Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...From what I heard in Jolo I think there probably was. The Chairman. What is the population of Zamboanga? Capt. Heflebower. I could not state definitely; it is a very thickly settled city, and the natives over there live, of course, numbers in one little shack. The exact population I could not state. The Chairman. Well, under those circumstances, do you think 14 deaths in three months is a very terrible epidemic? Capt. Heflebower. Not in itself, but cholera is a very peculiar thing: it may start and they may have just a case here and there for a time, and then suddenly it may flare up, as it apparently did on the island of Sulu. The Chairman. Let me ask yon this question: Considering the population of the Philippine Islands as a whole, do you consider that 210 deaths in three months show a very fierce epidemic? Capt. Heflebower. No. The Chairman. It does not look as though it was not under control, does it?: Capt. Heflebower. Those facts do not. The Chairman. Well, those are the official figures. Senator Lippitt. Well, what do.you think are the facts? Do you think the facts were reported? You were there in that country. Was there a serious epidemic of cholera in that southern part of the Philippine Islands? Capt. Heflebower. The epidemic I would not say was particularly serious in Zamboanga, but, from what I heard of Jolo, I should say there was a serious epidemic of cholera there. Senator Lipfitt. At a guess, would you say that there were 1,000, or 2,000, or 3,000, or 4,000, or how many deaths? What do you mean by "serious epidemic"? Capt. Heflebower. From my dealings with Capt. Hanson, my senior associate in Jolo, who was also the quarantine officer for the port of Jolo, I know that his estimate was between 8,000 and 10,000...
