The epidemic of measles and whooping-cough which began in April continued throughout May. Pnoumonia has almost disappeared from among us. There were six now cases and one death from typhoid fever. Smallpox is slowly diminishing among the native population, there being eighteen deaths as against twenty-two last month; there were three cases of this disease but no deaths among the foreign residents.
Deaths Registered in the Foreign Community. 1898. 1899. Small-pox 0 0 haul fever 0 1 Cholera 0 0 Total from all causes 5 6 Galeulated population... 5,280 5,510 Death-rate per thousand 9.47 10.9
Deaths Registered in the Native Community. 1898. 1899. Small-pox. iM 18 Cholera. 0 0 Total from all causes... 315 S48 Calculated population...300,000 322,000 Death-rate per thousand 10.5 07.7
Infectious Diseases Notified in Foreign Community.
Small-pox Cholera Typhoid Fever Typhus Fever. Dysentery Diphthi Scarlet Fever Whooping-cough Influenza
Malaria Lobar Pneumonia Infantile Diarrhea Chicken-pox tome Soon Total 142
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