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ment of a standard for carabaos' milk and a further inves- 

 tigation of the local conditions of infant feeding, the health 

 authorities have ceased to submit any large number of fresh 

 milks. In the above numbers are included 124 samples of 

 carabaos' milk which this Bureau has collected and analyzed in 

 order to furnish data for the much-needed standard and to supply 

 information which will improve this important native food 

 product, especially for invalids and infants. 



The number of samples examined under Act 1655 was 697 

 as compared with 637 last year. The number adulterated was 

 136 as compared with 171 for last year. The Foods and Drugs 

 Act has been more strictly enforced, especially with reference 

 to products of local origin than has been possible previously. 

 The first legal prosecutions have been made this year under Act 

 1655. Sixteen prosecutions have been instituted, with a result 

 of 10 convictions and 6 cases pending. The enforcement of the 

 law with regard to imported products has been satisfactorily 

 rigid for some years. However, its enforcement with respect to 

 domestic products is believed to be of much greater import to 

 the health of the native population. 



The amount of Government work, that is, work performed for 

 all branches of the Philippine and Federal Governments, exclu- 

 sive of that done under Act 1655, is increasing as is that done 

 for private parties. Nearly all the work of the division is rush 

 work. For example, all imported samples examined under Act 

 1655 are held at the Custom House pending the result of analysis, 

 and the work must be done promptly. All perishable samples 

 must be treated in the same way. Paper and certain samples 

 of distilled liquors are the only important exceptions. Work 

 which does not need to be completed immediately is used to fill 

 in short leisure periods which are valueless for research work, 

 especially since one can never be certain when such leisure periods 

 are going to occur. The plan, which is now in use and has 

 proved satisfactory in the medical section of the biological labor- 

 atory, of assigning certain men for research work and others 

 for routine, is being considered with reference to this division. 

 ^ Under this system two or three men could carry the burden of 

 all routine work except perhaps an occasional sample of unusual 

 character. It requires men of considerable ability and, above 

 all, experience to carry on the diversified routine work of this 

 Bureau, and this experience is not the same that fits a worker 

 for special research. It may be that this plan will result in a 

 great economy to the Bureau. 



