Massachusetts-Boston. The State Board of Health of Massachusetts reported that a case of typhus fever had occurred at 20 Parkman Street, Boston, Mass., about February 8, 1913; that the patient had been taken sick two days after arrival from Halifax, had been removed to the Massachusetts General Hospital and had been discharged therefrom March 9, 1913, when he returned to his home in Halifax. SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, AND TUBERCULOSIS. Surg. Stoner, of the Public Health Service, reported by telegraph that during the week ended April 19, 1913, 166 cases of measles, with 6 deaths, and that during the week ended April 26, 181 cases, with 3 deaths, were no ified at Pittsburgh, making a total from November 1, 1912, the date of the beginning of the outbreak, of 8,566 cases with 136 deaths. Cases and Deaths Reported by Cities for Week Ended Apr. 12, 1913. IN INSULAR POSSESSIONS. HAWAII. Examination of Rodents. Rodents have been examined for plague infection as follows: Honolulu, week ended April 5, 1913, 440. Hilo, week ended March 22, 985; week ended March 29, 1,033. Honokaa, week ended March 22, 1913, 1,887; week ended March 29, 1,738. No plague-infected rodent was found. Honolulu Cerebrospinal Meningitis. Surg. Trotter reports April 15 the occurrence of 3 fatal cases of cerebrospinal meningitis at Honolulu. Of these, 1 occurred in a Hawaiian, 1 in a Filipino, and 1 in an European. PORTO RICO. Rodents Collected and Examined. Passed Asst. Surg. Creel reports that during the week ended April 12, 1913, there were examined 1,904 rodents, collected from various points in Porto Rico, and that of these 578 were collected from various parts of San Juan municipality. No case of plague in man has been notified in Porto Rico since September 12, 1912, and no plague-infected rat has been found since December 19, 1912. (853) |