Show MUCH BETTER CONDITIONS Sickness and Death Steadily Decreasing Decreasing ing on the Isthmus of Panaia Pana Washington Wash ington March larch The follow following following ing cablegram from Panama was made nw e public at the war department today Secretary of War Yar Washington on The Th following is the substance of the rt r port of Colonel William C Gorgas Gorga medical corps U S army arm chief SaUl sani sanitary tary Lr inspector forthe for fot the the month of Feb February February February 1905 Sick in hospitals 1 the entire force on the he rolls for the month of February Iper percentage of sick ick il in hospital hos lal therefore th lass ins than 2 per her Number of ot lap deaths ealia 9 which is equivalent to rate of 14 1 per thousand per annum 1 The French commenced work in 1551 during which whelm year their entire force foree averaged 92 and their deaths in inthe inthe the Ancon con hospital Wily only o ly were 72 or at atthe atthe atthe the rate of 67 per thousand per p an num rate nearly five fv times the tile American Amerian I IU U The deaths from yellow fever in tlE Ancon hospital hospit only during the year yar 1881 18 were went were 25 in an a average av rage force of 92 while the th deaths from yellow fever during the past pat ten months in iii a force averaging were only 6 C The TIme French h statistics only relate to in the Ancon lies hos hospital pital p S S If I all al deaths deat among the employS employ S Sunder under the French during that tim along the entire line lne were included the mortality would be much higher The ThE Thelast last case cas of yellow fever to ur in iii Panama was wa on March 8 S and the th last lat case from Crom Colon on March 16 15 The to total total tal tat number of cases caes among the entire population on 01 the isthmus during Jan January I uary was waB 19 during February 13 and during March to the date of this cable able 9 The present sanitary force consists of over 1000 costing over monthly This report together with Colonel Gorgas letter leter of Feb 1 sent you Feb 3 Is 15 in my opinion sufficient reply to I Dr Reeds frenzied report U DAVIS DA VS |