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April 
7, 1899 
488 
Case of yellow 
fever at Matanzas . 
Matanzas, Cuba, March 30 , 1899 . 
Sir : I have the honor to report a case of yellow fever, in a civilian. 
The character of the case was determined to-day. It is under treat- 
ment at the military hospital. 
Respectfully, yours, 
G. M. Guiteras, 
Passed Assistant Surgeon 
, U. S. M. II. 8 . 
DENMARK. 
Danish West Indies quarantine against Ponce. 
[No. 87.] 
Legation of the United States, 
Copenhagen 
} March 15, 1899 . 
Sir : I have the honor to report that owing to an epidemic of small- 
pox at Ponce, Porto Eico, the Government of the Danish West Indies 
has declared a quarantine of fifteen days against ships arriving from 
that port. 
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, 
Lauritz S. Swenson. 
Hon. Secretary of State. 
INDIA. 
Plague in Calcutta and measures to prevent its spread. 
Consulate-General 
of the United States, 
Calcutta 
, March 1 , 1899. 
Sir: I have the honor to state that the inclosed appeared in the 
Englishman of this city, of the 25th ultimo, announcing the reappear- 
ance of the plague here, though in sporadic form only, but a sufficient 
number of cases to cause the Government to adopt measures for its 
restriction and suppression. I immediately cabled you as follows, viz, 
u Plague, sporadic." 
As the cold weather is nearly ended, it is hoped that the measures 
adopted may prevent the disease becoming epidemic. 
I am, sir, your obedient servant, 
R. F. Patterson, 
United States Consul- 
General. 
Hon. Assistant Secretary of State. 
Plague 
in Calcutta 
- Official 
declaration. 
[Inclosure.] 
A Calcutta 
Gazette 
extraordinary, 
issued last night, 
contains 
the following 
resolution 
: 
By a notification 
(No. 6026) issued by the municipal 
medical 
department 
of this Gov- 
ernment 
on October 
10, 1898, it was announced 
that Calcutta 
was free 
from 
plague, 
no 
fresh 
case of or death from 
the disease 
having 
occurred 
since September 
28. In a reso- 
tion published 
on the same date, the lieutenant-governor 
drew attention 
to the danger 
of a possible 
reappearance 
of plague, 
and expressed 
his desire that the ward, 
family, 
and caste hospitals 
which 
had been opened 
under 
private 
management 
should 
be main- 
tained 
in working 
order, 
and that the precautions 
which 
had been taken 
to stave off 
an 
outbreak, 
and to deal with it if it should 
arise, should 
not be relaxed. 
2. Since these announcements 
were made, dropping 
cases of a suspicious 
character