there. Several plantations and villages were visited and with but one exception they were all found to be in excellent sanitary condition and reflected great credit upon chief sanitary inspector Mr. D. S. Bowman. Many cultural and inoculation experiments were made in the service laboratory for the board of health in suspected cases of plague, typhoid, and pneumonia. Collector of customs.-One cremation of a customs employee was made upon the request of the collector, and the latter was furnished with medical advice in the cases of illnesss of several customs employees. United States Army.-Two cremations of quartermaster employees were done upon the request of the depot quartermaster. The mine planter General Samuel Ringold was twice fumigated for the purpose of eradicating vermin on board. United States district attorney.-One autopsy was made in a murder case, upon the request of the United States district attorney by an officer of the service. Service officers were called upon for medical testimony in several cases before the United States district courts and the district attorney was furnished with information and data, upon medical subjects, on several occasions during the year. Immigration.-Three hundred and forty-six Chinese residents of the Hawaiian Islands were examined, upon the request of the inspector in charge, prior to their departure for China to determine their physical condition. Thirty-three were found to have trachoma, 1 carcinoma, 1 beriberi, 1 curvature of spine, and 2 were blind in one eye. United States Revenue-Cutter Service.-Sixty-three seamen were treated at the out-patient office and 17 in hospital. Thirty-one physical examinations were made of candidates for enlistment One commissioned officer was physically examined for promotion by a board of medical officers of this station. Commissioned medical officers of the service accompanied the U. S. revenue cutter Thetis on her various cruises. PLAGUE LABORATORY. No plague infected rats were found in Honolulu or on the island of Oahu during the year. Fourteen thousand and seventy-one rats and mongoose were examined bacteriologically and found to be negative for plague. Cultures and specimens from suspected plague cases on the island of Hawaii were referred to the laboratory for diagnosis. Many Widal tests for typhoid of cases in Queen's Hospital were made, besides many inoculation and cultural experiments for the board of health. 162 Classification of rats killed by sulphur dioxide; on0 -zmotaurs to rotɔallo) musculus. - Mus norvegicus.?!?!? Mus rattus... Mus rattus.. HE 16 248 356 -29970340 Classification of rats shot from trees: ojtesoro ozT- -Moru, zatot? botimĴ Mus alexandrinus. orman art nouorob ons Total number of rat trappers. Plopun T Tugun law and formula on T 9 Number of traps set daily.. hyeod.an mianoz qaiteoihero.fo.gengruq 1, 269 Decrease in number of rats, mice, and mongoose caught as compared with last Mycan. -quaTuttu jointerb-edoure-fessioid-butt-to-teoupor udu noqu 92447 .99i7192 odi lo 199illo Is19792 ni 70omit-ot Ipsilo i rol mogu bellso grow 2199illo 95i7192 Rate referred to this laboratory for bacteriological diagnosis.t-solod 29269 Rats still under investigation. HILO. 10,447 hund and eighty-eign and dead, cases referred to this laboratory for bacteriological diagnosis hoiternum es74 Human cases proven to be plague infected... di vitro ano126990 IS19791 to atmobies 929mil) ziz-zhot hits berbaud 99rdT-.mojtrapi smarĮ -ai oft lo tempor odi (Rat campaign, Honolulu, bralal meliswil odt enigartobot said? yol ortusgab 97redo ni rotɔɔga Sixteen thousand gusand seven 71907 goose were taken in Honolulu, 15,642 being trapped, 9 found dea 533 killed by sulphur dioxide, and 604 being shot from trees. Five rat catchers were employed for trapping rats in Honolulu from July 1, 1912, to February 1, 1913, when, owing to an increase of funds for this work, four additional trappers were four additi trappers were employed wit ile hand he is expecte A careful record is kept of each trapper's work and he is expected to bring a certain number of rats daily. Should there be a falling in a trapper's work, a warning usually suffices to restore his work to a satisfactory basis. a much increased rat yield. YPOTARI TAIT Quarantine transactions at Honolulu. Vessels Inspected and passed.. 919 7Boarded and passed.. Inspected and detained for fumigation for mosquitoes. Inspected and detained for fumigation for rat quarantine. Arriving with quarantinable disease or having had same on board during Persons treated in quarantine hospital upon request of board of health.. 418 41 15 29 4 1 153 1 5 3 518 80, 741 553 1,389 33, 816 646 66 204 Vessels Continued, 10&mojšula stupao Jonoitng to anoitonennt puisin aldoT Persons treated for quarantinable diseases.!!... Persons bathed.. Pieces of baggage disinfected. Into Pieces of freight inspected and passed.milie Hides disinfected,, -ni Autopsies....Jni boto Births.. Rats and mongoose trapped and destroyed. Cremations... 1 1, 463 2,451 53, 945 12, 188 6 3 20 2716, 788 bm:04 931091) 40 1709 Koloa. Table giving transactions at national quarantine stations for the fiscal year ended June Table giving transactions at national quarantine stations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913-Continued. Table giving foreign, oriental, and insular stations and transactions for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. NOTE.-Reports from Amoy, China, and La Guaira, Venezuela, were not received in time to be included. FOREIGN QUARANTINE. The duties of officers of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service detailed at foreign ports are as follows: First. The investigation into the previous whereabouts and the past and present sanitary history of all vessels destined for ports in the United States, its possessions, and dependencies. Second. The inspection of vessels, crews, and passengers, and the certification of freight. Third. The fumigation of ships to kill rats and mosquitoes, or the disinfection of ships when necessary. Fourth. The observation, if necessary, under detention of intending passengers for ports in the United States and its dependencies. Fifth. Weekly reports of transactions. Sixth. Weekly reports as to the health and sanitary conditions of the foreign port, and when possible of the country contiguous thereto. Seventh. The certification, in conjunction with the United States consular officers, of the bills of health issued, said certificates to be made just prior to the departure of the ship and to cover all requirements provided for by the United States quarantine regulations. FRUIT PORT INSPECTION SERVICE. The fruit port inspection service was not maintained during this fiscal year in accordance with the previous custom of maintaining acting assistant surgeons during the close quarantine season (Apr. 1 to Nov. 1) in the offices of the American consuls in the various Central American and West Indian fruit ports. The fruit ports were subjected to regular inspections by Acting Asst. Surg. R. P. Ames, who acted under the general supervision of Surg. J. H. White. Because of the report of Capt. Potter, of the British Royal Army Medical Corps, to the effect that the prevailing "vomiting sickness" in Jamaica in the autumn of 1912 was probably yellow fever, the bureau directed Surg. J. H. White to extend his inspection to Jamaica and vicinity. He spent, in accordance with this order, some days in Port Antonio and Kingston, visiting the hospitals and nearby small villages and seeing the people. The chief medical officer of Jamaica, Dr. Kerr, the colonial bacteriologist, Dr. Scott, and other physicians, extended Dr. White the utmost courtesy and every available facility, with the result that he submits report that in his opinion the vomiting sickness is as stated by Drs. Kerr and Scott, a meningitis, and could not possibly have been yellow fever for the following reasons: It occurs in winter and ceases with the first warm weather. It occurs in the hills and seldom on the coast. It attacks blacks in preference to whites or Hindus. It occurs most often where stegomyia are least frequent. The interval of time between primary and secondary cases is not sufficient for yellow fever. Surg. White was detailed to visit the coast towns of Mexico and report on conditions with relation to the possible incidence of yellow fever at any of these towns, reports that he visited all the eastern littoral of Mexico having any commercial relations with this country, and found as follows: |