Volume 9, Number 6—June 2003
Research
Bioterrorism-related Inhalational Anthrax in an Elderly Woman, Connecticut, 2001
Table 1
Volume of letters processed after the Bacillus anthracis– containing letters to Senators Thomas Daschle and Patrick Leahy in the Trenton, New Jersey,and Brentwood, District of Columbia, processing and distribution centers during two intervals, October 2001
Type of letter | Trenton, NJ | Brentwood, DC | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Oct. 9–16 | Oct. 10a | Oct. 9–21 | Oct. 10a | |
Bulk letters | ~3,000,000 | ~500,000 | ~6,000,000 | ~500,000 |
First-class letters | ~2,000,000 | ~500,000 | ~7,000,000 | ~ 600,000 |
First-class letters to Southern Connecticut PDC | 20,451 | 3,645 | 24,181 | 3,836 |
First-class letters to patient’s local post office | 39 | 9 | 66 | 9 |
aOct. 10 represents the volume of letters processed during the 24-hour period after the letters to Senators Daschle and Leahy were processed.