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number of Medical officers is to email. The Burgeon nearest 
each provincial capital has been directed to take charge of the 
provincial Board of Health, and divide the pueblos into groups 
assigned to the Medical officer in that province, and these will 
supervise as many pueblos as possible, We cannot reach all. A 
set of tentative rules has been published of which a copy is en¬ 
closed. A full report will be made later. As this is the time 
of the year when »Oalenttira* or pernicious malaria of explosive 
type occurs,-many oases are difficult to diagnosis rtfoe native sim¬ 
ply drowning in his trades and dying. Medical officers when 
in doubt*have been directed to make post mortem and get specimens 
of bowels contents and send to Manila by special messenger. 
The ice machine at San Isidro, Hueva Boi^a,is a necessity 
and is supplying distilled waler as well. The chemical Xabrtory 
at that nost*is also doing good work in water analysis. One report 
shows that artesian water from the brlggi >i©r at clumpit 
is unsafe. It is now boiled there being no other supply and the 
river water being merely dilute sewerage. This water was former ly 
considered safe. The SanFernando water is above suspicion 
but is boiled owing to danger of contamination enroute to barracks. 
The means of transportation is usual ambulances, but 
these are limited as to usefulness as the roads are bad. They 
are gradually falling apart from climate effects. 
Very respectfully, 
Ohas.P.woodruff 
Ma jor,Burgeon,U.B.A. 
C.S. 3d Sep. Brigade. 
