Two panels of six. The other plagues listed are the asphalt inferno of cars in Rio, water shortages, food prices, and the endless riots of republicans and monarchists.
The bubonic plague. Terrible illness that intends to occupy the space formerly occupied by yellow fever.
With the great public health surveys that have been carried out, and the great preventive efforts that have gained universal fame, this terrible visitation that is breaking out in so many points of the city is surprising.
The dust. A true gift from the Greek who forced us into the City Hall with its ground-sand paving!
It is a delight to breathe this myriad of microbes that roam in the air, stimulated by automobiles and trams!
Sic Transit Pestilentia 