The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-11

1895 gaIl. for 1896. % 6. and for 1887. 2I.Sf.
In $50, the altered conditions cous-qu
on tho SpIEiSh-AmgTiCau war prevented
further comparisons There is less drunk
euueSs among troops In active service
than i'm command doing garrison duty
i'm the times Of peace I'm The Philippines
during the past year the admission rate
for alcoholism among the volunteers NaS
sos and for regulars. lZu. for troops In
China. 40 These statistics do NOT sUs-
tam the newspaper reports Of Drunkenness
among the troops in the Philippines.
"of Insanity 213 cases were reported.
equivalent 60 an annual rate OF Z.l2 per
thousand or strength. OF those cases re.
or somewhat more than oue-haU. were
discharged from the service and sent %
the Government Hospital for the Insane
at Washington. d. c.. for treatment The
at various periods after having been taken
on the sick report The admission rate in
lNs' was LIS and the proportion of those
sent 20 the Government Hospital formed
81 per thousand Of the strength. The in
crease during the past year is explained
by the nervous depression and home sick
ness among the relatively larger proper
zion of the strength of the army serving
IN the Philippines
Killed by GunShot Wounds.
During the calendar year 1900, ST men
were killed by gUnshot, 3l5 I'm action. and
y by accident: Sd of the deaths We're sui
cidal and p homicidaI Besides the 81
killed by sunshot. lib cases were re-
ceived IN the hospitals for treatment. I2
Were Incurred I'm action, 80 not In action
but i'm line of duty. 81 not I'm lire of duty.
while y were suicidal and hOmlCIddL
'NiDety-tWO of the LIB cases proved
fatal. In of which were battle wounds. -
received IA line of duty. 5 not IN line OF
duty; 4 were suicidal. and 3 homiCidal-
OF the total number struck by gun
shot missiles f6y. or BOB per cent. died
from the injuries inflicted. The killed con-
stituted H3 per cent of those struck. and
ffrta .ftHII- |tn
every 81 men wounded This is much
3 heavier death record than WAS given by
the gunshot wounds Of ISIS and 1893. Dur
ing those years the killed constituted ll.9
p,r cent Of those struck. the wounded NSl
per cent, Or one man killed for every "a
wounded.
-Of The % cases which terminted fatally
y deaths occurred among p penetrating
wounds of the abdomen. a mortality of
SO per cent. as compared with 20 per cent
! in the years lS'S and las9 Laparotomy
was performed in 4 of the Is cases and an
abrasion of the ileUm was sutured I'm one
of the cases which recovered
Scientific Investigations Made.
In my last annual report ] referred 10
the appointment Of a board FOR the Pur-
pose Of pyrsuing scientific Investigations
with reference TO the acute infections dis
| cases prevailing On the Island Of Cuba
/ This board. consisting of Major Walter
ECef. surgeon. q. 5 A. and Contract
/ Surgeon James Carroll. Aristides Agra
monte, and Jesse W Lazear. T. s A, ar
rived az their station. Columbia Barracks,
Cuemalos. Cuba, on June -. 1919 For
turatcly for The purposes OF the board:
an epidemic Of yellow fever. which had
Z H. gun in the adjacent town Of Ouem1dps,
Cgb8. during tie latter part Of the month
Of May. was still prevailing. so that an
oDpC rtuuity was afforded for bHCteriDipg-
ical and pathological observations in this
/ disease The results obtained were aspe-
giallv valuable showing that the bacillus
ioteToidts tSansrellD bears no CauSatiES
relation 10 yellow fever. and that the
mosquito serves as an intermediate host
for the parasite of this disease
Further experiments OF most inter
CstinE character demonstrated that vel
. low fever is transmitted 10 noa-lmmUues
by the bite of "a mosquito tuat has pre-
vi3usly fed on the blood Of those sick with
this disease that yellow fever can also
3 h- produced by the suhcut4u@pus luJ-c-
tion Of blood taken from the general cir
gui1tOu during the first and second days
If the disease that an attack Ct yellow
fever produced by the bite of the mos
quito C0rfeTs immunity against the SUD-
quent injection Of infected blood, that
d yellow fever is not conveyed By clothing.
