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May 27, 
1898 
544 
BRITISH COLUMBIA. 
Case of smallpox at Victoria 
, British Columbia. 
Port Townsend Quarantine, 
Port Townsend, 
Wash., May 16, 1898. 
Sir : I have the honor to inclose a copy of a letter from Dr. A. T. 
Watt, superintendent of British Columbia Quarantines, conveying the 
information 
that 1 case of smallpox was discovered in Victoria, British 
Columbia, on the 9th ultimo and isolated at once, and that no further 
case has been found and no source for the contagion. 
Respectfully, yours, 
S. D. Brooks, 
Passed Assistant Surgeon 
, 77. 8. M. H. 8. 
[Inclosure.J 
DOMINION 
OF CANADA. 
Office of Superintendent 
of British Columbia Quarantines, 
Victoria 
, British 
Columbia, 
May 15 , 1898. 
Dear Doctor : In answer 
to your inquiry 
in regard 
to smallpox 
in Victoria 
in your 
letter 
of 3d instant, 
I have to say that 1 case of smallpox 
is at present 
in the isolation 
hospital 
in Victoria. The case was discovered 
April 9. They were taking 
the patient 
out into the country 
in a box when the horse 
ran away, upsetting 
the wagon 
and caus- 
ing the man to yell lustily. This brought 
the police, 
and the Chinaman 
was found 
to 
have smallpox. No source 
has been discovered. 
The man had been in the county 
four 
years. No other 
cases have developed 
so far as known. 
I have the honor 
to be, yours, 
faithfully, 
A. T. Watt. 
S. D. Brooks, Esq., 
Passed 
Assistant 
Surgeon 
, U. 8 . M. H. &, Port Townsend. 
DANISH WEST INDIES. 
Quarantine against Puerto Cabello on account of smallpox. 
Department of State, 
Washington 
, D. C., May 28, 1898. 
Sir: By direction of the Secretary of State, I have the honor to 
inclose for your information copy of a dispatch from our minister at 
Copenhagen, reporting that quarantine has been declared by the Danish 
West Indies against Puerto Cabello. 
Respectfully, yours, 
J. B. Moore, 
Assistant Secretary. 
Hon. Secretary of the Treasury. 
[Inclosure- 
No 37.] 
Legation of the United States, 
Copenhagen 
, May 6 , 1898. 
Sir: I have the honor to inform 
you that the Government 
of the Danish West 
Indies has declared 
a quarantine 
of fifteen 
days against 
ships arriving 
at Puerto 
Cabello 
on account 
of the appearance 
of smallpox 
at that port. 
I have the honor 
to be, sir, your obedient 
servant, 
Hon. Secretary of State. 
LAURITS 
S. JSWENSON.