UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.

HUGH S. CUMMING, Surgeon General.

DIVISION OF SANITARY REPORTS AND STATISTICS.

Asst. Surg. Gen. B. J. Lloyd, Chief of Division.

The PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS are issued weekly by the United States Public Health Service through its Division of Sanitary Reports and Statistics, pursuant to acts of Congress approved February 15, 1893, and August 14, 1912.

They contain: (1) Current information of the prevalence and geographic distribution of preventable diseases in the United States in so far as data are obtainable, and of cholera, plague, smallpox, typhus fever, yellow fever, and other communicable diseases throughout the world. (2) Articles relating to the cause, prevention, or control of disease. (3) Other pertinent information regarding sanitation and the conservation of the public health.

The PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS are intended primarily for distribution to health officers, members of boards or departments of health, and those directly or indirectly engaged in or connected with public health or sanitary work. Articles of general or special interest are issued as reprints from the PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS or as supplements, and in these forms are available for general distribution to those desiring them.

Requests for and communications regarding the PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS, reprints, or supplements should be addressed to the Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service, Washington, D. C.

CONTENTS.

For arrangement of matter by subjects, consult the index.

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State and local health authorities-Appointment, powers, and duties.
Midwifery-Regulation. Births and deaths-Registration. Water
supplies Supervision and regulation--Analysis. Communicable
diseases-Notification of cases--Investigation and control-Notifi-
cation of cases of occupational diseases. Venereal diseases-Noti-
fication of cases-Physicians only allowed to treat patients-Pre-
scriptions not to be refilled-Circular of information to be furnished
patient-Compulsory treatment-Isolation and quarantine-Exam-
ination and treatment of prisoners-Medicine to be sold only on
physician's prescription-Dates of treatment to be recorded by
physicians-Prevention of spread-Advertisements prohibited—
Maintenance of dispensaries-Unlawful for infected person to ex-
pose others to infection-Suppression of prostitution-Examina-
tion of prostitutes-Issuance of certificates of freedom from vene-
real diseases. Ophthalmia neonatorum - Prevention. Barber
shops-Sanitary regulation. Common drinking cups and common
towels-Prohibited in public places. Malaria-Prevention of-
Drainage of pits, cuts, and fills likely to impound water. Privies-
Maintenance-Installation.
Nuisances-Definition-Abatement-
Destruction. Places where food is sold-Inspection and regula-
tion Closing. State board of health-Appropriations_.
Influenza-Congress requested to make an appropriation for investi-
gation of

Rabies-Free treatment for indigent persons at Pasteur Institute-
Muzzling and confining of dogs----

State laboratory and Pasteur Institute-Erection and equipment_--
Tuberculous prisoners and prisoners requiring hospital care-Segre-
gation and treatment.

State tuberculos's commission-Annual appropriation for support and maintenance of---.

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State tuberculosis hospital-Sale of present site-Governor authorized to provide another site---

Marriage Examination for venereal disease of male applicants for license to marry-Certificate of health required...

United States quarantine station-Grant of land authorized for establishment and maintenance of‒‒‒‒‒‒

Dairy and food inspection—Municipalities may contract with each

other for...

Food—Definition—Adulteration. Food and drugs-Misbranding.

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