Early	
  Journal	
  Content	
  on	
  JSTOR,	
  Free	
  to	
  Anyone	
  in	
  the	
  World	
  
This	
  article	
  is	
  one	
  of	
  nearly	
  500,000	
  scholarly	
  works	
  digitized	
  and	
  made	
  freely	
  available	
  to	
  everyone	
  in	
  
the	
  world	
  by	
  JSTOR.	
  	
  
Known	
  as	
  the	
  Early	
  Journal	
  Content,	
  this	
  set	
  of	
  works	
  include	
  research	
  articles,	
  news,	
  letters,	
  and	
  other	
  
writings	
  published	
  in	
  more	
  than	
  200	
  of	
  the	
  oldest	
  leading	
  academic	
  journals.	
  The	
  works	
  date	
  from	
  the	
  
mid-­‐seventeenth	
  to	
  the	
  early	
  twentieth	
  centuries.	
  	
  
	
  We	
  encourage	
  people	
  to	
  read	
  and	
  share	
  the	
  Early	
  Journal	
  Content	
  openly	
  and	
  to	
  tell	
  others	
  that	
  this	
  
resource	
  exists.	
  	
  People	
  may	
  post	
  this	
  content	
  online	
  or	
  redistribute	
  in	
  any	
  way	
  for	
  non-­‐commercial	
  
purposes.	
  
Read	
  more	
  about	
  Early	
  Journal	
  Content	
  at	
  http://about.jstor.org/participate-­‐jstor/individuals/early-­‐
journal-­‐content.	
  	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
JSTOR	
  is	
  a	
  digital	
  library	
  of	
  academic	
  journals,	
  books,	
  and	
  primary	
  source	
  objects.	
  JSTOR	
  helps	
  people	
  
discover,	
  use,	
  and	
  build	
  upon	
  a	
  wide	
  range	
  of	
  content	
  through	
  a	
  powerful	
  research	
  and	
  teaching	
  
platform,	
  and	
  preserves	
  this	
  content	
  for	
  future	
  generations.	
  JSTOR	
  is	
  part	
  of	
  ITHAKA,	
  a	
  not-­‐for-­‐profit	
  
organization	
  that	
  also	
  includes	
  Ithaka	
  S+R	
  and	
  Portico.	
  For	
  more	
  information	
  about	
  JSTOR,	
  please	
  
contact	
  support@jstor.org.	
  
September 
22, 
1899 
1598 
inhabitants, nicely situated on gradually rising ground that affords 
good surface drainage for the city. Like the most modern Cuban towns, 
the streets are wide, and, since the American occupation, are extremely 
clean. Many of the houses, especially the larger ones, were formerly 
used as barracks or hospitals during Spanish times, and, as there has 
been no systematic disinfection, 
are still more or less a source of danger. 
The building used as barracks by one battalion of the Tenth Cavalry 
was formerly 
a Spanish military hospital, and it is here that the few 
cases of yellow fever had their origin. I believe that with a few sug- 
gestions made the foci will soon be destroyed. There was but 1 case of 
fever in the town ; this was from the original focus. 
There were several cases of smallpox in the city, but they had been 
isolated. 
Precautions are being taken to protect the city both from Havana 
and Santiago, nonimmunes not being allowed to land from these places, 
and all baggage must be disinfected. 
During the week there were 7 deaths, the causes being as follows : 
Intestinal diseases, 5; tuberculosis, 1; malaria, 1. Total, 7. 
DAIQUIRI. 
During the week there developed in the mining camp 1 case of 
yellow fever. The man, a Spaniard, came overland from Santiago a 
few days previously, and to that place the infection is traced. The man 
was isolated and since then no new cases have developed. 
GUANTANAMO. 
This place still remains free from infection notwithstanding 
the free 
communication 
with this city ; the reason of this is no doubt due to the 
absolute restriction of nonimmunes, except those on Government busi- 
ness, and the fact that there are but few nonimmunes in the town, the 
troops having been removed further into the interior. 
Bespectfully, yours, 
Herman B. Pauker, 
Assistant (Surgeon 
, U. ¡S. M. ±L. 8. 
The Surgeon-General, 
U S. Marine- 
Hospital Service 
. 
DENMARK. 
Danish West Indies modify quarantine against Cuban and Porto JEtican 
ports . 
Legation of the United States, 
Copenhagen 
, August 30 , 1899. 
Sir : I have honor to advise you of the following quarantine orders 
by the government of the Danish West Indies : 
On May 24 last the quarantine of fifteen 
days imposed on ships arriv- 
ing from the Island of Cuba was modified so that ships and their crews 
will be admitted free on presenting a sanitary certificate 
from the Cuban 
authorities. The passengers, however, must, until further notice, sub- 
, mit to a quarantine of fifteen days to be passed at a lazaretto. The 
quarantine against ships arriving from Ponce, Porto Bico, has been 
replaced by sanitary inspection. 
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, 
Lauritz S. Swenson. 
Tue nonorabie tñe secretary of State.