; cholera. .. 1639,1812,1859,1957,2078,2233,2341 VOL XIX, PT 2--II 11 INDEX. Bahia, Brazil; American consul- Page. Mortuary statistics; plague and smallpox .1416, 1524,1573,1624,1687,1734,1788,1893,1994,2059, 2060, 2159, 2213, 2266, 2267, 2373, 2429, 2572, 2673 History of plague ...... 1624 Monthly reports ...... 1525, 1573,2059,2060,2213,2214,2673 Disinfection of houses .2059,2213 Banks, Chas. E., surgeon, Chicago, Ill.; smallpox ...... 2246 Barbadoq, West Indies- Inspection of vessels and sanitary conditions . 1860, 1957, 2028,2126,2181,2234,2296,2341,2444,2594,2642,2686 Leprosy ...... 1860, 1957 Circular relative to disinfection of vessels ...... 1959 Circular and correspondence relative to West Indianquarantine conference. 2029 Proposed yellow fever expedition to the Amazon ...... 2234 Smallpox on barkentine Ensenada, from Rosario 2341,2444,2594 Measles and influenza .------.-2642,2686 Vaccination of emigrants for the Canal Zone ...... 2686 Batoum, Russia; American consul, cholera and cholera measures .. . 1859, 2124,2125,2444 Belize, British Honduras; sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels.. 1329, 1374, 1418,1470,1525, 1626,1684,1737, 1791, 1843, 1896, 1938, 2003, 2060, 2112,2163, 2214, 2271, 2331, 2376 Beriberi- In Costa Rica ...... 1421

In Nanking ...... 17.93 PortIn Arthur ...... 2020 In Bahia .------2161 Among Japanese troops.------2394 On vessels- Foohng Suey, at Delaware Breakwater quarantine, from Honolulu.... 1605 Berlin, Germany--

Plague and cholera in various countries. ------1378, 1425, 1474,1531,1581, 1629, 1688,1742,1799, 1846,1901, 1945, 2008,2064,2115,2278,2334, 2382, 2438, 2480, 2579, 2638, 2680

Death rate of Berlin...... 1379,1425, 1531,1582,1630, 1688, 1743,1800,1846, 1901,1945,2008, 2064, 2115, 2169, 2219, 2279, 2334, 2382, 2479, 2528, 2639 Mortality in Germany, September, 1904 ...... 2680 Berry, L. D., Assistant Surgeon, Laredo, Tex.- Reports arrival 1312.... No yellow fever at Brownsville....1399 Billings, Chester A., Passed Assistant Surgeon, Quebec- Inspection of immigrants . 1330, 1374,1526,1577,1627, 1939,2331 Birmingham, England; American consul; notification of tuberculosis .. . 2383 Bisbee, Ariz.; investigation of reported plague cases; report unfounded ...... 1823 Bluefields, Nicaragua; sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels 1339,1385, 1434,1486,1539,1597,1635,1695,1753,1806,1908, 1909,1953,2024, 2073, 2121, 2178, 2227, 2338, 2395 Blue, Rupert, Pased Assistant Surgeon, San Francisco, Cal.- Summary of work in Chinatown...... 1311,1356, 1395, 1443, 1495, 1553, 1605,1650,1712,1765, 1823, 1869, 1919, 1969, 2041, 2087, 2135, 2192, 2246, 2307, 2407, 2500, 2549, 2607 Bactkriological examination of suspect plague case at Oakland, negative .. 1395 Examination of rats ...... 1605 Report of attendance at the seventh annual convention of the League of Californla Municipalities .... 2497 Bocas del Toro, Panama- Sanitarv conditions and inspection of vessels .------. 1341,1388, 1434, 1435,1487,1540,1595,1636,1696,1807, 1853, 1954, 2025, 2074, 2122, 2228, 2290, 2395

Quarantine against Limon raised ...... 1342 Bombay, India- Transactions of service ... 1381, 1477,1534,1948,2221,2336,2640 Mortality from cholera, plague, and smallpox . 1381, 1426,1477,1534,1584, 1631, 1690,1745,1802, 1848,1902,1948, 2012,2067,2171,2221, 2222,2336,2385,2389,2439,2582, 2639 -INDEX. III Bombay, India-Continued. Page. Railway medical inspection for plague .------1381 Prophylactic inoculation against plague ...... 1426 A study of 100 inoctulations against plague .1477 Tetanus infection after inoculation against plague ...... 1535 Care of lepers ...... 1585 Vital statistics ...... 1691 Work of plague-research laboratory ...... 1745 Mortality first half of year 1904 ...... 1803 Outbreak of cholera ...... 19 Recrudescence theory of plague ...... ------.1948 Suggestions relative to a settled and continuous policy against plague.... 2013 Enteric fever in Poona ...... 2120,2439 Shortage of rainfall and its relation to epidemic diseases ...... 2120 Overcrowding in Bombay tenement houses ...... 2171 . Progress of plague ...... 2222s2582 Sanitary commissioner appointed ...... 2282 Cholera and smallpox in the Bombay Presidencv ...... 2285,2389 Deaths among the plague-inoculated ...... 2441 Deaths from injuries, dysentery, diarrhea, and snake bite, 1892-1903.- 2529 Preventative measures, pilgrimnage to Mecca ...... 2580 British Columbia; quarantine regulations regarding bills of health for vessels ' bound to adjacent ports in the United States ...... 2307 Brownsville, Tex.-

Conditions .- - - - - 1713,1766 Antimosquito ordinance passed.------1714,1766 Brown, B. W., passed assistant surgeon, Evansville, Ind.; smallpox .----2607 C. Calcutta, India- Sanitary conditions and inspection and fumigation of vessels .- 1483,1633, 1849, 1904, 1950,2067,2173,2223,2282,2337,2390,2442,2530,2583,2640 Cholera, plague, and smallpox mortalitvy.------1382, 1430, 1483, 1536, 1633, 1692,180.5,1849, 1904, 1950,2019,2067, 2120, 2173, 2223, 2282, 2337, 2390, 2442, 2530, 2583, 2640 Vaccination in the Punjab .2019 Famine in Guzerat ...... --...... -2068 Choleraic diseases among children in the Bhul valley ...... 2068 Cholera, plague, and smallpox during year 1903 .------2068 Weather conditions and prospect of famine ...... 2121,2173 Sanitary department to be created by government .------2173 Smallpox in Madras, 1874 to 1904 ...... 2583 California Municipalities, seventh annual convention of the League of.- 2497 Callao, Peru, reports of Assistant Surgeon Lloyd- Plague in Peru and Chile ...-...-.-.-1342, 1435,1540, 1596,1637, 1697,1753,1808,1854,1909,1910, 1955,2074,2123,2291,2339,2443,2641 Plague summary . 1342,2123,2339 Summary of transactions ...... 2291 Quarantine measures .------1342,1343,2685 Plaguie in rats on steamship Limari bacteriologically confirmed .1388 Smallpox in Arequipa .------1596 Examination of cattle on board ship ...... 1638 Measures against rats ..-.... -.. -1697,1753,1808,1909,1955,2074,2641,2685 Circular relative to enforcement of United States quarantine regulations.. 1698 Use of Yersin seruim ...... 2123 Transactions of servict, September, 1904 .------2.2291 Inspecti-on and fumigation of vessels ...... 2074,2291,2339,2641,2685 Fumigation of steamship Chile ------.-. -2339 Suggestions relative to the docking and fumigation of vessels...... 2339 Sanitary conditions in South American cities not satisfactory . .. 2339 Typhus fever..------2443 Flour to be shipped as deck cargo ...... -.-...... -2641 Precautions against rats in flour mills -...... - 2641 Reports, American consul- Plaguie situation in Peru .------...... - 1388 Vessels for other than United States ports not fumigated .1388 Measures against spread of infection in Callao .1700 IV INDEX. Canal Zonc Page. Certificates for passengers leaving Limon for ...... 1627 Mosquito engineering...... , .....;,. 1851 Vaccination circular ...... 1852 No deaths among employees...... 2331 Circular relative to certificates of successful vaccination ...... 2332 Vaccination certificates issued to emigrants for- At New Orleans, La ...... 2351,"550 At San Francisco, Cal ...... 2550 At Barbados, W. I .2686 Canton, China; American consul; plague ...... 1578 Cape Colony, Africa- Examination for plague and plague-infected rodents ...... 1326, 1415,1464,1522,1572, 1677,1734,1892,1990,2058,2110, 2156,2212, 2266, 2326, 2372, 2428, 2571, 2629, 2671,2672 Infectious diseases...... 2372,2429,2572,2629,2671,2672 Cebu, P. I., plague ...... 1544 Ceiba, Honduras- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels...... 1336,1380, 1475,1534, 1583,1690,1744,1802,1848,1901, 1947, 2065, 2119, 2170, 2220, 2281,2335,2385 Conditions and transactions July 1 to September 15, 1904..-.....---2065 Chicago, Ill., Surgeon Banks; smallpox ...... 2246 Chile, steamship, at Callao; inspection and fumigation ...... 2339 Cholera- Table, foreign ...... 1349, 1390,1437, 1489, 1546,1598, 1642, 1704, 1758, 1815, 1863, 1912,1961,2034, 2081,2128, 21.83, 2236, 2299, 2344, 2400, 2448, 2489, 2540, 2597, 2645, 2689 Borneo :-.. 2027 Burmna .------...---...---2022 China-

Antung ...... 1432 Hongkong ..... 1526,1685,1945,2215 Shanghai ...... 1470, 1793,1897 India- Bombay... 1631, 1745,1848,1902,1948,2067,2171,2221,2336,2439,2580,2639 Calcutta ... 1382,1430,1483,1534, 1536, 1633,1692, 1849,1904, 1950, 2067, 2120, 2173,2223,2337,2442,2583,2640 Year 1903 ...... 2068 Persia --...... 1435,1487,1531,1541, 1595,1636,1692, Russia- 1697,1853,1955,2123,2174,2224,2286,2588 Baku ..--..--.....--..-1945,2279,2438,2444 Batoum...... 1859,2174 Caucasus ...... 1951 Transcaspian district ...... 2124,2125,2284,2287,2334,2480, 2483, 2531, 2579,2588,2638,2680 Turkey in Asia - 1378,1379, 1425, 1475,1531,1630, 1639,1688, 1743, 1799, 1812,1846,1859, 1900,1945,1957,2072,2078,2115,2174,2178, 2224,2233, 2278, 2284, 2286,2334, 2341, 2397, 2438, 2486, 2579, 2585, 2588, 2638, 2680 On vessels- Coptic, steamship, Manila Bay ...... 1420 Coulsdon, from Java, at Colombo ...... 2407,2586 Torridge, at Colombo...... 2676 Circular relative to precautions against, at Shanghai ...... 1897 Outbreak in Bombay Presidency ...... 1902 Experiments in viability of organism, Shanghai ..... 2005 Christiania, Norway; quarantine proclamation ...... 1 953 Cienfuegos, Cuba- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels...... 1332,1421, 1422, 1528, 1579, 1686, 1739, 1794, 1898, 1940, 2006 2061, 2114,2166, 2217, 2272, 2377 2435, 2476, 2525, 2577, 2634 Cases of sickness probably due to bad water ...... 1332 Mosquitoes : ...... 1422 Monthly reports...... 1687, 1940,2578 Malarial fever on steamship Arona from Mobile...... 2272 On schooner Major Pickands from Philadelphia .. 2525 INDEX*. v Circulars- Page.

