Tokyo, Aug. 29.
Considerable apprehension has been aroused here over the steady spread of an epidemic, which is peculiar form of spinal meningit A few cases occur annually. but this year it hax been particularly aleut, and accompanied by an unusually high mortality.
'A peculiarity of this disease, which up to the present physic are unable to understand, the is in the early stages show symptoms of meningitis, after which—they fall into a comutore condition, remaining in such till death.
The most Tokyo have been dosna affected districts, which include many of the provinces in West Mende, and—the Tokushima and Kagawa provinces of Shikok The mortality everywhere ranges from 30 per cent. (0 G0 per cent. mostly areng the aged. out, of 1400 ca Ten eases of mani which was fatal, have been record in Yokohama which 23 were fat cording to latest rep Ps
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