MISCELLANEOUS DIVISION. PUBLICATIONS. The publication work of the service continued to increase during the fiscal year 1917. The growth and expansion of the service into new fields of activity was accompanied with increased interest on the part of the public in service work. This growing interest has been felt in the work of this division by reason of increased demand for publications of the service to such an extent that funds for the printing of literature were exhausted before the close of the fiscal year. This made necessary reference to the Public Printer of more requests for sales copies of publications than usual. During the fiscal year 75 publications of the service were issued, the total editions aggregating 2,891,050 copies, an increase over the fiscal year 1916 of approximately 649,825 copies. As in previous years, the literature of the service was classifiable into two general divisions. The first class includes those technical publications which are issued as Hygienic Laboratory Bulletins. Because of their character, these bulletins are not distributed to the public generally, but are supplied to libraries, scientists, and others whose especial needs require publications of this nature. However, this special distribution is limited on account of the restriction placed by law on the size of the edition (5,000) and number of bulletins (10) which can be issued in any one year. In the second class is included the remaining literature of the service. The bulletins of this class are less technical in character and are particularly valuable to public-health officials in combating the introduction and prevalence of disease in their respective localities. The general public is likewise supplied with many documents of this series, popular in style and designed especially for the education of the people in hygiene, sanitation, and individual health, and their relation to national vitality and efficiency. However, this excellent educational work is handicapped by the lack of sufficient funds for printing and clerical force in the bureau. The following list of service publications issued during the fiscal year 1917 affords a general idea of the scope and character of documents of the various series: ANNUAL REPORT. This report records the activities of the service for the year, summarizing its operations in the various fields of work, and making recommendations for the betterment of the service. 324 HYGIENIC LABORATORY BULLETINS. This series comprises the technical bulletins of the service previously mentioned. Much aid is given by this series to laboratories and technical workers. The following were published during the fiscal year just ended: 106. Studies in Pellagra. I. Tissue Alteration, Malnutrition, and Pellagra. By John Sundwall. II. Cultivation Experiments with the Blood and Spinal Fluid of Pellagrins. By Edwin Francis. 107. Changes in the Pharmacopœia and National Formulary. Digest of the changes and requirements included in the Pharmacopoeia of the United States, ninth decennial revision, and in the National Formulary, fourth issue, with reference to the titles not continued from the preceding edition. By Martin I. Wilbert. 108. Experimental Studies with Muscicides and Other Fly-Destroying Agencies. By Earle B. Phelps and Albert F. Stevenson. 109. I. Pituitary Standardization. The relative value of infundibular extracts made from different species of mammals and a comparison of their physiological activity with that of certain commercial preparations. By George B. Roth. II. Pharmacological Studies with Cocaine and Novocaine. A comparative investigation of these substances in intact animals and on isolated organs. By George B. Roth. PUBLIC HEALTH BULLETINS. These bulletins are less technical in character than the preceding series. Many are popular in style and have proved very useful for distribution to the general public in connection with campaigns to improve health in various localities. Practically all of the bulletins of this series are of value to health officers, who frequently find in them the solution of local health problems. The following were issued during the year: 77. Rural School Sanitation, including the physical and mental status of school children of Porter County, Ind. By Taliaferro Clark, G. L. Collins, and W. L. Treadway. 78. Influence of Occupation on Health During Adolescence: Report of a physical examination of 679 male minors under 18 in the cotton industries of Massachusetts. By M. V. Safford. 79. Impounded Water: Surveys in Alabama and South Carolina during 1915 to determine its effect on the prevalence of malaria. By H. R. Carter, J. A. A. Le Prince, and T. D. Griffitts. 80. Transactions of Special Conference of State and Territorial Health Officers with the United States Public Health Service, held at Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2 and 3, 1916. 81. Studies in Vocational Diseases. The effect of gas-heated appliances upon the air of workshops. By Charles Weisman. 82. Transactions of the Fourteenth Annual Conference of State and Territorial Health Officers with the United States Public Health Service. Held in Washington, D. C., May 13 and 15, 1916. 83. Transactions of a Special Conference of State and Territorial Health Officers with the United States Public Health Service, for the consideration of the prevention of the spread of poliomyelitis. Held at Washington, August 17 and 18, 1916. 84. Is Mosquito or Man the Winter Carrier of Malaria Organisms? By M. Bruin Mitzmain. 