Vaccination in Panama- ...... 1852 Cholera at Shanghai, precautions against 1897 Precautions at Veracruz against yellow fever on vessels bound for United States ------1952 Outgoing quarantine resumed------at HonoluluI-- ---.- --- I---I ----- 2009 Certificates of successful vaccination, emigrants to Canal Zone-2332 Cock, L. W., Acting Assistant Surgeon- Antimosquito work on Texas-Mexican frontier - 1498,1555,1766 Inspection of ranches - 1499,1549,1653,1713 Antimosquito ordinance adopted at Brownsville and Matamoras -- 1766 Cofer, L. L., Passed Assistant Surgeon, Honolulu- Partial disinfection of schooner Ro8amond for tuberculosis --1335 Quarantine transactions, Hawaiian Islands.1335, 1533,1689,1800,2011,2280,2481 Outgoing quarantine recommended and authorized - 1801 Outgoing quarantine resumed; circular - 2009 Outgoing quarantine transactions-1847,1947,2010,2065,2170,2280,2335 Outgoing quarantine to be discontinued - 2220 Plague - 1336,1533,1631,1689,1744,2580 Suspect plague at Kohala - 2011 Leprosy- On steamship Sierra - 1583 On steamship Alameda from San Francisco .-- - 1801 Case on steamship Coptic proved to be plague ------1801 Suspect plague death at Kohala .--- - 2011 Colon, Panama- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels -- - 1339, 1385,1434,1487,1539,1591,1636,1696,1753,1807,1850, 1909,1954,2025, 2073,2122,2178,2227,2290, 2338,2394, 2442, 2484, 2534, 2591, 2641,2684 Mortality - .------1385,1591,2025,2228,2338,2684 Yellow-fever death at Panama -1591,2074 Yellow fever at Ancon ------1696,2290 Suspicious fever case - .------.--. ------. 2443,2591 Samntary service - 1636 Maritime quarantine service - 1636 Sanitary work ------1850,2025 Vaccination - 1850,1852 Vaccination of emigrants -. 2122 Convention- Second General International Sanitary, American Republics-.... 1711 California municipalities .------2497 Cbronation, stemship, at Gibraltar from Soerabaya; suspect plague ------2455 Corpus Christi, Tex.- Antimosquito work - 1313,1498,1824,1825 Sanitation -.------1652, 1713,1824,1920,1970 Coulsdon, steamship, at Colombo from Java ------2407 Oraigneuk, steamship, from Colon, at Santiago; quarantined -2477 Cuba; vital statisticsof the Republic - 2062,2113, 2166 Currie, Donald H., Passed Assistant Surgeon, San Francisco- Examination of rats -.--...---- 2407,2456,2500,2549,2607 Suspect plague at Snelling, Cal -. 2408 Summary of work in Chinatown -.--.--...... ---- 2455 D. Danish West Indies- Quarantine against Demerara raised ------1796,2333 Medical inspection of vessels from Philadelphia discontinued-- 1944 Dashiel, W. R., Acting Assistant Surgeon- Fumigation and antimosquito work in Texas ------1357, 1500, 1501, 1556,1655, 1714, 1768 Conditions at Rio Grande City - 1768,1870, 1920,1970,2088,2193 Measles at Rio Grande City ------1768,1920 Inspection of ferries ------1500, 1825,1870,1920,2088,2193 Inspector appointed ------.... ---..-. 1870 Dengue- At Miami, Fla------..-. 2192 At Shanghai; subsidence of, and disappearance of mosquitoes ...... 2577 VI INDEX. Diphtheria- Page. United States- St. Michael, Alaska-...... -...... 1765 Lubec, Me ...... - .. ...-... 2192,2246,2308,2409 Machias, Me ...... -...... 2500 Forein- Matanza...... s 1941 Queensland ...... 2630 Dominican Republic; proposed establishment of hospital on Catalina Island for contagious diseases ..... ------1531 Dysentery- At Pernambuco, Brazil-...... 1327,1329,1417,1418 At Rome, Italy...... -... 1748 E. Eager, J. M., Passed Assistant Surgeon, Naples, Italy- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels ...... 1383, 1430, 1483,1588,1633,1692,1748,1749,1805,1904, 1950, 2019, 2069, 2174,2223, 2282, 2390,2392, 2482, 2531, 2584, 2586, 2681 Cholera and plague in various countries .-...... 1484, 1588,1692,1805,1951,2019,2070,2071,2174,2223,2283, 2284, 2286, 2287, 2391,2392, 2482, 2531, 2584, 2586, 2681 Unity of human and bovine tuberculosis ...... 1383 Austrian emigrant vessels - .--' . 1431 Distribution of Italian emigration ------1431 Annual statistics of Italian emigration....----.------1484 Sleeping sickness in the Transvaal - -1484 Beriberi in the Transvaal ------.. - ...-- -.- 1589 Prevalence of smallpox in Italy -... 1536 Vaccination of emigrants required .-.-.- ...... ------1536 Cholera in Persia ...... - . 1588, 1692 Typhus fever near Naples --- - 1589 Plague prophylaxis on board ship - 1633 International Medical Congress at Lisbon -... --..------.-..-.-1633 Rat extermination -.--.--.....--...... 1633 Dysentery at Rome -...--...... ------1748 Bubonic plague in animals -.------.....------.-.-.-.. 1749 of Propagation plague -.----.------.----. 1905 Beriberi at Port Arthur - 2020 Campaign against malaria - 2070 Mohammedan pilgrimage - 2070 Leprosy in Trinidad...... 2071 Ankylostomiasis in Germany -...----...... ------.-.....--2072,2285 Precautions against sleeping sickness - 2175 2532 Contagious diseases in Italy ------Persian sanitary board.- 2223,2390,2392,2482,2531,2681 ...... -.. . 2223 Mohammedan pilgrimage ...... -...... 2224 Quarantine proclamations ...... -... 2483,2681 Work of Italian Red Cross Society- - 2532,2683 Suspected plague on steamship Sidmouth . 2681 Congress of hygiene of habitations, Paris-.....-.. 2682 Eagle Pass, Tex., inspection service . - ...... 1313,1358, 1446, 1503,1607, 1656, 1715, 1768, 1826, 1871, 1920, 1971, 2042, 2089,2136, 2194, 2247, 2309, 2353,2409, 2457, 2501, 2550, 2608 Eastport, Me., Acting Assistant Surgeon, diphtheria at Lubec.- 2192,2246,2308,2409 El Paso, Tex., inspection service -1 314,1358, 1399, 1446, 1503, 1557, 1608, 1656,1715,1769, 1826,1921,1971,2043, 2089, 2136, 2194, 2247, 2309,2353, 2409, 2457, 2501, 2551, 2608, 2653 Eneunada, steamship, at Barbados from Rosario, smallpox-2341,2444,2594 Enteric fever- United States- Gulfport, Miss -..... Foreign- -. 1606 Matanzas 1628,1794,1844,1941 Poona- 2120, 2439 Queensland . -. 2630 INDEX. VPII Enteric fever-Continued. Page. On vessels- Hathor, at Habana, from Tampico.------1740 Morro Castle, at Habana, from New York...... 2272 F. Falco, steamship, at Matanzas from Tampico; malarial fever ...... 1844 Ferguson, Bismnarck, Acting Assistant Surgeon- Inspection of Allende, Mexico ...... 1694 Conditions at Monclova...... 1806, 1906, 1951, 2023 Fiume, Austria-Hungary; inspection of emigrants .-.-.- .. . 1374, 1466, 1572, 1734, 1788, 1938, 2159, 2212, 2373, 2519, 2572, 2673 Foohng Suey, from Honolulu, at Delaware breakwater quarantine, beriberi.. 1605 Fox, Carroll, Assistant Surgeon, Cebu, P. I., plague ...... 1544 Frick, John, acting Assistant Surgeon- Fumigation work in Texas ...... 1312, 1356, 1496 Health conditions, Laredo .------2456 Fricks, L. D., Passed Assistant Surgeon, La Guayra, Venezuela- Steamship Caracas from Curacao quarantined .------..-.-1756 Yellow fever - 1910, 2078, 2181, 2398, 2486 Smallpox .------2078, 2181 Vaccination of emigrants for the Canal Zone ...... 2686 Fieda, steamship at Santiago de Cuba, from Tampico-

Disinfected. ----- .------..-- .-1845 Released from quarantine.------.---.....----.l 1845 G. Galveston, Tex., sanitary conditions .-----..-..-.-1444 Gardiner, Charles H., passed assistant surgeon, Key West, Fla.; anopheles mosquitoes found at Key West . .1651 Geddings, H. D., surgeon; anopheles mosquitoes found at Key West; acknowl- edging receipt of ------1651 Georgia, State board of health, secretary; correction of statement relative to smallpox in Liberty County, Ga- -.....1765 Gibraltar, American consul; case of suspect plague on steamship Coronation from Soerabaya -.------.--.------...... ------.-....---..-. 2455 Glover, M. W., Assistant Surgeon, Victoria, British Colombia; inspection of immigrants -.------.... 1419, 1627, 1897,2164,2576 Godfrey, John, Surgeon, Wilmington, N. C., smallpox- - ..- .- ..- ..2550 Goldberger, Joseph, Assistant Surgeon, Monterey, Mexico- Sanitary conditions -..-- ..----.------... 1383, 1538, 1589,1693,1751,1805,1849, 1906, 1951,2023, 2072,2121,2176,2226 Sanitary work directed by superior board of health -- - - - 1383 Inspection of Linares -.------....---.-. 1751 Fevers at Linares - 2226

