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The Plague in the East.
During the year there has been a prevalence of the
disease in Portugal, India, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Siberia,
Madagascar and South America.
In conformity with the General Order of the Local
Government Board as to regulations respecting cholera,
plague and yellow fever, I received on the 22nd of August,
a notification from the Medical Officer of Health of the
Port of Bristol, that Mr. Ruddock had arrived there by the
S.S. Douro from Oporto, where cases of bubonic plague had
occurred, and that on landing at the Port he had proceeded
to No. 57, Guilford Street, in this District. Upon receipt
of this information I visited Mr. Ruddock, and found him
to be apparently in good health. As he was journeying to
Glasgow, I reported the matter to the Medical Officer of
Health of that City.
II.—Constitutional and Tubercular Diseases.
The division of diseases in this class includes cancer,
phthisis, (consumption of the lungs) and other forms of
tuberculosis and scrofula.
The total deaths were 175, a number 33 less than in
1898. Phthisis was again the most fatal disease of the
year, it caused 114 deaths, 107 occurring at adult ages.
The Council of the National Association for the
prevention of Consumption and other forms of tuberculosis
have resolved to take the initiative in promoting a congress
to be held in London in the Spring of 1901, and have
announced that H.R.H. the Prince of Wales has graciously
accepted the Presidency, and has expressed his intention of
opening it in person. The movement has been widely taken
up, and has received the active support of many public