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February 
8, 1901 
264 
DENMARK. 
Danish West Indies quarantine 
against Puerto Plata , Dominican Republic 
, on 
account of plague. 
Washington, D. C., January 29, 1901 . 
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that, under date of the 11th 
instant, the minister of the United States to Denmark reports that, on 
account of the appearance of yellow fever at Puerto Plata, Dominican 
Republic, the government of the Danish West Indies has declared a 
five davs' quarantine against all vessels coming from that Dort. 
Eesüectfullv, 
John Hay. 
Secretary 
of State . 
Hon. Secretary of the Treasury. 
ENGLAND. 
Report from London - Smallpox in Newcastle 
, Bradford 
, and Glasgow 
. 
London, England, January 28, 1901. 
Sir : I have the honor to make the following report for the week 
ended January 19, 1901 : 
During the week I have visited Newcastle-on Tyne and Hull, in 
obedience to Bureau orders, and the reports of these visits form sepa- 
rate communications. 
There were in Newcastle at the time of my visit 6 cases of smallpox, 
but the cases were in no way connected with the shipping. There are 
also some scattering cases of smallpox at Bradford and vicinity. 
The consul at Glasgow informs me that there were on Monday, the 
21st instant, 203 cases of smallpox in the hospital in that city. There 
has been a considerable number of cases of smallpox in Glasgow for 
many months, but this is a very marked increase in the number of 
cases. , However, as Glasgow is a well vaccinated city, and the sanitary 
authorities most active, I do not anticipate any great spread of the 
disease. 
The health of the British Isles is otherwise satisfactorv. 
Respectfully, 
A. R. Thomas, 
Passed Assistant Surgeon 
, TJ. S. M. H. S. 
The Surgeon-General, 
U. S. Marine- 
Hospital Service. 
History of plague on the steamship 
Friary at Hull. 
London, England, January 22, 1901. 
Sir : I have the honor to make the following report concerning the 
plague among the crew of the steamship Friary at Hull : 
The history of the last voyage of this vessel is briefly that she cleared 
from Cardiff November 17 for Alexandria, Egypt, where she took on a 
cargo of cotton seed. She left that port December 22, touching at 
Algiers December 30, and reached Hull January 10. January 8, a 
Greek sailor became ill and died just before the vessel reached port. 
The port sanitary officers 
visited the vessel and, after a careful exami- 
nation of the body and from the history of the case, decided that he had 
died from " natural causes" and allowed the vessel to proceed to dock. 
It was thought at the time that the man had died from influenza. 
Saturday, January 12, 2 sailors were ill and applied to the port sanitary 
officers for treatment, 
and they were also treated for influenza. One