Increase in malarial disees .... Malarial diseases, smallpox, uncinariasis,-2121and tuberculosis at Tampico, Mexico -.------2289 Grippe, at Guayaquil -.------.------1742 Guatemala, steamship, at Callao from Panama; yellow fever - 1377 Guayaquil, Ecuador- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels -1377,1473,1474, 1580,1741,1796,1846,1899,1945,2007,2277,2437,2478,2527,2637,2678 Yellow fever - ..----...--. --. 1377,1473, 1580,1741,1796,1846,1899,1945,2007,2277,2437,2479,2527,2637,2678 Smallpox ------2637 Plague on steamship Aconcagua at Callao ------1377 Corrected -a------1899 Yellow fever on steamship Guatemala from Panama-. 1377 Corrected - 1899 Quarantine against Peruvian ports on account of plague - . 1377,1473,1474 Disinfection of vessels for United States ports supervised by medical officer ------1474 Suspect yellow fever on steamship Ecuador from Panama . - . 1580 Evasion of'quarantine by coasting ...... 1587 Plague in Peruvian coast towns ...-...... 1581,1741,1797,1846,1899,1945,2678 VIll INDEXr. Guavaquil, Ecuador-Continued. Page. Grippe epidemic-...... 1742 Rats dying on island of Puni-...... 1742 Enteric fever at Quito ------1797 Death of sheep on steamship Pizarro ..-..-...... --... 1797 Circular relative to quarantine at Ancon, Canal Zone ------1797 Plague at Pund officially denied ....- ..-.-...--. 1799 Death from yellow fever on British yacht Cavalier ------. 2277 Fumigation of coasting steamers bound for Panama discontinued -- 2277 Permission to observe disinfection granted ...... 2277 Bills of health on vessels from Chilean ports not in accordance with United States regulations ------2437 Improvement in quarantine regulations ------2478 A floating sanitary station established ------2527 Fumigation of vessels ------2637 Carbunculous disease ------..-..------2637 Yellow fever on steamship Limari at Pund, from Panama - -2678 Gulfport, Miss., health conditions ------1606 Gustetter, A. L., Acting Assistant Surgeon; report of investigation of reported plague cases at Bisbee, Ariz ------...... ------. 1823 H. Habana, Cuba- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels .. 1332, 1422, 1471,1528, 1627, 1739, 1794,1898, 1941,2006,2061, 2062,2167,2272,2333,2378,2476, 2525, 2578, 2634 Smallpox death at Las Animas hospital ..- ..- ...-.-- 1422 Mortality, January, 1904 .-...... 1423 Increase in tuberculosis..-...... -...-.---....-. 1423 Cases from vessels held ------.1627, 1739,1898,2006 Yellow fever on steamship Vigilancia.-. -- - 2061 Measles on schooner Addie F. Code from Tampa ------2062 Enteric fever on steamship Morro Castle - - 2272 History of yellow fever at Punta de Sal - - 2273 Yellow fever on steamer Havana from Mexican ports -...-..- 2333 Yellow fever on Spanish steamship Buenos Aires, from Veracruz------2378 Vessels from which passengers were landed at Triscornia quarantine station ------..2634 Habana, American minister- Mortality, month of May, 1904 .-....-.-...- ..----...-..-... 2062 Vital statistics, Republic of Cuba ------2113 Health of island- June, 1904 ------2166 Juily, 1904 ------2475 Doctor Findlay; yellow fever at Punta de Sal ------2426 Havana, steamship, at Veracruz from Progreso; yellow fever-....-.-.1339,1433 Harris, H. F., secretary State board of health, Georgia; correction of statement relative to smallpox in Liberty County-1765 Hathor, from Tampico, at Habana, enteric fever ------1740 Heiser, Victor G., Passed Assistant Surgeon, Manila- Quarantine transactions Pbilippine Islands ---- 1343,1809,1854,2230,2292,2534 Quarantinable diseases ..-..... 1541,1562,1701,1754,1808;2026,2124,2228,2443 Smallpox in the islands -...------.. 1542,1701,2229,2592 Danger of importation of quarantinable diseases into the Philippines - 1543,1701 Detention at Amov of steerage passengers ------1544 Cholera spreading on east coast of China 1754 No quarantinable diseases in Manila ------1808 Vaccination in the islands ...... 1808 Inspection and fumigation of vessels -.------1542, 1701,2026,2124,2228,2396,2443,2591,2685 Circular relative to quarantine inspection ------2230 Decrease in in Oriental . - plague ports -.- . - . . . 2443 Interisland Army transports no longer required to await quarantine inspection -.------.--....----..----...... ---- 2593 Hiso, Norwegian steamship from Veracruz, inspected at Gulfport, Miss .. 1396

Hygiene of Habitations, Congress of, Paris ...... 2682 INDEX. ix Hongkong, China- Page. Inspection of vessels; communicable diseases .------1330, 1419,1526, 1578; 1685,1792, 1939,2112,2215,2271,2434,2524,2677 Quarantine measures. 1419, 1526,1578, 1685, 1792,2215,2216,2271,2524,2577,2677 Emigrants recommended for rejection ...... 1420, 1527,1685, 1792, 1939,2112,2216,2272,2434,2525 Epidemic plague at Fuchau -...... 1792,2004 Epidemic of smallpox at Brunai, Borneo -.. 1939

Anthrax in Siam ...... -,,,. . ., 2215 Plague reported among animals in India -2 215 City declared free from quarantinable diseases - 2434 Honolulu, Hawaii- Partial disinfection of schooner Rosamond for tuberculosis ------1335 Quarantinetransactions,HawaiianIslands.. 1335,1533,1689,1800,2011,2280,2481

Plague ------1336, 1631, 1689,1801,2384,2580 Leprosy- On steamship Sierra ...... -.. 1583 On steamship Alameda -.----.------1801 Outgoing quarantine recommended and authorized - 1801 Outgoing quarantine resumed; circular ...... 2009 Ouitgoing quarantine transactions - 1847,1947, 2065,2170,2280,2335 Outgoing quarantine to be discontinued ------2220 Discontinued -...... 2384 Houston, Tex.; conditions; antimosquito ordinance ------1397,1445

I. Iloilo, P. I.- No quatantinable diseases...... 1755,2027 Quarantine transactions------2027 Immigration- Monthly inspection -.------.---- 1316, 1361, 1403, 1453,1507, 1561, 1611, 1663, 1719, 1829, 1877, 1925, 1975,2045, 2095, 2141, 2197,2251,2312,2357,2413,2459,2504,2554,2613,2657 Inspection at- Baltimore . - . 1315,1402, 1449, 1505, 1559, 1609, 1718, 1771, 1875,1973,2044,2139,2196,2311,2355,2412,2459,2503,2553, 2612 Boston.--- 1315, 1360, 1402, 1449,1559, 1560, 1610, 1718, 1771,1875, 1923, 1924, 1973,2044,2093,2139,2249,2250,2412,2459,2503,2553,2612,2656 Key WVest -.--...--.. 1316, 1360,1402, 1450, 1560,1660, 1661, 1719, 1771, 1828, 1876, 1924, 1974,2093,2140,2196,2413, 2554,2656 New York - 1361, 1403,1450, 1451, 1452,1506, 1561,1610, 1661, 1662, 1772, 1858,1876, 1924, 1974,2045,2094,2140,2141,2250,2356,296.57 Philadelphia -.. -----. 1403, 1453,1506,1561, 1662, 1719, 1829, 1877, 1925, 1975,2045,2094,2141,2196,2311,2356,2413,2504,2612 Portland, Oreg -.----...--.-- 1507,1611 Inspection, insular ports- Porto Rico-.-.-.-.-... 1858, 1910, 1956,2077,2180,2295,2397,2444,2538,2593,2685 Inspection on Canadian frontier- Quebec -.------. 1330, 1374, 1526, 1577,1627,1939,2331 Vancouver ------1470, 1685, 1897,2112,2576 Victoria -.------1419, 1627, 1897, 2164,2576 India; sanitary department to be created -. 2173 Influenza in Barbados -.------.--.. 2642,2686 International Sanitary Convention American Republics . -. . 1711 Irwin, Fairfax, Surgeon, Philadelphia; disinfection of quarters on a steamship for tubercullosis ----- . ------...---2500 Isthmian Canal Commission; no deaths among emiployees . -...... 2.331, 2524 Italian emigration, distribution of ...... 1430

J. Joe Gallart, Spanish steamship, at Matanzas; smallpox and vacciniation .-. 2274 Juneau, Alaska; smallpox extinct ...... 1395 X INDEX. Pa K. Kakke (beriberi) among Japanese troops 2394 Key West, Fla, anopheles mosquitoes ...... -1651 King, W. W., Passed Assistant Surgeon, San Juan- Quarantine transactions ...... 1638,2075,2179,2485 Vital statistics ...... 1639,2076,2180,2485 Kobe, Japan; bacteriolo 'cal examination of plague case on steamship Korea. . 1432 Korea, steamship, at Kobe, plague------1337 Bacteriological examination .------1432

Fumigation at San Francisco .------1495 Korn, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Perth Amboy, N. J.; fumigation and inspection of vessels...... 1553 L. La Guayra, Venezuela- Steamship Caracas, from Curagao, qua rantined -1756 Yellow fever ...... 1910,2078,2181,2398,2486 Smallpox ...... 2078,2181 Vaccination certificates for emigrants for the Canal Zone...... 2686 Lampazos, Mexico; sanitary inspection ...... 1484 Laredo, Tex.- Inspection service .. 1358, 1400,1446, 1557, 1608, 1656, 1716, 1769,1871, 1922,1971, 2043, 2089, 2136, 2194, 2247, 2310, 2353, 2410, 2457, 2501. 2551, 2608, 2653 Mortality, October and November, 1904...... 2608 Transactions on account of yellow fever 1311, 1356,1396,1444,1496,1554,1606, 1652, 1712, 1766, 1824, 1870, J920, 1970,2042,2"088,2136,2193,2247,2308, 2351, 2456, 2501 Summary of work-....-...... 1313,1357, 1398, 1446,1503, 1652, 1826, 1870,1921 Mortalitvy------2136 Mortuarv statistics, 1904-Comparison with previous--",years------of October death rate - 2351 Health conditions --. I 2456 Mosquitoes increasing -.----..------...... ------...... I I----..I I 2456 Laredo Water Company, pon(ds suspected as breeding places for mosquitoes.- 1396 Lavinder, C. H., Passed Assistant Surgeon, Delaware Breakwater quarantine; beriberi on bark Foohng Suey, from Honolulu ---. ---....1605 Lepers National home for, Panama; laws for establishing - 1386

Care of, India ...... 1585 Leprosy- Insular- Honolulu, from steamship Sierra, from San Francisco 1583 Foreign-

Barbados ...... -...... -...... 1860 Matanzas ...-...... -.. 1472,1740 Queensland ------2631 Trinidad 2071 Liceaga, Dr. E., president superior council of health of Mexico; history of yellow fever case at Tampico - 1337 Lima, Peru; American legation; maritime disinfecting service established ....-. 2291

Limari, steamship, at Callao; plague bacteriologically confirmed ...... 1388 Limon, Costa Rica- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels ... -...-..... 1331, 1421, 1471, 1528,1578,1686,1738,1794,1844,1939,2005,2061,2112,2217,2332,2377 Beriberi in Pacific coast provinces ...... 1421 Yellow fever-...... -...... 1471,1528,1578,2217,2332 Certificates for passengers for ports in the Canal Zone; immunity certificates .-...... 1627 Improved sanitary conditions ...... 1738 Mortality and sanitary conditions November, 1904 2633 Venezuela on Steamship quarantined account of measles ... 2633 Linares, Mexico-

