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  WORK 
  OF 
  STEAMER 
  ALBATROSS. 
  59 
  

  

  The 
  apparatus 
  is 
  simple 
  and 
  elegant, 
  the 
  power 
  consumed 
  by 
  it 
  is 
  in- 
  

   considerable, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  likely 
  to 
  get 
  out 
  of 
  order. 
  

  

  Its 
  first 
  cost 
  needs 
  never 
  to 
  be 
  great, 
  and 
  tbecost 
  of 
  maintenance 
  tri- 
  

   lling. 
  Drawings 
  of 
  it 
  are 
  hereto 
  appended. 
  

  

  The 
  Board 
  recommends 
  it 
  for 
  purchase 
  and 
  use 
  for 
  purposes 
  under 
  

   cognizance 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Steam 
  Engineering. 
  

  

  We 
  are, 
  sir, 
  very 
  respectfully, 
  your 
  obedient 
  servants, 
  

  

  CHARLES 
  H. 
  BAKER, 
  

  

  Chief 
  Engineer, 
  JJ. 
  8. 
  N. 
  

   R. 
  D. 
  TAYLOR, 
  

   Passed 
  Assistant 
  Engineer, 
  JJ. 
  IS. 
  N. 
  

  

  R. 
  R. 
  LEITOH, 
  

   Passed 
  Assistant 
  Engineer, 
  JJ. 
  S. 
  N. 
  

  

  Commodore 
  W. 
  W. 
  Queen, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  

  

  Commandant. 
  

  

  United 
  States 
  Navy- 
  Yard, 
  Washington, 
  

  

  Commandant's 
  Office, 
  December 
  24, 
  1885. 
  

   Respectfully 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Steam 
  Engineering. 
  

  

  W. 
  W. 
  QUEEN, 
  

   Commodore, 
  Commandant. 
  

  

  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  MEDICAL 
  DEPARTMENT, 
  BY 
  JAMES 
  M. 
  

   FLINT, 
  SURGEON, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  health 
  of 
  the 
  officers 
  and 
  men 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  

   good. 
  There 
  have 
  been 
  no 
  deaths 
  from 
  disease, 
  and 
  only 
  one 
  serious 
  

   accident, 
  whereby 
  the 
  victim 
  lost 
  his 
  life 
  by 
  drowning, 
  having 
  fallen 
  

   overboard 
  at 
  sea. 
  One 
  severe 
  case 
  of 
  typhoid 
  fever 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  

   early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  to 
  attribute 
  the 
  disease 
  to 
  

   any 
  cause 
  existing 
  on 
  board 
  the 
  ship, 
  as 
  the 
  man 
  had 
  been 
  enlisted 
  

   but 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  before 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  his 
  illness, 
  and 
  his 
  was 
  the 
  

   only 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  that 
  occurred. 
  He 
  was 
  temporarily 
  removed 
  to 
  

   the 
  naval 
  hospital 
  at 
  Pensacola, 
  until 
  convalescence 
  was 
  assured, 
  when 
  

   he 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  ship 
  and 
  has 
  since 
  entirely 
  regained 
  his 
  health. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  perhaps 
  worthy 
  of 
  note 
  that 
  of 
  65 
  vaccinations 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   41 
  were 
  successful. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  G5 
  claimed 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  vaccinated 
  pre- 
  

   viously, 
  and 
  42 
  of 
  them 
  showed 
  good 
  evidence 
  thereof 
  in 
  well 
  marked 
  

   cicatrices. 
  Among 
  these 
  latter 
  presenting 
  good 
  evidence 
  of 
  previous 
  

   vaccination, 
  revaccination 
  was 
  effective 
  in 
  26 
  cases. 
  Fresh 
  bovine 
  virus 
  

   was 
  used 
  and 
  introduced 
  by 
  scarification. 
  

  

  No 
  changes 
  affecting 
  the 
  sanitary 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  ship 
  have 
  been 
  

   made 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  reference 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  former 
  annual 
  reports 
  

   from 
  this 
  department 
  for 
  statistics 
  and 
  descriptions 
  of 
  all 
  that 
  pertains 
  

  

  