bedding. or merchandise Soileo by contact
with those sick with the iiseaEe; that a
. house may De SAID 70 De injected with
. yellow fever only when there are pres mt
B in 90 mosquitoes capable OF conveying the
parasite Of the disease. and that the
spread OF the yellow fever can be most
cfectuaily controlled by measures direct
ed 10 the destruction Of mosquitoes and
+ the protection OF the sick against the
I bites Of these Insects
Much excellent work has been done by
the board for the investigation of trOD-
. ical diseases In the Philippines In
the study Of animal parasites.
I dyscntery fevers. bubouic plague ard
ether tropical diseases while some valua-
3 bic reports have been received from med
+ ical officers not members of che board
. Under authority from this Office excerpts
from the reports on these subjects were
published in the forms Of circulars hy
thu chief surgeon, Division of the Philip
pines. with the view % presenting 10 The
medical officers Of the division the results
( of the Investigations that had been made
The Contagious Feyers.
/ Cases Of scarlet fever. diphtheria, and
/ ceTo5ro-spinaI fever We're. as usual, rare
among the troops. Measles and mumps
+ were. on the other hand. OF quite frequent
. occurrence. In the United States measles
. had an admission rate OF ll-J5. the mean
annual rate for the previous decade hay
ing been SO per Lu11 OF strength The
+ Injection OF this disease was imported
into the Philippine Islands on almost
d every transport The admission rate Tor
+ lr1 If strength and for regulars lGl-
Similar rates prevailed as regards mUmp-.
No epidemic Of typhoid fever occurred
. among the troops during the year IN
. the army as a whole the admission rate
WAS ga per 100 OF strength. and The
death rate l63 as compared with the
E mean annual rates. 5IJ and 30 for the
. ten years preceding the outbreak Of the
SpauiSh-AmeTiCau war Among troops Iu
. the United States the admission rate was
. $50 the death rate AZ per 1000 OF
/ strength. In addition To- these there was
. quite "a large T8mISSioi rate FOR feTeTS
. Of undcrtermincd causatiou. most ~ them
. probably typhoid feyers Of mild ChaTIc-
. Ter. as these cases had practically uO
. death rate.
Z During the calendar year 1890 there
. were lii cases Of yellow fever. - of
; which were fatal. reported from the
I army. showing for tho whole army. reg
I UI-rs and volunteers. with strength Of
I li'.t.S men. aE admission pate II LAB aad
. death rate of % per 1000 Of strength.
. During the decade lsSy-S, the mean am
. uUai admission rate was POS ana the
} death rate % per I.uHH men.
H The rates for malari@I disease were
. heavy during the year. owing 90 the great
. prevalence Of these diseases iu the Phil
lpplurS ana Cuba. The admission rate for
. the Who'll. army was I.-5Z aud the death
. rate 10. aS compared with -he mean am
. ugHi rates OF the decade IE-i-F,-r-t ~ and
. ~ The rates for tn volunteers I'm lH.
. Fhilppin'r were Atul-- ion. IIn- g. and
3 death. I3N. for the regulars TIZNy and
. l0l, respectively. per 1000 Of strength.
/ Cuba followed with au admission rate OF
I ~ ana "a death rate OF lui I'm Porto
/ IIcD and China. prevalence and mortality
. were relatively light In the United S..tes
. Lh" admission rate was IG.u and the
. death rate % -T 900 OF strength
/ During the current year $50 much h.fS
} been done IN tho practical application Of
/ methods for the prevention OF maIariaT
/ diseases. based on the diffusion of .fIr
/ diseases are proUaEatsd by infected mos
/ gultOeS. that a safe prUEuosticatiGu may
. Do" given OF "a less-ued UDueficieHcy from
. lutsr diseases lH the next report of the