85. Miners' Consumption. A study of 433 cases of the disease among zinc miners in southwestern Missouri. By A. J. Lanza, with a chapter on Roentgen Ray Findings in Miners' Consumtpion, by Dr. Samuel B. Childs. PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS. These reports are issued each week and in conformity with law are distributed to "health officers," "collectors of customs," and "other sanitarians." The reports of the occurrence and prevalence of disease, together with other public-health statistics, appearing each week in this series, give the health officer definite information of the existence and extent of epidemics of disease and thus materially aid him in protecting the health of his community. During the year the printing of State and municipal laws and ordinances, and court decisions relating thereto, was discontinued to economize in the use of print paper. However, this information is being collected for publication at a later date in another series. The weekly editions during the past year reached a maximum of 13,200 copies. REPRINTS FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS. These documents are reprints of the leading articles appearing each week in the Public Health Reports. By reissuing these articles in pamphlet form it is possible to distribute them much more extensively at a comparatively small cost. The scope and value of these reprints become evident from a reading of the following list of those issued during the past fiscal year: 343. Cyanide Gas for the Destruction of Insects, with special reference to mosquitoes, fleas, body lice, and bedbugs. By R. H. Creel and F. M. Faget. 344. State and Insular Health Authorities, 1916. 345. The Notifiable Disease. Reported prevalence during 1915 by States. Dengue, diphtheria, malaria, measles, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, poliomyelitis, rabies, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, scarlet fever, septic sore throat, smallpox, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and typhus fever. Cases reported, indicated case rates per 1,000 population, and indicated fatality rates per 100 cases. 346. Directory of City Health Officers, containing the names and official titles of the health officers of cities having a population of over 10,000 in 1910. 347. The Notifiable Diseases. Prevalence during 1915 in cities over 100,000. Diphtheria, gonorrhea, malaria, measles, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, pellagra, poliomyelitis, rabies in man, rabies in animals, scarlet fever, smallpox, syphilis, tuberculosis, and typhoid fever. Cases reported indicated case rates per 1,000 population and indicated fatality rates per 100 cases. 348. Public Health Administration in Nebraska. By Carroll Fox. 349. Hay Fever and Its Prevention. By W. Scheppegrell, M. D., president American Hay-Fever Prevention Association, New Orleans, La. 350. Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis). What is known of its cause and modes of transmission. By Wade H. Frost. 351. Artificial Purification of Oysters. A report of experiments upon the puri fication of polluted oysters by placing them in water to which calcium hypochlorite has been added. By William Firth Wells. 352. Health Insurance. Report of standing committee adopted by the conference of State and Territorial health authorities with the United States Public Health Service, Washington, D. C., May 13, 1916. Committee: William C. Woodward, M. D., health officer of the District of Columbia, and B. S. Warren, surgeon, United States Public Health Service. 353. Pellagra. The value of the dietary treatment of the disease. By J. R. Ridlon. 354. Syphilis. Some of its public health aspects. By L. L. Williams. 355. Present-Day Control of Drugs and Medicines. The variation in purity and strength of widely used drugs and preparations-a vexation to the physician and a menace to the patient. By Martin I. Wilbert. 356. The Sanitation of Railway Cars. By Thomas R. Crowder, Chicago. 357. Diagnosis of Plague in Rats. The advisability of making routine microscopic examinations of rats supplementary to the macroscopic examination. By C. L. Williams. 358. Mental Examinations of School Children. The school as a factor in the mental hygiene of rural communities. By Taliaferro Clark. 359. Anopheles Infectivity Experiments. An attempt to determine the number of persons one mosquito can infect with malaria. By M. Bruin Mitzmain. 360. The Notifiable Diseases. Prevalence during 1915 in cities of 10,000 to 100,000. Diphtheria, malaria, measles, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, pellagra, poliomyelitis, rabies in man, rabies in animals, scarlet fever, smallpox, tuberculosis, and typhoid fever. Cases reported, indicated case rates per 1,000 population, and indicated fatality rates per 100 cases. 361. Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis). Its interstate and intrastate control. Minimum requirements for its control. Reports of committees adopted by the special conference of State and Territorial health authorities with the United States Public Health Service, Washington, D. C., August 17 and 18, 1916. 362. The Sewage Pollution of Streams. Its relation to the public health. By W. H. Frost. 363. The Accuracy of Certified Causes of Death. Its relation to mortality statistics and the International List. Report of a committee of the vital statistics' section of the American Public Health Association. 364. Municipal Ordinances, Rules, and Regulations Pertaining to Public Health, 1915. 