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Show THOUSANDS OF TYPHUS CASES From Five to Twenty Per Cent of Patients in Mexico City Die of Disease. Galveston, Tex., Jan. 5. There were 3241 cases of typhus in Mexico City and its suburbs during December with 305 deaths in the city, according to an official communication received by the Mexican consulate today. The report adds that the death rate of cases treated in the hospitals was about 5 per cent and of other cases about 20 per cent. There are at present, pres-ent, says the report, about 2600 cases in the city and suburbs. The report says that the medical and sanitary corps are now adequate to handle the situation and that the disease is found chiefly among persons per-sons living In unsanitary surroundings. surround-ings. oo . |