| Show Uncle Sams Sam's Health Zone Far Spread I I THE HE activities of ot the public health T THE I and marine hospital service to which is most of the general work vork of guarding the country against contagion from abroad and preventing Its Ito ts spread at home form the topic of ofa R a paper by Surgeon General Wyman Vyman Wymann In n the public health report The document was prepared for the American merican Public Health association which recently met at Milwaukee This organization Is composed of representatives representatives rep- rep from Canada Mexico and Cuba as well as from the United States and the paper was regarded as ot of f especial Interest to them Beginning with the utmost circumference circum circum- ference of the Influence of the tho organization organization organ- organ Doctor Wyman Vyman tells of the protective measures at foreign ports He Je shows that medical officers of the bureau are located in most of the se sea sea- seh- seh coast cities of Asia and South and Central America and at some of those of Europe The service also Is liberally liber ally represented in Hawaii Porto PortoRico PortoRico PortoRico Rico and the Philippines In addition to keeping themselves I I and the home office informed regardIng regarding regard ing the prevalence of cholera yellow fever smallpox typhus and plague these officials are required to inspect bound American vessels and to issue bills of health without which the ves yes vessels vessels sels might not enter American ports During the last fiscal year they In Inspected inspected inspected vessels and examined 1 passengers On board shir ship the regulations of these officials fol follow follow follow low the Immigrant requiring proper cleanliness and ventilation and arid when the vessel arrives in the United States State It is met by another set of health service officers on duty either to enforce enforce en force quarantine rules or to assisi the Immigration officials In their work In the latter capacity the public health men last year examined 1280 Immigrants certifying of them as defective either mentally or physically The paper also abounds in facts relative to the work of the bureau in preventing the spread of Infectious diseases from one state to another under under un der the quarantine law making especial especial espe espe- cial reference to the work In connection tion with recent yellow fever epidemics ics and the plague infection on the Pacific coast of a few years ago The maintenance of the service costs the United States an annuallY |