Inspection ...... 1751 Fevers..-...... 2226 Livingston, Guatemala; sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels .... 1334,1380, 1426, 1475,1532,1583,1630,1689,1743,1847, 1901, 1946,2009,2064, 2119, 2169, 2220,2279, 2335, 2384 INDEX. x[i Page. Long, John D., Assistant Surgeon, Manila; transactions of service, and quarantinable diseases...... 1541 Llovd, B. F., Assistant Suirgeon, Callao- Plague ...... 1342,1435, 1540, 1596, 1637,1697, 1753, 1808,1854,1909, 1910, 1955, 2074, 2123, 2291, 2339, 2641, 2685 Plague summary .1342,2123,2339 Summary of transactions ...... 2291 Quarantinemeasures ...... 1342,1343,2685 Plague in rats on steamship Limari bacteriologically confirmned ...... 1388 Smallpox in Arequipa...... 1596 Examination of cattle on board ship .1638 Measures against rats .1697, 1753, 1808, 1909, 1955,2)074, 2641,2685 Circular relative to enforcement of quarantine regulations ...... 1698 Transactions of service, September, 1904.------2291 Inspection and fumigation of vessels . 2074,2291, 2339, 2641,2685 Fumigation of steamship Chile-.-.-.-... 2339 Suggestions relative to docking and fumigation of ve,ssels...-.-...-... -2339 Sanitary conditions in South American cities not satisfactory ...... 2339 Typhus fever in Callao...... 2443 Precautions against rats in Peruvian flour mills .------2641 Louisiana State board of health; maritime quarantine to be withdrawn...... 2191 Lourengo Marquez, Africa, American consul- Case of suspect plague at San Jo,se del'hanguenes.------1788,1938 Suspect plague at Magude .------....2326 Lowry, WV. E., Acting Assistant Surgeon; sanitarv inspection Brwivnsville, Tex. 1502 Lubec, Me., diphtheria...... 2192,2246,2308,2409 Lumsden, Leslie L., Passed Assistant Surgeon, Vera Cruz, Mexico- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels ...... 1384, 1433, 1485,1590,1635,1695, 1752, 1806, 1908, 1952,2024,2072,2177, 2227, 2289, 2337 Yellow fever on steamship Habanta from Progreso ...... 1339,1433 Yellow fever on steamship Vigilancia from Tampico .- - - - 1384 Mosquitoes ...... 1384,1485 Yellow fever . 1485, 1590, 1635,1695,1752, 1806,1908, 1952, 2024,2072 Yellow fever in Julv, 1904 ...... 1635 Malarial fever ...... 2337 Lower death rate from mosquito-borne diseases .1------.952 Yellow fever along Tehuantepec National Railroad ...... 2177 M1. McClintic, T. B., Assistant Surgeon, Tampico- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels .------1338, 1485,1590,1695,1752, 1908,1951,2024,2177,2289 Smallpox ...... 1338,2289 Yellow fever. ------1338 Mosquitoes . 1590,1695 Malarial disease ...... 1695,1752, 1908, 1951,2024,2289 Increase in malarial fever and in number of anopheles mosquitoes...... 2024 Uncinariasis and tuberculosis ...... 2289 McCoy, G. W., Assistant Surgeon, Iloilo, P. I.- Monthly reports; no quarantinable diseases ...... 1755,2027 Quarantine transactions .------2027 MacGregor, W. W., Acting Assistant Surgeon- Antimosquito work, San Diego, Tex...... ----..-...... ------.-1497, 1498,1554,1555, 1652, 1712,1767,1870 Case of fever .....--...----...... -1712 Conditions at San Diego ...... 1712,1767 Conditions at Corpus Christi .--..------..-1824, 1825,1920, 1970 Inspection of San Diego.------...---.-1825 Machias, Me., diphtheria ...... 2500 Madras; smallpox, 1874 to 1904 ...--..--..----2583 Major Pickands, schooner, at Cienfuegos, from Philadelphia; malarial fever.. 2525 Maine; transactions on account of smallpox.------1356, 1443, 1496, 1553, 1652, 1712, 1766, 1824,1869, 1919, 1969, 2042, 2087, 2135, 2192, 2246, 2550 xII INDEX. Manila, P. I., reports of chief quarantine officer- Page. Quarantine transactions, Philippine Islands._ . 1343,1809,1854,2230,2292,2534 Quarantinable diseases ....-... 1541, 1542,1701,1754, 1808,2026,2124,2228, 2443 Smallpox in the islands-...... 1542,1701,2229,2592 Danger of importation of quarantinable diseases into the Philippines. 1543,1701 Detention at Amoy of steerage passengers ...... 1544 Cholera spreading on east coast of China ...... 1754 No quarantinable diseases in Manila ------.1808

Vaccination in the islands ...... -.. . 1808 Inspection and fumigation of vessels ------1542, 1701,2026,2124,2228,2396,2443,2591,2685 Circular relative to quarantine inspection .-.-.-....-.-.-.. .. 2230

Decrease in plague in Oriental ports ...... 2443 Interisland Army transports no longer required to await quarantine inspection -.--....----.---- 2593 Mannheiin, Germany; statistics of the Grand Duchy of Baden ------2116 Maracaibo, Venezuela; uncinariasis ...... 2125,2591 Maskat, Turkey; cholera .-...... 1812,2212 Matamoros, Mexico, antimosquito ordinance..-..-passed -. 1714 Matanzas, Ciuba-

Sanitary c,onditions and inspection of vessels . 1333,1374, 1423, 1472, 1529,91579, 1628, 1687, 1740, 1794,1844,1941,2006, 2063, 2114, 2167, 2218, 2274, 2333,2379,2435,2477, 2526; 2578, 2635, 2677 Monthly reports -.------.------2635 Precautionary detention of vessels- Steamship Frey, Tampico; malarial fever..-...-.. . 1333 Steamship Barbadian; yellow-fever ports - 1374 Steamship Teviotdlale and &Santiago; from Mexican ports ...... 1423 Steamship Matanzas, Tampico - 2218 Steamship Niagara, Tampico - 2167

Scarlet fever - .------1472,1628,1682, 1740, 1794,1844, 1941,2167 Diphtheria and enteric fever -- 1628, 1687,1740,1794,1844, 1942,2063,2167,2218 Leprosy - .----.-- .-- .-- .1472,1740 Measles------2477 Enteric fever on steamship Hathor from Tampico -.------. 1740 Malarial fever on vessels- Steamship Falco, from Tampico -.----.....-...-...-. 1844 Steamship Pecine, from Tampico -.. - -..- .- . 2006 . Unsanitary conditions ...... 1794, 1844,1941,2333 Correction in regard to cost of water -.-.------...... ----- 1942 Proposed improvement ------1942 Disinfection and vaccination on Spanish steamship Jos6 Gallart-..-... 2274 Provision made for sanitary service in Cuban inland towns and seaports. - 2677 Measles- Foreign- Barbados ------2642,2686 Matanzas ...... 2477 On vessels-

Addie F. Code, at Habana, from Tampico ...... 2062 Venezuela, at Limnon -.------2633 Melbourne, Australia, American consul-general; plague bulletins from New South Wales, Queensland, and Western Australia - 1371, 1465, 1522, 1677,1841, 1991,2156,2327,2472,2631

Merida, Mexico; sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels ..-.- . 1338 Mexico; notice in regard to inspection service -. 1537 Miami, Fla.; dengue -.------.....------2192 Mobile Bay, Ala.; close quarantine to close on October 31, 1904 ---. -. 2191 Monclova, Mexico; inspection ...... 1806,1906, 1951,2023 Montemorelos, Mexico; inspection ...... 1693 Monterey, Mexico- Sanitary conditions .-...... -.-.-... 1383, 1538,1589, 1693,1751,1805, 1849, 1906,1951, 2023, 2072, 2121,2176,2226 Sanitary work directed by superior board of health ...... 1383 Mortality ...... 1693,1951 Increase in malarial diseases .-. -. 2121 Mfordterey, steamship, at Habana; suspicious cases proved to be malarial. 1332 INDEX. XIII Moore, Dunlop, Assistant Surgeon, Yokohama-- Page. Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels ...... 1337, 1431,1536, 1589,2226,2288,2394,2533,2590,2640,2683 Smallpox epidemic at Tientsin ------1337 Suspect cholera, Yokohama ...... 1589 Chblerine at Kobe ...... 2288,2591 Plague on steamship Korea at Kobe ------.1337 Plague on steamship Australien at Wusung ------...... -..1431 origin of plague inspection in rats at Tokyo -.-...... 1537 mallpox ------1537 Emigrants recommended for rejection ------1337, .0 1537, 1589,2176,2226,2289,2394,2591,2641,2683 Plague in Singapore.------2288 Kakke (beriberi) among the troops--.- --..---. 2394 Plague on steamship &alda at Moji -.-.-.-.-.- .-.2533,2590,2640 Plague in Formosa ------.2640 Morro Castle, steamship, at Habana, from New York; enteric fever .. . 2272 Mortality table- Cities of the United States - . 1324,...... 1369,1413, 1462,1520,1570, 1622, 1675,1732,1786,1840,1890,1936, 1988, 2056, 2108, 2154,2210, 2264, 2324, 2370, 2426, 2471, 2517, 2569, 2627, 2669 California -.---- .-- .------1359,1558, 1769,2043,2248,2457,2502 Berkeley -...... 1314 Fresno ------1447, 1657, 1871, 2410,2654 Los Angeles -1504, 1716, 1922,2137, 2608 Oakland ------1504, 1716,1971,2194,2410 Sacramento -...----.--.----. 1504, 1769,1971, 23b3, 2609 San Diego - .------.-- .---- .-- .1971,2194 San Francisco .------1400,1872,2248 Stockton -...--...----. 1447, 1657, 1872,2137,2353, 2609 Colorado Colorado Springs -.----.------.-- 2137

Denver - .------1314,1608, 1716, 1769, 1971, 2410, 2551 Connecticut ------1504.1769,1922,2194,2410,2609 Bridgeport -1314,1558, 1769, 1972,2137,2502, 2654 Hartford--.------1558,2410 New Haven -.----.----.------2090 Stamford - 1359, 1608, 1827,2090,2310,2551 Florida, Tampa -1657 Georgia- Columbus -1400, 1608,1872,2090,2310,2502 Macon -1400, 1872,2090,2353 Illinois- Alton - 1447,2310 Belleville -1359,1657, 1827 Clinton - 2090 Peoria - 1447, 1769,1872,2310,2557 Rockford -1558, 1769,1972,2248,2457,2654 Springfield - 1504,2458 Indiana- .------.1657, 2310 Evansville -1504, 1716,1972,2410 Iowa - 1447 Clinton -.--.------.------...-- 2551 Davenport - 1359,1558, 1972,2195, 2458,2 654 Dubuque -. 1359,1558, 1770,1972 Keokuk - 1827, 2458 Ottumwa -.--...------.-- 1872 Kansas ------2610 Topeka -...... ------..--..--..--- 2458 Wiclhita - 2354 Kentucky, Louisville - 1314 Louisiana- Baton Rouge - 1872,2090 New Orleans - 1447,1716, 1922,2137,2458,2654 Maine, Portland -.------.--....--- 2353,2354 Maryland, Baltimore -.--.------...---1359, 1608,1716,1972,2410 XIV INDEX. Mortality table-Continued. Page. Massahusetts- Brockton-...... 1447,1657,2137,2410,2610

