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dations are considered necessary. 
7S. The washing is done by natives and Chinamen,under contract,or 
bjf personal service in a fairly satisfactory manner. 
?3. There are mo reports of analyses of water at this office,but from 
information received in Sanitary Reports,the water supply is good and 
abundant at all stations* 
At Dagupan,Aparri and Vigan the water is distilled for drinking 
purposes,and for cleansing dishes and kitchen utensils.At all other sta 
tions water is either boiled,or sterilized by the Forbes- Waterhouse 
sterilizer. 
74. There are 11 Female Contract nurses,Army Nurse Corps,in the Brigade 
and no male nurses. 
Their services have been performed in a satisfactory manner® 
75. There is no record of distinguished service by medical officers 
in the Brigade during the period covered by this report, 
76.,There is no record of distinguished service performed by the en¬ 
listed men of the Hodfital Corps during the period covered by this 
report. 
77. The prevailing diseases are malaria,diarrhea,and dysentery. 
The low swampy character of a large portion of the territory cov¬ 
ered by the Brigade affords extensive breeding grounds for mosquitoes. 
Diarrhea and dysentery are due in a great extent to eating poorly 
prepared ,indigestable food,and green native fruits,and the drinking of 
unsterilized water by a part of the men contrary to instructions. 
There have been a few scattering oases of small pox among the 
troops but no epidemics. 
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Some cases of lepersy have been reported among the natives but 
none among the troops. . 
