Evening star., 1915-02-07
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.


Changes of duties and stations of
commissioned and other officers of the
public health service, for the seven
days ended February 3, are as follows:
Assistant Surgeon General W. C..
Rucker, on request of the medical and
chirurgical faculty of Maryland. to de-
liver an address on bubonic plague at
meeting of the Health week." to be
held in Baltimore, February IL.
Surgeon w. P. Mcintosh. relieved
from the marine hospital at Portland,
Me-. granted two months and thirteen
days leave of absence from February
p. placed on waiting ORDERS" effective
April 10.
Surgeon Taliaferro Clark, on request
of state and local health commission
ers, to proceed to Valparaiso, Ind, and
other points in Porter and adjoining
counties to make complete survey Of
school sanitation, including mental and
physical conditions of school children.
Surgeon l.. L. Lumsden, on request of
the medical and chirurgical faculty Of
Maryland, to deliver an address on
Health week" to be held in Balti-
more. February 13.
Surgeon Il. J. LLOYD, to proceed to va
rious places in the state Of Washing
I'm ~ du'iSe Win local authorities as
to the advisabiiity of the passage OF
ratproohng ordinances and catching
rats for psychological examination.
Surgeon A. d. Foster, granted seven
days leave from January 30.
Passed Assistant Surgeon W. H.
Frost, granted fourteen days leave
from February s.
Assistant Surgeon Is. J. Duffy, grant
ed four months leave from January ~.
Assistant Surgeon NJ. V. Sattord, TO
cooperate with the Massachusetts
child labor committee and the state
board of labor and industries in
studies of the influence of occupations
on persons during the period OF ado
leScence.
Assistant Surgeon w. l.. Treadway,
to proceed to Valparaiso. Ind, and re-
port to Surgeon I. Clark for duty in
connection with sanitary survey of
mental condition of school children in
Porter county. Ind.
Assistant Surgeon w. H. Slaughter
reiieved from the coast guard cutter
seneca and report to the chief medical
ofncer at Ellis Island. N. y, for uuty
Assistant Surgeon K. E. Miller, to ac-
company the officers and crew of the
coast guard cutter Itasca, when trans
daga.
:. Assistant Surgeon R. R. Sayers, re-
lieved from Ellis Island, N. Y, and
proceed to Tompkinsville. N. Y, and
report to the coast guard cutter
Seneca, relieving Assistant Surgeon
Slaughter.
Sanitary Engineer ]. A. A. LIE Prince,
to proceed, upon receipt of instruc-
tions from the medical officer in charge
or malaria Investigations, to sucn
points in the southern states as he may
designate for the purpose of making
malaria surveys and collecting speci-
mems and other data.
Technical Assistant NJ. B. Mitzmain,
to proceed. upon receipt of instruc-
tions fro mthe medical officer in charge
OF malaria Investigations, to such
points in the southern states as he
may designate for the purpose of max
ing malaria surveys and collecting
specimens and other data
Technical Assistant H. A. Taylor to
proceed, upon receipt of instructions
from the medical officer in charge of
malaria Investigations, to such points
In the southern states as he may desig-
nate Tor the purpose of making
malaria surveys and collecting speci-
mems and other data
The resignation of Assistant Surgeon
President to take effect May 26
Board of commissioned medical Of
fcers convened to meet at the bureau
at the call of the chairman, for the
purpose of grading the examination
papers of Pharmacists L. W. RYDER
and G. W. Iltis. to determine their Mt
ness for promotion to the grade of
pharmacists of the first class Detail
for the board: Assistant Surgeon Cen
eral A. H. Glennan, cnairman; Assistant
Surgeon General T.. r rofer rocordar