Holyoke-...... 1716 Newton-...... 1400,1872,2090,2354,2610 Worcester-...... 1716,2043,2248

Michigan-...... 1314,1359, 1400, 1448, 1504, 1558, 1608, 1657, 1716, 1770, 1827, 1872, 1922, 1972,2043, 2091,2137,2195,2248, 2311,2354, 2410,2458,2502, 2551, 2552,2610, 2654 Grand Rapids-...... 1314, 1558,1827, 1972,2248,2459,2610

Minnesota-...... 1827, 2091 Duluth-...... 1359,1658, 1770,2043,2248,2411 Minneapolis------1504, T658, 1922,219,5,2459,2610 Winona------144~8,1717,2137,2354 Missouri, St. Louis-...... 1400,2091,2610 Montana, Helena ------1400,1609,1872,2091,2354,2,552 Nebrasika, Omaha ------1827,2502 New Hampshire- Concordt------1400,1505, 1658,1872,2091,21-95,2354,2610 Franklin ------1401,1658, 1827,2091,2354,2552. Manchester-...... 1505,1770, 1922,21915,2411,2654 New Jersey- Hudson County ------1770 Paterson-...... 1401,1658,2502 New York------1401,1658,1872,2091,2354,2552 Auburn------1922,2137,2610 Buffalo ------1314, 1448, 1717, 1923,2411,2610 *Rochester ------1359,1972,2411,2654 *Saratoga ------1401, 1660,1874,2092,2354,2553 North Carolina------150,5,1609,1660,2137i Charlotte------1874,2092,2553

Ohio-...... 1660,2138 Cleveland------1505,17-71,1923,2138,2355,2611 Columbus ----t------1609, 1717, 1923,2138,2611 East Liverpool------1401, 1609, 1771,2138,2553,2611 Findlavy------1558 Toledo ------1314, 1609,2043,2248,2249 Oregon------2655 Portland ------1448, 1717, 1923,2411,2611 Pennsylvania-IAltoonia------1407,1660,1874,2138,2355,2553 Columbia ------1448,1609,1874,2092 Dunmore ------1407,1717,1874,2093,2311,2655 Johnstown------2195 Pottsville ------1359 Rhode Island, Newport ------1448,1717, 1923,2195,2411,2553 South Carolina, Camden ------1401 Tennessee- Chattainooga ------1717, 1972,2195,2411,2611 Knoxville------1448, 1770, 1923,2249,2355,2611 Memphis-...... 1972,24,59 Nashville-...... 1314, 1448, 1770, 1923,2138,2411,2611 Texas, San Antonio ------1448,1660,1717,2044,2195,2611 Utah ------1559,1770,2249,2411,2502,2655 Ogden ------1448,1660,1923,2138,2611 Salt Lake City.------Virginia- .14,7712,182148.7712,1821 Newport News------2503 Pocahontas ------1401,1609, 1828,2355 Richmond ------1448,1660,1874,2138,2611 Washington, Tacoma ------150,5,1717,219,5,2411,2611 Wisconsin, Milwaukee-...... 1315,1609, 1828,2044,235,2,503 Mortality table: Foreign and insular cities-...... 1351, 1393, 14,40, 1492, 155e, 1601, 1646, 1718, 1762, 181.9, 1867, 1916, 1966, 2038, 2085, 2133, 2188, 2241, 2304, 2349, 2405, 2453, 2495, 2546, 2603, 2650, 26-95 INDEX. XV Mortality table-Continued. Page. Africa- Lourengo Marquez - 1702,2234

Sierra Leone ...... 1436, 1487, 1640,1757, 1861, 1911, 1959,2078,2297,2487,2539,2642 Argentina, Buenos Ayres ------1488, 1813,2297,2446, 2687 Australia-

Brisbane ------1488, 1860, 1861

New Castle ------1488, 1757,2079,2234,2487,2642 Sydney ------1389,1488, 1860,2079,2234,2487,2643 Austria- Brunn--- 1347, 1596, 1959,2398,2539,2643 Fiume ------1389, 1911, 2127, 2297 Bahamnas-

Dunmoie Town ------1436, 1545, 1640, 1757,1861,1959,2079,2182,2398,2487,2595,2687 Governors Harbor 1436, 1545, 1640, 1861, 1960,2182,2398,2595,2687 Green Turtle Cay ------1436, 1545, 1640, 1757, 1861, 1960,2079,2182,2398,2487,2595,2687

Nassau . 1436, 1545, 1640, 1757, 1861, 1960,2079,2182,2398,2487,2595,2687 Brazil- Ceara ------.1347,1488, 1813,2032,2297,2446 Pernambuco-.-...-.1436, 1545, 1.596,1640, 1757, 2032,2297,2398,2487,2595 British Guiana, Georgetown ------1488, 1703,1960,2342,2643 Canada- Hamilton -...... ------...... 1488,2032,2127,2398, 2643,2687 Sherbrooke - 1436,1813, 1960,2127,2398,2643 Vancouver -.-----.------....- 1813,1960,2446,2643

Victoria ------1347, 1545, 1813,2079, 2235,2487 Chile, Antofagasta -..- -..-. 1488, 1703, 1813, 1911,2127,2342, 2643 China, Amoy------1436 Cuba, Habana ------.1347, 1640, 1861,2079,2182,2446,2687 Dutch G(uiana, Paramaribo ------1389, 1596, 1813, 2127, 2343, 2539 Formosa ------.1347, 1436, 1640, 1813,2033,2080,2398 France- Marseille ------. 1347,. 1640, 1813,2079,2183, 2487, 2687 Roubaix ------.1545, 1861,2032,2235,2446,2643 Rouen -.----.....------...... ---- 1436,1640, 1861, 2343 St. Etienne ...... 1389,1640,1861,1911,2079,2297,2398,2595,2643 Germany- Freiburg ------.1640,2398 Hanover ------1488,1813,1960,2297,2643 Munich ------2446

Strassburg ------1389, 1641,1911,2127,2297,2487 Weimar ------1348,1641,1813,2079,2343,2487 Gibraltar -. 1436,1596,1703,1861,1960,2079,2235,2297,2398,2488,2643,2687 Great Britain- England and Wales------1348, 1389,1436,1488,1545,1596,1641,1703,1757,1813,1861,1911,1960,2032, 2079,2127,2182,2235,2297,2343,2398,2447,2488,2539,2596, 2643, 2687

Bradford ----- 1436,1641,1757,1861,2032,2182,2297,2399,2488,2596,2687 London ------1348, 1389,1436,1488,1545,1596,1641,1703,1757,1814,1861,1911,1960,2033, 2079,2127,2182,2235,2297,2343,2399,2447,2488,2539,2596, 2643, 2687 Ireland ...... 1348,1389, 1488,1546,1597,11641,1703,1757,1814,1861,1911,1960,2033,2080, 2127, 2182,2235, 2298, 2343,2399,2447,2488,2539, 2596, 2644, 2688 Scotland ------1348,1389, 1437, 1489, 1546,1597, 1641, 1703,17X58, 1814, 1862, 1911, 1960, 2033, 2127, 2183,2235,2298,2343,2399,47,2488, 2539, 2596, 2644, 2688 Quarterly report...... -...... 2596 Hawaii, l-loniolulu .....-... 1348,1597, 1814,1961,2183, 2488, 2688 Italv, Milan- -...... --..--...... --. 1641, 1862, 1961,2298,2488 Jamaica- Kingrton ...... 1348, 1597, 1758, 2033, 2298, 2447,2688

Port Anitonio ...... 1489,1641,1912,1961,2080

Portland ...... 149, 1912,1961,2080,2399,2597 VOL XIX, IT 2- I xvi INDEX. Mortality table-Continued. Page. Japan- Formosa ...... 2235,2298,2539 Nagasaki ...... 1348,1546,1641, 1703, 1862, 1912, 1961,2080, 2235, 2236, 2298, 2399, 2447, 2539, 2644, 2688 Java, Batavia ...... 1348, 1437,1597, 1703, 1862,1912,2399,2488,2597 Malta .. 1390, 1489, 1703, 1862, 1912, 2033, 2236, 2343,2489, 2644 Mexico, Linares ...... 2644 . ,New Zealand, Auckland ...... i814,2033 Norfolk Island ------..-- 1912 Panama, Panama ------....---..1814,2033,2298,2540 Philippine Islands, Manila ------1814,1912, 2183,2540,2644 Porto Rico ...... -...... -...... -... 1349 St. Helena ...... 1390,1546, 1862,2033,2298,2447,2644 Spain- Barcelona ...... -...... 1390,1437,1489,1597, 1703,1758,1814,1961, 2033, 2188,2236, 2298, 2343, 2489,2540, 2597,2644 Cadiz...... -...... 1390,1597, 1642,1814,2080,2298,2489 Corunna -.....-----.--.....-----..--.----.----..1546,1862,2298,2447 Huelva ....-..-...... -...... -... 2128,2344,2540 Seville- -.--..------.- 1642,71862,2080,2299,2489 Switzerland- - . 1431, 1642, 1758, 1814, 2080,2236,2344, 2489,2644 Uruguay, Montevideo - 1349,2299,2597,2688 WVest Indies- Curagao ...... 1642,1704,1862,1912,2080,2236,2688 St. John, Antigua -.--.--.--..---- 1862 St. Thomas ------1349,1597,1758,1862,1961,2299,2342,2447,2688 Mosquito engineering, Canal Zone- - 1851 Munich, Germany; decrease in death rate; imIproved sanitary conditions .... 1946 Mosquitoes- IUnited States- Key West, Fla ...... 1...... 1 l51

Laredo, Tex ...... 2456 Foreign- Cienfuegos ------1422 Shanghai ...... 12577 V!eracruz-...... 1384 N'. Nagasaki, Japan; emiigranits recomiimended for rejection 1337, 1693, 1750,1849,2289,2534 Naples. Italy; sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels -1383, 1430,1483, 1588, 1633,1692,1748,1805, 1904,1950,2019,2069, 2174, 2223, 2282, 2285, 2390,2392,2482,2531, 2584,2586, 2681 New Orleans, La.; vaccination, einigrants to the Canal Zone ...... 2351,2550 Nogales, Ariz.; inspection service - .--...--- .-...1313, 1358,1399,1446,15039 1557, 1607,1656,1715, 1768,1826, 1871,1921,1970, 2042, 2089, 2136,2193,2247, 2309, 2352, 2410, 2457, 2501, 2551, 2609, 2653 Nuevo Lare-do, Mexico- Mortality ...... -...-... 1503, 1554,1652,1768,1921, 2609 .-....Sumnmary 1606, 1871 House-to-house inspectioni disconitinued .... 2088 P. Panama, Panamna- Sanitary conditions anId inspection of vessels... 1340,1385,1434, 1487,1539,1592 Smallpox -1- 1385 Yellow fever .-...... 1385, 1591,1696,2074,2290 Rules for vessels destinied for P'anama froin ports on west coast of South America ...... 1340 Law for establishment of national home for lepers- - 1386 Mortality, January to July, 1904 .-. 1592 Study of disease conditions .-.-...... 1592 Sanitary service ...... 1636 Maritime quarantine service 1636 Vaccination ...... 1852 INDEX. XVII Para, Brazil; American consul- Page. Yellow fever conditions .-.....2111

