of the Service, were commissioned assistant surgeons. On account of physical disability, 1 senior surgeon, 3 surgeons, and 2 passed assistant surgeons continued on waiting orders, and 2 senior surgeons were placed on waiting orders. Of this number, 3 have died and 1 has resigned during the fiscal year. At the close of the fiscal year the commissioned medical corps consisted of the Surgeon General, 1 assistant surgeon general at large, 14 senior surgeons, 70 surgeons, 44 passed assistant surgeons, and 82 assistant surgeons. One senior surgeon and 5 surgeons were upon detail in the bureau as assistant surgeons general, in accordance with the act approved July 1, 1902. Assignments. Among other assignments of commissioned medical officers during the fiscal year were the following: Twenty-four were assigned to exclusive immigration duty, their services being supplemented by employment of acting assistant surgeons; 4 to the quarantine service of the Philippine Islands; 16 to vessels of the Coast Guard; 23 to the quarantine stations in the continental United. States, Porto Rico, and the Hawaiian Islands; 3 to duty in foreign countries to prevent the introduction of epidemic diseases into the United States. Special details.-One commissioned medical officer continued on detail duty under the governor of the Panama Canal. Surg. John D. Long was continued as chief quarantine officer and director of health of the Philippine Islands. Field investigations of Public Health.-In accordance with the act of Congress approved August 4, 1912, authorizing the service to study and investigate the diseases of man and conditions influencing the propagation and spread thereof, including sanitation and sewage and the pollution, either directly or indirectly, of the navigable streams and lakes of the United States, the following officers and corps of special assistants were detailed to make these special investigations: Asst. Surg. M. V. ZIEGLER. Sanitary Engineer W. G. STROMQUIST. Field Investigator F. T. FOARD, Jr. PELLAGRA--Continued. Field Station, Spartanburg, S. C.-Contd. Field Investigator GEORGE A. DECELL. State Sanatorium, Milledgeville, Ga. Asst. Surg. W. F. TANNER, in charge. Pellagra Hospital and Laboratory, Spartanburg, S. C. Passed Asst. Surg. R. M. GRIMM, in charge. PREVENTION OF TRACHOMA. [Headquarters, Post-office Building, Lexington, Ky.] Surg. JOHN MCMULLEN, in charge. Trachoma Hospital, Coeburn, Va. Acting Asst. Surg. C. E. DOWNES, in charge. Trachoma Hospital, Jackson, Ky. Acting Asst. Surg. T. F. WICKLIFFE, in charge. Trachoma Hospital, London, Ky. Acting Asst. Surg. Jos. C. JOHNSTON, in charge. Trachoma Hospital, Pikeville, Ky. Acting Asst. Surg. R. W. RAYNOR, in charge. Trachoma Hospital, Tazewell, Tenn. Acting Asst. Surg. J. L. GOODWIN, in charge.. Trachoma Hospital, Welch, W. Va. Asst. Surg. PAUL D. MOSSMAN, in charge. INVESTIGATION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS. [Headquarters, Third and Kilgour Streets, Cincinnati, Ohio.] Surg. W. H. FROST, in charge. Pharmacist F. A. SOUTHARD. Epidemiologist A. W. FREEMAN. Sanitary Engineer R. E. TARBETT. Surg. J. W. SCHERESCHEWSKY, in charge. MINE SANITATION. Passed Asst. Surg. A. J. LANZA, School of Asst. Surg. J. F. WORLEY, Mine Rescue Car Plague-eradicative measures.-The following officers were detailed for duty in plague-eradicative measures in the States of Louisiana, California, and Washington: Public-health laboratories were established at different stations of the service for the prevention of the interstate spread of disease and the carrying out of sanitary measures, as follows: Prevention of introduction of typhus fever from Mexico.-The following officers were detailed for duty in the prevention of the introduction of typhus fever from Mexico: Surg. E. FRANCIS, Laredo, Tex. Acting Asst. Surg. H. J. HAMILTON, Laredo, Acting Asst. Surg. J. H. HUNTER, Rio Grande Acting Asst. Surg. W. P. WOODALL, Hidalgo, Acting Asst. Surg. G. D. FAIRBANKS, Acting Asst. Surg. A. L. GUSTETTER, No- Acting Asst. Surg. B. C. TARBELL, Naco, Acting Asst. Surg. E. W. ADAMSON, Douglas, Personnel, Hygienic Laboratory.-At the close of the fiscal year there were on duty in the Hygienic Laboratory, in addition to the director, 3 chiefs of divisions, 5 surgeons, 4 passed assistant surgeons, 4 assistant surgeons, 2 pharmacists, 1 artist, 6 technical assistants, 4 sanitary bacteriologists, 1 organic chemist, 1 sanitary chemist, 1 sanitary engineer, and 34 attendants. Quarantine inspector.-One quarantine inspector served throughout the entire year. Acting assistant surgeons.-The services of 24 acting assistant surgeons have been discontinued during the fiscal year, I has died, and 18643°-17- -21 33 have been appointed, leaving on duty at the end of the fiscal year 258 such officers. In addition to this number, 76 physicians have been employed locally for the medical relief of superintendents, keepers, and surfmen of the United States Coast Guard. Medical inspectors. One female inspector served during the entire year for the inspection of women passengers at Honolulu, Hawaii. Internes. At the beginning of the fiscal year there were 19 internes on duty at the various marine hospital stations, 26 were appointed, and 28 were separated from the service by reason of resig nation, leaving 17 on duty at the close of the fiscal year. Pharmacists. At the beginning of the fiscal year there were on duty 50 pharmacists, divided as follows: Pharmacists of the first class, 28; second class, 16; third class, 6. One pharmacist of the second class resigned, and one pharmacist of the third class was appointed. Two pharmacists of the second class and 2 of the third class were promoted, leaving at the close of the fiscal year 50 pharmacists on duty as follows: Pharmacists of the first class, 30; second class, 15; third class, 5. Pilots and marine engineers.-At the beginning of the fiscal year there were on duty 16 pilots and 17 engineers; 1 pilot resigned and 2 were appointed; 5 marine engineers resigned and 6 were appointed. The number on duty at the close of the fiscal year was as follows: Pilots, 17; marine engineers, 18. Hospital and quarantine attendants.-At the beginning of the fiscal year 1,420 attendants were employed at the various marine hospitals, quarantine stations, and on epidemic duty, including 65 such employees on duty in the Philippine Islands, and at the close of the fiscal year there were so employed as follows: BOARDS CONVENED. Fifty-seven boards were convened at different times and at various stations throughout the United States for the physical examination of officers of the Coast Guard and applicants for entrance therein; 8 for the physical examination of detained aliens; 15 for the examination of commissioned officers to determine their fitness for promotion to the next higher grades of the service; 47 for examination of applicants for appointment as assistant surgeons, and 3 for the examination of pharmacists to determine their fitness for promotion to a higher grade. The bureau sanitary board has been convened in 16 sessions to pass upon reports of inspections of establishments engaged in the manufacture of vaccines, serums, toxins, etc., prior to recommending a license, and to pass upon advertised remedies and appliances to determine if said advertisements should be excluded from the mails. One board was convened under paragraph 56 of the service regulations for the physical examination of an officer of the service; 1 board of inquiry and 1 to amend instructions for medical inspection of aliens were convened. |