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eases,  is  discussed  at  some  length.  Noteworthy  to  pharmacists  is 
the  recommendation  of  "  Prohibition  of  drug  store  prescribing  for 
venereal  diseases." 
Extra-cantonment  sanitation  for  the  protection  of  the  military 
forces  is  discussed  quite  extensively  in  about  sixty  pages,  embracing 
the  proper  supervision  over  water,  foods,  milk  supply,  proper  dis- 
posal of  human  excreta,  elimination  of  breeding  places  of  flies  and 
mosquitoes,  together  with  efficient  control  of  communicable  diseases. 
Maritime  quarantine  of  such  great  import  for  the  prevention  of 
the  introduction  of  the  various  quarantinable  diseases  occupies  con- 
siderable data.  The  grand  total  of  passengers  and  crew  inspected 
was  1,129,262,  and  of  vessels  fumigated,  3,954.  For  the  destruction 
of  rats  and  mosquitoes  on  vessels  at  the  mainland  stations,  1,108 
ships  were  fumigated  with  cyanide  gas  and  1,101  vessels  with  sul- 
phur dioxide. 
Under  Sanitary  Reports  and  Statistics,  the  usual  current  publi- 
cations are  mentioned  together  with  their  wide  range  of  information 
and  their  distribution.  It  is  noteworthy  that  since  the  ending  of  the 
fiscal  year,  June  30,  1918,  up  to  and  including  November  9,  approxi- 
mately 129,000  deaths  from  influenza  and  pneumonia  (all  forms) 
had  been  reported  to  the  service. 
The  Personnel  states  that  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  presented 
forty-nine  pharmacists  on  duty  as  follows:  First-class,  31;  second- 
class,  15,  and  third-class,  3.  The  miscellaneous  division  mentions 
the  many  publications,  reprints,  distribution  and  general  matters  of 
information  distributed  through  the  public-health  bulletins. 
Concluding  with  Needs  of  the  Service,  the  Surgeon-General 
states  that  hospital  accommodations  should  be  supplied  for  the  treat- 
ment of  discharged  soldiers  and  seamen.  Up  to  the  ending  of  the 
fiscal  year,  there  had  already  been  14,000  patients  discharged  from 
the  army  for  tuberculosis  alone,  and  no  provision  had  been  made  by 
the  army  for  their  care. 
Additional  funds  are  asked  for  to  provide  for  the  printing  of  the 
highly  important  and  valuable  publications  of  the  department. 
An  appendix  embracing  the  financial  statement  and  a  summary 
of  physical  examination  together  with  a  list  of  operations  performed, 
ends  the  report. 
This  report  is  very  comprehensive,  embracing  as  it  does  a  very 
wide  field  of  investigation,  dealing  with  every  problem  of  public 
health  and  cannot  but  impress  us  with  the  activities  of  the  Public 