Smallpox .-...... a...... 2374 Pernambuco, Brazil; dysentery .. -...... 1327,1417,1418 Perth Amboy, N. J. - Quarantine inspection service assumed by Public Health and Marine- Hospital Service...... 1443 Inspection and fumigation of vessels . 1553 Philippine Islands- Quarantine transactions ...... 1343,1809, 18.54,2230,2292,2534 Smallpox ...... 1542,1701,2229,2592 Danger of importation of quarantinable diseases .1543,1701 Interisland transports no longer required to await quarantine inspection... 2593 Perry, J. C., Surgeon, Colon- Sanitary conditions anld inspection of vessels .... 1339,1385,1434 Plague on west coast of South America a menace to Panama.. . 1339 Peruviani flour mills; precautions against rats . 2641 Pierce, Claude C., Assistant Surgeon, Panama- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels . 1340,1385, 1434,1487, 1539, 1592 Smallpox and yellow fever. ------1385 Rules for vessels destined for Panama from ports on the west coast of South America ...... 1340 Law for establishment of national home for lepers .1386 Quarantine transactions .------1539 Mortality, January to July, 1904 .------1592 Study of disease conditions .1592 Pilgrimage; preventive measures, Bombay 2580 Plague table- United States. ------.-.-... 1323, 1368, 1413, 1461,1520,1570, 1622,1675,1731, 1785,1839,1889,1935, 1987, 2107, 2154, 2210, 2264,2324, 2370,2426,2470, 2516,2568,2627,2669 Foreign.------1349,1391,1438, 1490,1547,1598,1643.1705,1759,1816,1864,1913,1963,2035,2082, 2129,2185, 2238, 2301, 2346, 2401, 2449,2491,2542,2599,2647,2691 Plague- Insular- Hawaii- Hilo .------1533,1744 Honolulu .------1336,1689,2384,2580 Kohala, suspect .------2011 Philippine Islands- Cebu . 1544

Manila .------1541, 1542, 1754,2124,2229,2443 Africa- Cape Colony .------.-. -.-1326,1414,1464,1475,1522,1572, 1582,1589,1630,1677,1688,1734,1743,1799,1892,1900,1945, 1990, 1991, 2008, 2058, 2110, 2156, 2212, 2278, 2279, 2326,2428, 2671,2672 Durban.------2480 Lourengo Marquez ....-.. 1788, 1938,2326 Natal ...... 1418 Transvaal . 1378,1425,1475,1484 Arabia, Aden ...... 2472, 2519,2572,2589,2630,2638,2672,2682 Argentina ...... 2521,2574,2674 Australia- Brisbane ...... 1... ]371,1378, 1379, 1425, 1465,1522, 1531, 1582, 1630, 1677, 1743, 2278, 2279, 2632 Perth ...... 1843,1900, 1994,2158, 2330 Sydnev.... . 1371,1378,1466,1523,1677,1900 Brazil-

Bahia .- - - - 1416,1573,1630,1681,1682,1734,1788, 1789,1790,1893,1994,1997,2002,2059,2060,2158,2161,2162,2163, 2231,2214,9266,2267,2269,2373,2429, 2430, 2572, 2575, 2673, 2675 History of plague outbreak .------1624 Nictheroy ...... 2520 Pernambuco ...... 1894,1998 Pindamonhangaba .------...... -1999 XVIII INDEX.

Plague-Continued. Page. Brazil-Continued. Rio de Janeiro -..------...--...... --. 1418, 1425, 1468,1469, 1573,1574,1682,1683, 1688, 1736, 1791,1895, 1996, 2000,2003, 2158, 2268, 2269, 2270, 2278, 2430, 2433, 2522, 2675 British India- Bombay ...... 1381, 1474, 1477, 1531, 1534, 1690, 1745, 1904, 1948,2221, 2336, 2480, 2639 Calcutta ...... 1382, 1483,1536,1692, 1904, 1950,2223,2337,2640 Chile- Antofagasta...-....-...... 1470,1540 Arica-.. ------1435,2075,2339 Valparaiso ....-..-...... -...... 1540 China- Amoy------1331,1470, 1474 Canton 1578 Fuchau ------1738,2004,2164 Hongkong. 1330, 1425,1526,1578,1685,1792, 1939, 1945,2215,2271,2278,2525 Kwang-tsou Wan ...... -.....-.-...... 1425,1630,1743, 1900 Egypt - .. .1378, 1425, 1474, 1581,1629,1688, 1742,1799,1846,1900,2008, 2020,2064, 2115, 2223, 2438, 2578, 2584, 2588, 2680, 2681 Alexandria . 1378,1582, 1630, 1742, 1799,'1846,2008, 2115, 2223, 2278, 2279, 2283, 2286, 2334,2438, 2480 Port Said - 1378, 1425,1742, 2283 Formosa . 1688, 1799, 2064,2438,2640 India- Bombay .--;.. 1426, 1584, 1631, 1802, 1803, 1848, 2012, 2067, 2171, 2279, 2439, 2580 Calcutta - 1426, 1633,1805,1849,2019,2067,2068,2120,2173,2442, 2530,2583 Mauritius - 1425, 1743,1900,2638 Paraguay, Asuncion - 2682 Persia, Lingah .-.-...... 1582 -.1742,2679Peru- Callao - ..-- -1342, 1388,1575,1582,1637, 1808, 1910,2123,2291,2339,2641 Colan -- - 1900 Eten .-.-... 1854,72291,2339,2641,2685 Guadalupe - 2685 La Sullana .-. 1900 ...-..Lima 1342, 1388 1540, 1637,1697,1808, 1900, 1909,1954,207-4,2123,2291,2339,2641,2685 Pacasmavo - .----.----.--..2291, 2641 Paita -1342, 1797, 1808, 1846, 1910,1954,2074 Piura .-.... . 1900 Salaverry .-... 1435,1637,1808,1910, 1954,2074, 2339 San Pedro -2685 Sechura . 1900 Trujillo.-..-..-..-.-.-...... 1435, 1808 Russia, Trans Caspian ------.. 2278 Straits Settlements, Singapore- ... 2233,2288,2438 Turkey in Asia 1957,2064,2071,2224, 2278,2284 On vessels- Aconeaqua, at Callao - 1377 Corrected . 1899 Australien, at Wusung, China ...... -... 1431 Aus.tria, bark, at Rio de Janeiro, bound for Ship Island; suspect ... 2475 Not plague ...... -.-.-...... -.-... 2523 Biwhopsgate, steamship, South Shields, from Rosario 2278,2285 Cooptic, at Honolulti .-...... 1801 .. Coronation, steamship, from Soerabaya, bound for Delaware Break- water; suspect...... -..... 2455 Korea, at Kobe-. 1332, 1432 Limari, at Callao; bacteriologically 1388 confirmed. ... ,Sealda, steamship, at Moji ...... 2533,2590,2640 INDEX. XIX Plague-Continued. Page. General- Bulletins, Australia... 1371, 1465,1522, I677, 1841,1991, 2156, 2327, 2472, 2631 Coonditions on west coast of South America a menace to Panama . 1339 Investigation of suspect case at Snelling, Cal ...... 2408 Measures in force at foreign ports against arrivals from infected ports . 2571 Origin of infection 'in rats at Tokyo .------1536 Plague in animals ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,--,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,-,.1749, 2215 Propagation, Dr. B. Sorrentino .------1905 Prophylactic inoculation in India ...... 1426 Prophylaxis on board ship.------1633 Recrudescence theory, Bombay . .1948 Suggestions relative to a settled policy against, Bombay. .- .- .-2013

Use of Yersin serum at Lima. ------2123 Ponce, P. R..- Quarantine transactions. ..- .-.- .-1347, 1545, 1756, 1956,2181,2396,2594 Vital statistics ..--.--. ..---1347,1639,2076,2296,2538 Ponds of Laredo XVater Company suspected as breeding places for mosquitoes-. 1396 Pretoria, Transvaal; declared free from plague .------1990 Progreso and Merida, Mexico- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels . 1338, 1432, 1484, 1538, 1590, 1634, 1694, 1751,1849, 1906,2023,2072,2176,2226,2337

.------fever ----1432, 1484, 1538,1590,Yellow 1634,1694,1751, 1849, 1906,2023, 2072, 2176, 2226 Health commission appointed . 1432

Mosquitoes .------1634 Historv of yellow-fever death at lazaretto . ...-.-.. -.-1751 Sanitary conditions at Merida .------1906 Statistics of yellow fever in lazaretto at Merida ... 1907 Withdrawal of service inspector .. :2307 Puerto Cortes, Honduras; sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels.. 1336, 1380, 1426, 1476, 1534, 1584, 1631, 1690, 1744, 1802, 1848, 1902, 1947, 2012, 2066, 2119, 2171, 2221, 2281, 2336 Punts de Sal, Cuba; yellow fever..-.-....----2219,2275,2276 Purnell, J. H., Acting Assistant Surgeon- Reports from- Alice . 1311 Galveston . 1358,1444 Gonzales . 1606 Houston . .1358,1397,1445 Lockhart .------1654 Luling .------1557,1606 Marion ....------.-1606 Rockport .------1655 San Antonio .------1398,1445,1715 Seguin. ,------.-1606 Yoakum .------1398, 1444 Work of saniitary departinent of San Antonio; mortality .- .-.... -1396, 1655,1920, 2088, 2089, 2247, 2308 Sanitary conditions.------....----...... -.-2352 Conditions at Houston .1397. Antimosquito ordinance at Houston ...... 1397, 1445 Necropsy in suspect case at San Diego . 1445 Q. Quarantine table- National .------1318, 1362,1404,1454,1508,1562,1612,1664, 1720, 1774,1830,1878,1926,1976, 2046, 2096, 2142, 2198, 2252, 2314, 2358, 2414, 2460,2506, 2556, 2614, 2658 State an(d municipal .------1320, 1364, 1408,1456,1514, 1564,1616,1668, 1724,1778,1832,1882,1928, 1980, 2048, 2100, 2146, 2202, 2256, 2316, 2362, 2418, 2462, 2508, 2560, 2618, 2660 Quarantine- Amendment to the regulations regarding bills of health for vessels from port.s in British Columbia ...... 2307 Close season, at Mobile Bay to close on October 31, 1904 ...... 2191 Maritime, Louisiana, to be withdramwn ...... 2191 XX INDEX. Quarantine-Continued. Page. Texas, against Mexico to be raised ------' 2193 Proclamation, governor of Texas -2245 Canal Zone, circular 1797 Danish West Iindies, against Demerara------1796 Quebec, Canada; inspection of immigrants ...... 1330,1374,1577, 1627, 1939, 2331 R.