365. Public Health Administration in Youngstown, Ohio. By Carroll Fox. 366. The Physical Care of Rural School Children. By Taliaferro Clark. 367. A Sickness Survey of North Carolina. By Lee K. Frankel, Ph. D., sixth vice president, and Louis I. Dublin, Ph. D., statistician, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York. 368. Drinking Water on Interstate Carriers. A study of conditions on steam vessels engaged in interstate commerce in the sanitary district of the Great Lakes. By J. O. Cobb, C. L. Williams, and H. P. Letton. 369. Mottled Enamel and Brown Stain. A condition affecting the teeth in certain localities. By F. C. Smith. 370. Destroying Lice on Typhus Fever Suspects. By S. B. Grubbs. 371. Sanitation in the Philippine Islands. By J. D. Long. Work of the sanitary commissions. 372. The new editions of the U. S. P. and the N. F. A review of the Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America, ninth decennial revision, and of the National Formulary, fourth edition. By M. I. Wilbert. 373. Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis). Present knowledge of its cause and manner of spread. 374. Fly Poisons. Studies on sodium salicylate, a new muscicide, and on the use of formaldehyde. By Earle B. Phelps and Albert F. Stevenson. 375. Public Health Administration. City of Birmingham and county of Jefferson, Ala. By Carroll Fox. 376. The Transmissibility of Pellagra. Experimental attempt at transmission to the human subject. By Joseph Goldberger. 377. Mental Status of Rural School Children. Report of preliminary sanitary survey made in New Castle County, Del., with a description of the tests employed. By E. H. Mullan; also includes: The Mental Status of Rural School Children of Porter County, Ind. 378. Prevalence of Syphilis. As indicated by the routine use ofthe Wassermann reaction. By Wm. M. Bryan and Jas F. Hooker. 379. The Feeble-Minded. Their prevalence and needs in the school population of Arkansas. By Walter L. Treadway. 380. Relationship of Milk Supplies to Typhoid Fever. By W. H. Frost. 381. Case Fatality in Typhoid Fever. By A. W. Freeman. 382. Malaria. A public health and economic problem in the United States. By John W. Trask. 383. Public Health Administration in Colorado. By Carroll Fox. 384. Control of Pollution of Streams. The International Joint Commission and the Pollution of Boundary Waters. By Earle B. Phelps. 385. Laundries and the Public Health. A sanitary study including bacteriologic tests. By M. C. Schroeder and S. G. Southerland, Bureau of Laboratories, Department of Health, New York City. 386. Commission on Milk Standards. Third report of the commission on milk standards appointed by the New York Milk Committee. 387. Climate and Tuberculosis. The relation of climate to recovery. W. Trask. By John 388. Municipal Ordinances, Rules, and Regulations Pertaining to Public Health, 1916. 389. Interstate Sanitary Districts as Revised February 12, 1917. Interstate Quarantine Regulations. Amendments promulgated February 12, 1917. 390. Public Health Administration. With special reference to towns and rural communities. By Paul Preble. 391. The Activity of Wild American Digitalis. By George B. Roth. 392. A Program of Public Health for Cities. By W. C. Rucker. 393. Anopheline Mosquitoes. Their distribution and infection under field conditions. By M. Bruin Mitzmain. 394. The Notifiable Diseases. Prevalence in large cities, 1916. 395. Typhoid Fever and Municipal Administration. By A. W. Freeman. 396. Flight of Mosquitoes. Studies on the distance of flight of Anopheles quadrimaculatus. By J. A. A. Le Prince and T. H. D. Griffitts. 397. Drinking Fountains. Investigation of Fountains at the University of Minnesota. By H. A. Whittaker, Director, Division of Sanitation, Minnesota State Board of Health. 398. Mental Examination of Immigrants. Administration and line inspection at Ellis Island. By E. H. Mullan. 401. Biological Products. Establishments licensed for the propagation and sale of viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products. 402. Morbidity Statistics of Hospitals. The need for morbidity statistics of general hospitals, special hospitals, sanatoria, etc., and means for their collection and publication. By Edwin W. Kopf, Assistant Statistician, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York. 403. Poliomyelitis. (Infantile Paralysis.) Prevalence and geographic distribution during 1916. 404. Chemical Closets. SUPPLEMENTS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS. These publications are not published in the Public Health Reports, nor distributed as a part thereof. They are popular in style and especially designed for distribution to the general public. Only one supplement was issued during the year, partly due to the lack of funds, but a number of other manuscripts, to be issued in this series, are now in press or being prepared. The following was published during the year: 30. Common Colds. By W. C. Rucker. MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS. This series comprises certain documents of the service, such as administrative regulations, lists of reference, etc. 12. List of Publications, Public Health Service. July, 1916. 16. Nomenclature of Diseases and Conditions. For use of the Public Health Service. LIBRARY. The library of the bureau was enlarged materially during the fiscal year by the purchase of many new and valuable works on medicine, hygiene, sanitation, and kindred subjects. A number of volumes were also donated. The bureau kept acquainted with the progress of the medical sciences through subscriptions to 49 scientific journals. |