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861 
May 6, 1904 
DANISH WEST INDIES. 
Qtarantidne ayainst Deiiercra replaced by quaeazntove mspectao. 
The following is received from Minister Swenson, at Copenhagen, 
under date of April 18: 
Quarantine by the Danish West Inidies against Demnerara, reported 
in miy dispatch of May 29, 1903, was raised on March 9. 
Ships arriving 
from that place miust, however, subrmit to a quarantine inspection. 
Quara?thine 
aqainNt the (Jrenad/n ee raised. 
The following is received fronm nminister at Copenhagen uinder date 
of April 27: 
The quarantine against the Grenadines, which formed the subject of 
mv dispatch of May 6, 1903, was raised on February 25, 1904. 
ECUADOR. 
Report fr<om G uatyaq ulil-Jm/R2petiom 
of ve.elv--- Ylo)" feve-ilor- 
tality statistics. 
Acting Assistant Surgeon Gruver reports, April 4 atnd 9. as follows: 
During the week ended April 2, 1904, a total of 67 deaths were 
recorded as follows: Yellow fever 7, tuberculosis 7. pernicious fever 
11, infectious fever 1, fevers without classification 12, from all other 
diseases 29. 
The steanmship i1fanav, a coasting steamer, cleared fromi this port 
on April 2, for Panama, via other ports. 
There were on board 6 
officers, 39 crew, 27 cabin, and 8 steerage passengers; all told 80. 
During the month ended March 31, 1904. the total mortality in this 
city was 312, of which 39 deaths were from yellow fever and 28 fromn 
tuberculosis. 
For the same period last year there were 358 deaths 
recorded, of which 47 were fronii yellow fever and 35 from tubercul- 
losis. 
Presenit ofticially estimated population, 60,000. 
t-rxbactS fro)n. catble ))uessaqyes 
recebved by tlte qoveriwor of this ])orovince 
fiowt, the -Ecuadorean diplon.wc,tic veprc8entatu'e8 in (Jhile (ndd Peru 
r elative to b. .bon _e ])lc/a e. 
Liinla-April 
4, last two days, 4 cases, 2 deaths; April 4, yesterday, 
one case in city, other on farm near; runmor from Santiago says 3 cases 
in Iquique; April 4, actually existing in hospital, 33; of these, 9 
serious; April 4, 7 mild and 16 convalescent; April 6, last two days, 4 
cases. 
Santiago de Ch le-April 
7, suspicious epidemic Antofogasta, 
believed to be plague; April 7, yesterday, 2 cases, 1 suspicious, 2 dead; 
notice fron Antofogasta, 40 cases of plague officially reported there. 
Confirmed also in Iquique. 
hfealth and san tary eondition of Guayaq?ii and vicinity- 
Yellow 
fever eJ)idevnics. 
The following is received from Acting Assistant Surgeon Gruver 
under date of April 4, 1904: 
The certainty of the completion of the isthlmian canal gives to 
Guayaquil a position, from a sanitary standpoint, not possessed a few