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June 
16, 
1899 
926 
At the suggestion of Surgeon H. R. Carter, all baggage of non-immunes 
going from this place to Baracoa, Gibara, and Nue vitas, on the north 
coast, will be disinfected here. 
Guantanamo. 
- Sanitary Inspector Fernando Mn y Caballero reports 
that for the week ended May 20 there was a total of 9 deaths at Guanta- 
namo. The causes of death were as follows : Malarial diseases, 3 ; 
tuberculosis, 2 ; enteritis, 1 ; apoplexy, 1 ; chronic diarrhea, 1 ; rickets, 
1; total, 9. Eight vessels were inspected- 7 on arrival and 1 on 
departure. 
Daiquiri . - Sanitary Inspector Juan J. de Jongh reports for the week 
ended May 27 a total of 1 death - cause, icteria grava. There was 1 
vessel inspected, both on arrival and departure. 
Respectfully, yours, 
Herman B. Parker, 
Assistant Surgeon 
, U. S. M. li. S. 
The Supervising Surgeon- General, 
17. S . Marine- 
Hospital Service 
. 
DANISH WEST INDIES. 
Quarantine 
restrictions 
against Island of Marguerite 
revoked 
. 
Legation of the United States, 
Copenhagen 
, May 23 , 1899. 
Sir : I have the honor to report that the quarantine imposed by the 
Government of the Danish West Indies on ships arriving from the 
Island of Marguerite, off the coast of Venezuela, was revoked March 23 
last. 
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, 
Laurits S. Swenson. 
The honorable the Secretary of State. 
EGYPT. 
Plague in Alexandria . 
Alexandria, Egypt, May 27, 1899 . 
Sir : Herewith I inclose the translation of the report of Rogers Pasha, 
respecting the outbreak of plague in Alexandria, I have only to add 3 
cases that were discovered, yesterday, the 26th, all of whom are doing 
well, and up to to-day not a single case of death. That makes in all 7 
cases ; none of the cases seem to take a virulent form. I will inform 
you immediately if the plague takes a serious form. 
Yours, respectfully, 
J. F. Love. 
The Supervising Surgeon-General, 
TJ. S. Marine- 
Hospital Service 
. 
[Inclosure.] 
Alexandria, Egypt, May 26, 1899. 
The following 
is a translation 
of the report 
addressed 
by his excellency 
Sir John 
Rogers 
Pasha, K. C. M. G., to the minister 
of the interior 
on the outbreak 
of plague in 
Alexandria 
: 
A Greek, 
of about 19 years 
of age, was admitted 
to the Greek 
Hospital 
at Alexandria 
on May 2 ; he had a high fever 
and an inguinal 
bubo. The case was isolated 
and treated 
as suspicious. This man had not been out of Alexandria 
for three years. He was 
employed 
in a grocery, 
but lived in a house a part of which 
was used as an hotel fre-