Ranches; inspection of ...... 1499, 1555, 1653, 1713 Rats; examination of; plague infection- San Francisco ...... 1605,2407,2456, 2500,2549,2607 Australia ------.1371, 1465, 1522, 1677, 1841, 1991, 2156, 2327, 2472 Callao, measures against- -.- ...-..- ..-..1697, 1753, 1808, 1909,2074, 2641 Precautions against in Peruvian flour mnills- -..-....-...-..-..-..2641 South Africa ...... 1326,1415,1464,1522,1572, 1677, 1734,1892, 1990, 2058, 2110, 2156, 2212, 2266, 2326, 2342, 2428, 2571, 2629, 2671

Tokyo, plague infection ------1536 Richardson, T. F., Passed Assistant Surgeon, Laredo, Tex.- Authorities in Corpus Christi request demonstration of antimosquito work ------1313 Summary of work at Laredo and New Laredo ------1313, 1357, 1398, 1446, 1504, 1554, 1826,1870, 1921 Mortality in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo - 1357, 1503, 1768, 1921,2136 Force under McGregor discontinued ------1399 Case reported at San Diego not yellow fever ------1399 Mosquito ordinances passed ------1714 House to house inspection at New Laredo discontinued - 2088

Texas quarantine against Mexico to be raised ...... 2193

Rinderpest in Lower Burma ...... 1685 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels -....-...-.-.. 1326, 1416, 1467, 1573, 1625, 1687,1736, 1790, 1894, 1995, 2000, 2160, 2162, 2268,2269, 2270, 2374, 2430, 2519, 2573, 2674 Plague, smallpox and yellow fever ------1327, 1416, 1467, 1573,1625,1681, 1736, 1790, 1791,1895, 1896,1995,2000, 2160, 2162, 2163, 2268, 2269, 2270, 2374, 2430, 2433, 2519, 2573, 2674 Dysentery in Pernambuco -1327, 1417, 1418, 1575,1790,2002 Yellow fever and the mosquito ------1328 Vaccination in Rio de Janeiro ------1328, 1926,2575 Port declared free from plague ------1328 Recrudescence of plague.-.---...... -.--- .1417 Sanitary condition of Port Alegre ------1416 Plague in Natal .------.1418 Sanitary conditions at- Manaos ------1467 Campos ------1467 Minas Geraes -.------1573 Sanitary convention held by representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Para- guay, and Uruguay ------.-..-.....---1525.1573 Disinfection of vessels at Para ------1681 Plague at Bahia ------....----..1681,1997 at Pernambuco Plague ------1895,1998 Typhus fever in Para ...... -...... -...... 1736 Compulsory vaccination ------..-...-.1996,2575 Reburial of yellow-fever victims from Italian naval vessel Lonbardia - 1999 Transandine Railway ------.2000 Case of suspected plague on bark Austria at Rio de Janeiro-2475,2523 MIortuary statistics of Nictherov .-...... 2521 Visit to plague hospital at Jurajuba ------2523 Rio Grande City, Tex.- Sanitary conditions; reports ...... 1357, 1500, 1556,1655, 1714,1768,1825,1870,1920, 1970, 2088, 2193 Inspection of ferries ...... -. 1825, 1870, 1920 Inspector appointed ...... 1870 Measles and continued fever ...... 1920 INDEX. XxI Page. S. St. Louis, Mo., assistant health coinmissioner; smallpox; comparison with

... 2351 previous years ...... San Antonio, Tex.- - WVork of sanitary department ...... 1396, 1655, 1920,2088, 2308,2501

MIortality ...... 1396,1655,2089

Condlitions ...... 2247, 2352 San Diego, Tex.- Case not yellow fever..-...... -....-...-..-...... 1399, 1445 Conditions - ...... 1498,15.54,1653,1712,1767,1870 Mlalarial fever; stegomvic-e ...... ------..-.-1498, 1767 Cerebro-spinal ]ieningitis ...... 1712 Fever--...... 1713 San Francisco, Cal. -

Summiiary of work in Chiiiatown- . . . . . 1311, 135i6, 1395,1443,1495,1553, 1605,1650,1712,1765, 1823,1869,1919, 1969,2041,2087, 2135, 2192,2246, 2307,2407,2455, 2500, 2549, 2607 Bacteriological examination of suspect plague case at Oakland negative.-. 1395 Fumigation of steamship Korea at San Francisco quarantine - 1495 Examination of rats ...... 1605,2407,2456, 2500,2549,2607 Disinfection for tuberculosis on vessels-.... -...... - ... 1919, 2135, 2192 Vaccination of emnigrants to the Canal Zone -..-...... 2550 Sanitarv convention, Amierican Republics .-...... -..--. l1711 San Juan, P. R.- Quarantine transactions ------1346,1638, 1755, 2075,2179, 2485 Vital statistics -- 1346,1639, 1756, 2076, 2180, 2485 Inspection of immigrants ------1858, 1910,1956, 2077, 2180, 2295, 2397, 2444, 2538, 2593, 2685 Santa Rosa quiarantine, Fla., miialarial fever on steamship Fresklield fromn Dakar, South Africa ------2041 Santiago de Cuba- Sanitary conditions and inspectioni of vessels ------1333. 17.5, 1424,1473, 1529., 1580, 1629, 1687. 1741, 1795, 1845,1898, 1943, 1994, 2007, 2063, 2115, 2168, 2218, 2275, 2379, 2436, 2437, 2477, 2636 2218 Injury done by storm-i -.------..-- 1333,1375,1424, Street (-leaning -.------...... - 1529,1629 Saniitarv conditions--.--..----...... ---- 1376, 2526 D)isinfection of steamship Frieda fromn Tampico - 1845 Monthly rep)orts -. 1944, 2526, 2637 Transactions, third quarter of year 1904------2168 tellow fever at PunIita de Sal -22. 7)19, 2275-, 2276, 2380, 2382, 2436 Quarantine of steamship Craigneuk from Colon ...... 2477 Sutspicious case ascertained to be malarial fever ------2636 New (-ontagious-disease hospital established - 2636 Scarlet fever, foreign- Nlatanzas ..--....----.. -1472,1628,1794,1844, 1941 2631 Quieensland- -- -- Se.lada, steamiship, at MIoji; plague - 2533, 2590, 2640 Seoul, Korea; Anmericani minister; cholera reported at Antung - 1432 Shanghai, China, consul- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels -..1420, 1470, 1527,1738, 1793,1897,2004, 2164,2216,2376, 2435, 2.525, 2577, 2633 Smalipox ---14,------14O 1527, 1738,1793,1897, 2004, 2164, 2216,2377, 2435, 2525,25i77,2633 Vaccination - 2164 Cholera -.--..--..----..-- 1470, 1738,1793,1897 Cholera on steamship Coptic in Manila Harbor- - .-.- ....-.-.... 1420 Beriberi near Nanking- .------.-.-..... --- 1793 Circular relative to precautions against cholera--.-...---.. 1897, 2377 Viability of the cholera organism- -...... 2005 Inspection of einigrants - .2112,-- 2166, 2216 Plague at Fuchau -..--.--...------..---- 1738, 2165 Restrictions as to fruit exportation removed- - ...- ...... 2377 Subsidence of (lengue fever and disappearance of mosquitoes .. - . 2577 Sierra, steamship, at Honolulu, from San Francisco; leprosy ...... 1,583 xxii INDEX. Page. Singapore, Straits Settlements; plague ...... 2233 Sleeping sickness- Transvaal ...... 1480 French Tropical Africa .-.-.-.-.-...... 2175 Smallpox- Table, United States ...... 1322, 1366,1410, 1458,1516, 1566,1618,1670,1726, 1780, 1834, 1884, 1930,1982,2050, 2102, 2148, 2204, 2258, 2318, 2364, 2420, 2464, 2510, 2562, 2620, 2662 Georgia- Decatur County . -...... 1766 Liberty County, correction relative to ------1765 Illinois,IllioisChicago.--224...... 165Chiago...... 24 Indiana, Evansville ...... 2607 Maine-...... 1356, 1443,1496,1553, 1652,1712,1766, 1824,1869,1919, 1969,2042,2087,2135,2192,2246,2550 Missouri, St. Louis; comparison with previous years ...... 2351 North Carolina, Wilmingtomn ...... 2550 Philippines- Manila ...... 1541,1701, 1754, 1808,2026,2124,2229,2396,2443 Provinces ...... 1701,2534,2592 Porto Rico, San Juan ...... -...... 1638 Table, foreign ...... 1350, 1391, 1439,1491, 1548,1600, 1644, 1706, 1761, 1817, 1865, 1915,1964,2036, 2083, 2131, 2186, 2239, 2302, 2347, 2403, 2451, 2493, 2544, 2601, 2648, 2692 Argentina, Bahia Blanca ------....-- 2674 Australia, Queensland -.------...... -..-...... -- 2631 Brunai Borneo, ...... -...... 1939 Brazil-

Bahia.------1681,1788, 1789, 1893, 1994,2059,2060, 2159,2213,2214,2266,2267, 2268,2429,2572 Nietheroy ...... ------.---..-.-...... 2520 Para .-.-.-.-...... -..-...... 2574 Rio de Janeiro ..-.-...... 1326, 1328, 1329, 1416, 1468, 1469,1573, 1625,1682, 1683,1736, 1790, 1895,1995,1996, 2160, 2162, 2163, 2268, 2269, 2270, 2375, 2431, 2432, 2433, 2522, 2574, 2675 Rio (Grande do Sul ------.. 2521 Santos-2433,2520 China- Chefoo ------2525 Hongkong -...... ---1330, 1419.1526, 1578, 1685, 1792, 1939,2216,2271,2524 Shanghai ...... 1420, 1470,1527,1738, 1793,1897,2004,2164,2216,2377,2435, 2525, 2577,2633 Tientsin ------1337 Cuba, Habana ------1422 Ecuador-

Guayaquil, vicinity ...... 2637 Santa Elena ...... -...... -...... 2678 Porto Viejo ------2278 Great Britain, Yorkshire - ...--...... - 2532 India- Bombay ....- ... 1381,1426,1477, 1535, 1584,1632, 1692,1745,1802, 1848, 1902, 1948,2012,2067,2171, 2221,2336,2385,2439,2580,2639 Calcutta ------2068 Madras, 1874 to 1904 ------.2583 Japan- Nagasaki 1...... 1537 Yokoha-a ...... -...... 1536 Mexico, Tampico ...... 1338,2289 Panama, Panama1 ...... 3.8.2385 Peru- Arequipa ...... -...-...... 1596 Payta..-...... -..-.. ...-... 1797 Turkey, Copstantinople ...... 2392 Turkey in Asia ...... ------2 284 Venezuela, La Guayra...... ------.-..-...-..-2078,21281 INDEX. xxIII

Smallpox Continued. On vessels- U. S. hoister Great Pedee, at Charleston ------2608 Ensenada, barkentine, at Barbados, from Rosario 2341,2444,2594 Juan Rodriguez, at Manila ------1755 La Navarre, at Habana ------1332 Smith, A. C., Surgeon, iNew Orleans, La., vaccination certificates issued to emigrants for the Canal Zone ------2357,2550 Smyrna, Turkey; plague ------1957 Snelling, Cal., investigation suspect plague ------2408 Spotted fever of the Rocky Mountains; zoological investigation of ..-.... 1649 Sprague, E. K., Passed Assistant Surgeon, Calcutta- Inspection of vessels------1430 Cholera and plague-- .------...------...... -----.-.-. 1382,1430 Stiles, Dr. Ch. Wardell; preliminary report on the cause, transmission, and source of spotted fever of the Rocky Mountains - 1649 Stimpson, W. G., Passed Assistant Surgeon, San Francisco, Cal.- Disinfection for tuberculosis on steamship George W. Elder -..-..-- .1919 On steamship Alameda ------2135 On steamship Arcata ------. -----i-..-.-.------2192 Vaccination of emigrants to the Canal Zone------2550 Surgeon-General- To Passed Assistant Surgeon Goldberger, at Tampico; station ordered to be closed -....-.-.. .. 2289 To Passed Assistant Surgeon Lumsden, at Veracruz; station ordered to be closed - .------.-.-2289 To Doctor Souchon; withdrawal of service Iinspectors at Progreso, Tam- pico, and Veracruz - 2307 Circular relative to certificates of successful vaccination of emiigrants for the Canal Zone.------2332 T. Tampico, Mexico- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels ------1338, 1485, 1590, 1695, 1752, 1908, 1951, 2024, 2177, 2289 Mosquitoes -.------1590, 1695,2024 Malarial disease - 1695, 1752, 1908,1951,2024,2289 Increase in mnalarial diseases and in number of anopheles mosquitoes 2024 Smallpox and yellow fever ------1338 Malarial diseases, smallpox, uncinariasis, and tuberculosis -.- ...2289 Station ordered to be closed -..--.----...-- 2289 History of yellow-fever case -.------..-- 1337 Withdrawal of service inspector -...... ------2307 Teheran, Persia; Vice-Consul-General- Cholera in Persia ------1435, 1487,1541,1595, 1636,1697, 1807, 1853,1955, 2026, 2'23, 2178 Direction of diffusion of cholera- 1435, 1853 Relief measures - 1595, 1636 Tetanus infection after inoculation against plague -..... 1534 Texas, governor- Proclamation relative to campaign against recrudescence of yellow fever. 1353 Quarantine against Mexico to be raised - 2193 Quarantine proclamation ------..-----. 2245 Torridge, steamship, at Colombo; cholera------2676 Treasury Department- Correspondence with Department of State relative to bills of health for vessels from Vancouver -.--..------1354 Amendment to quarantine regulations regarding bills of health for vessels from ports in British Columbia- - ....--- ..- ..- ..- .- ..2307 Trotter, F. E., asssistant surgeon, San Francisco quarantine; fumigation of steamship Korea------1495 Tuberculosis- Human and bovine; unity of ------1383 Foreign- Birmingham (notification) - ...... -- ...... - ...... 2383 Habana ------1423 Queensland ------.... 2631 XXIV INDEX.

Tuberculosis-Continued. Page. On vessels- Steamship Empire, from China, at Townsville, Australia ...... 2631 Disinfection of vessels on account of- Rosamond, at Honolulu - ---- 1335 CGeorge W. Elder, at San Francisco ------1919 Alameda, at San Francisco ------2135 A reata, at San Francisco ------2192 Berkshire, at Philadelphia ...... 2500 Typhus fever-

Callao ...... 2443 Naples, vicinity of ------1589 Para...... - -1736 UL. Uncinariasis- In Venezuela ------.2125 At Tampico ------. 2289 V. Vaccination Brazil; general ------2575 Colon ------1850, 1852 Egypt ------2022 Italian emigrants ------t. - . .-...... ---..-....-.- 1536 Rio de Janeiro ------1328, 1996 Philippine Islands ------....------1808 Punjab------2019 Shanghai ------2164 On vessels- Jose Gallart, at Matanzas ------...... ------.2274 Jutan Forgas, at Alatanzas ------1374 Circular relative to- Successful vaccination of emigrants for the Canal Zone -- 2332 Vaccination of emigrants -.------;- .- .2351,2550,2686 Vancouver, British Columbia- Vessels fromi not required to have consular bill of health ------1354, 1355 Inspection of immigrants ------1470, 1685,1897,2112,2576 T`enezuela, steamship, at Limon; nmeasles ------2633 Veracruz, Mexico- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels -..- .- .-. 1384,1433, 1485,1590, 1635, 1695, 1752,1806, 1908, 1952, 2024, 2072, 2177, 2227, 2289, 2337 Yellow fever... 1433, 1485, 1590, 1635,1695, 1752,1806,1908, 1952,2024,2072,2177 On steamship Ifabana, from Progreso ------1339, 1433 On steamship Vigilancia, from Progreso - 1384 Mosquitoes ------.1485 Malarial fever--.------2337 Lower death rate from mosquito-borne diseases ------1952 Circular relative to precautions against yellow fever on vessels bound for United States - 1952 Yellow fever along Tehuantepec National Railroad - 2177 Station ordered to be closed -2289,2307 Victoria, Canada; inspection of immigrants . -. 1419,1627,1897,2164,2576 TVigiancia, steamship- At Veracruz, from Progreso; yellow fever - 1384 At Habana .-..2... 2061 W. Walker, J. G., Admiral; no deaths among employees of Isthmian Canal Com- mission- ...... 2331 Ward, W. K., assistant surgeon, Barbados, West Indies- Sanitary conditions and inspection and fumigation of vessels . 1860, 1957, 2028, 2126,2181,2234,2296,2341,2444,2486,2594,2642,2686 Leprosy-. . ... 1860,1957 Circular, disinfection of vessels-...... -.1959...... INDEX. xxv Ward, WV. K., assistant surgeon, Barbados, WVest Indies-Continued. Page. Beriberi on bark Bklnca, from Delagoa Bay ...... 2028 Circularand correspondencerelative toWestIndianquarantineconference- 2029 Proposed yellow fever expedition to the Amazon .2234 Smallpox on barkentine Ensenada, from Rosario ...... 2341,2444,2594 Measles and influenza ...... 2594,2642,2686 Vaccination of emigrants for the Canal Zone ...... 2686 Wertenbaker, C. P., Surgeon, New Orleans- Inspection of Norwegian steamship Hiso, from Veracruz .1396 Health conditions at Gulfport ...... 1606 White, M. J., Passed Assistant Surgeon, Hongkong, China- Sanitary conditions and inspection of vessels ...... 1330, 1419, 1526, 1578, 1685, 1792, 1939,2112,2215, 2271,2434, 2524, 2677 Cholera, plague, and smallpox .1330, 1331, 1419, 1526, 1578, 1685, 1792, 1939, 2112, 2215, 2251,2524, 2677 City declared free from quarantinable diseases .2434 Quarantine measures ...... 1331, 1419, 1526, 1578,1685, 1792, 2215,2216,2271,2524,2677 Emigrants recommended for rejection ...... 1331, 1420, 1527, 1685, 1792,1939,2112,2216,2272,2434,2525, 2577 Rinderpest in lower Burma ...... 1685 Epidemic plague at Fuchau .1------.792, 2004 Anthrax in Siam ...... 2215 Plague among animals .------.-2215 Wilmington, N. C., Godfrey, John, Surgeon; smallpox ...... 2550 Wyman, Walter, Surgeon-(eneral- To Passed Assistant Surgeon Goldberger at Tampico; station ordered to be closed ...... 2289 To Passed Assistant Surgeon Lumsden, Veracruz, Mex.; station ordered to be closed.------.....---- . I.-----2289 To Doctor Souchon; withdrawal of service inspectors from Progreso, Tampico, and Veracruz ...... 2307 Circular relative to certificates of successful vaccination of emigrants for the Canal Zone ...... 2332 Y. Yellow fever- Table, United States ...... 1324, 1369,1413, 1461,1520,1570, 1622,1675,1731,1785,1839,1889,1935,1987,2055, 2107, 2154, 2210, 2264, 2324, 2370,2426,2470, 2516, 2568, 2627, 2669 Transactions oni account of, at Laredo, Tex .---.------1311,1356,1396, 1444, 1496,1554,1606,1652,1712,1766,1824,1870, 1920, 1970,2042, 2088, 2136, 2193, 2247, 2308, 2351,2456, 2501 Table; foreign .------1349,1390, 1437, 1490,1547,1598, 1643, 1704,1750,1815,1863,1913, 1962,2035,2081, 2129, 2184,2237, 2300,2345,2401,2449,2490, 2541, 2599,2646,2690 Brazil- Para .. 2110,2111 Rio de Janeiro.------1328,1418 1467, 1468, 1469,1573, 1625, 1682,1683,1736,1790, 1894,2160,2162,2270 Colombia, Buenaventura...... --.--..------.-1742 Costa Rica, Limon .------...----.-.-1471, 1528,1578,2217,2332 Cuba, Santiago (Punta de Sal) -. 2219,2273,2275,2276,2380,2382,2436,2476 Ecuador- Guayaquil ...... 1377,1473 1580,1741, 1796,1846,1899, 1945,2007,2277,2437,2479,25a27,2637,2678 Puerto Bolivar ...... 2678 Mexico- Merida ...... 1338 1432, 1484, 1538, 1634, 1694, 1751, 1849, 1906, 1907, 29023,2072, 2176, 2226 Progreso . 1634,1751 Tampico ...... 1337,1338 Tehuantepec National Railroad 2177 Veracruz ...... 1433 1485, 1590, 1635, 1695,1752, 1806, 1908, 1952, 2024, 2072,2177 XXVi INDEX. Yellow fever-Continued. Page. Panama- Ancon ------1696 Colon (suspect) ------2443 Panama ...... ! ...... 1385,2290 Venezuela, La Guayra ...... 1910,92078,2187,2486 On vessels- Buenos Aires, Spanish steamship from Veracruz, at Habana ...... 2378 Cavalier, British yacht, at Guayaquil ...... -...... -...... 2277 Guatemala, at Callao ...... 1377 Corrected ------1899 Habana, at Veracruz, from Progreso - 1339,1433,2333 Limari, at Puna, from Panama ------. 2678

Vigilancia, at Veracruz ...... 1384,2061 General- Recrudescence of; proclamation of governor of Texas relative to campaign against ------1353 Circular relative to precautions against, at Veracruz on vessels bound to United States ...... -...... 1952 Yokohama-

Sanitary conditionls and inspection of vessels ...... 1337, 1431,1536,1589,2226,2288,2394,2533,2590,2640,2683 Emigrants recommended for rejection ...... 1337, 1537,1587,2176,2226,2394,2533,2591,2641,2683 Yoakum, Tex., resolutions adopted by sanitary convention 1444