Service Monographs of the United States Government, Issue 10Brookings Institution, 1923 - United States |
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... ment in order to maintain the service , and from 1841 to 1870 deficiency appropriations were made each year with the ex- ception of 1846 and 1854. In addition , specific appropria- tions were made for the purchase of sites and the ...
... ment in order to maintain the service , and from 1841 to 1870 deficiency appropriations were made each year with the ex- ception of 1846 and 1854. In addition , specific appropria- tions were made for the purchase of sites and the ...
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... ment Hospital for the Insane , now St. Elizabeth's Hospital , and that the Secretary of the Treasury might lease hospital buildings and use the proceeds for the maintenance of the service . Quarantine Law of 1878. The first national ...
... ment Hospital for the Insane , now St. Elizabeth's Hospital , and that the Secretary of the Treasury might lease hospital buildings and use the proceeds for the maintenance of the service . Quarantine Law of 1878. The first national ...
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... ment should be merely for the purpose of assisting state or municipal authorities . The diversity in the regulations and the burden thrown upon foreign commerce by the unreason- able requirements at some ports led to the passage of the ...
... ment should be merely for the purpose of assisting state or municipal authorities . The diversity in the regulations and the burden thrown upon foreign commerce by the unreason- able requirements at some ports led to the passage of the ...
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... ment . It should be noted that this act does not confer gen- eral interstate quarantine authority , the diseases for which quarantine may be declared being cholera , yellow fever , small- pox , and plague . Medical Inspection of ...
... ment . It should be noted that this act does not confer gen- eral interstate quarantine authority , the diseases for which quarantine may be declared being cholera , yellow fever , small- pox , and plague . Medical Inspection of ...
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... ment of the pure food and drug law had been placed in the hands of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture ; the federal inspection of meats entering inter- state commerce was made by the Bureau of Animal Industry of ...
... ment of the pure food and drug law had been placed in the hands of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture ; the federal inspection of meats entering inter- state commerce was made by the Bureau of Animal Industry of ...
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32 Stat 41 Stat 67th Congress act of July act of March activities administration alien Annual Report appointed appropriation act approved April 29 Army arsphenamine beneficiaries Board for Vocational boards of health Bureau cent charge commissioned officers Cong Congress contract hospitals coöperation director discharged soldiers dispensary District of Columbia duty employees establishment expenses Federal Board fever fiscal year 1920 foreign port Govt grade Health and Marine health officer hospital treatment Hygienic Laboratory Ibid infected inspection of immigrants interstate investigations June 27 June 30 leprosy Marine Hospital Service medical inspection ment municipal Navy necessary operated organization patients personnel persons pital President prevention Public Health Service quarantine quarantine stations relief Risk Insurance salary sanitary sanitation seamen Secretary Section Service hospitals sess Social Hygiene Board specific statistics studies Supervising Surgeon tion trachoma transferred United States Public venereal diseases vessels Veterans War Risk Insurance Washington yellow fever
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Page 235 - An Act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1918. and prior fiscal years, on account of war expenses, and for other purposes, '
Page v - THE INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT RESEARCH STUDIES IN ADMINISTRATION. The System of Financial Administration of Great Britain. By WF Willoughby, WW Willoughby, and SM Lindsay. 378 pp. $3. The Budget. By Rene Stourm.
Page 17 - Treasury is hereby charged with the duty of executing the provisions of this act and with supervision over the business of immigration to the United States, and for that purpose he shall have power to enter into contracts with such State commission, board, or officers as may be designated for that purpose by the governor of any State to take charge of the local affairs of immigration in the ports within said State...
Page 43 - ... or with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease; persons not comprehended within any of the foregoing excluded classes who are found to be and are certified by the examining surgeon as being mentally or physically defective, such mental or physical defect being of a nature which may affect the ability of such alien to earn a living...
Page viii - To lay the basis for such a comprehensive study of the organization and operations of the national government as President Taft outlined, the Institute for Government Research has undertaken the preparation of a series of monographs, of which the present study is one, giving a detailed description of each of the fifty or more distinct services of the government. These studies are being vigorously prosecuted, and it is hoped that all services of the government will be covered in a comparatively brief...
Page 133 - The Public Health Service may study and investigate the diseases of man and conditions influencing the propagation and spread thereof, including sanitation and sewage and the pollution either directly or indirectly of the navigable streams and lakes of the United States...
Page 89 - Treasury (1) to study and investigate the cause, treatment, and prevention of venereal diseases; (2) to cooperate with State boards or departments of health for the prevention and control of such diseases within the States; and (3) to control and prevent the spread of these diseases in interstate traffic : Provided.
Page 44 - Guard, which shall constitute a part of the military forces of the United States and which shall operate under the Treasury Department in time of peace and operate as a part of the Navy, subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Navy in time of war or when the President shall so direct.
Page 183 - They differ from those outlines, however, in that whereas the Commission's report showed only organization units, the presentation herein has been carried far enough to show the personnel embraced in each organization unit. These outlines are of value not merely as an effective means of making known the organization of the several services. If kept revised to date by the services, they constitute exceedingly important tools of administration.
Page vii - This vast organization has never been studied in detail as one piece of administrative mechanism. Never have the foundations been laid for a thorough consideration of the relations of all of its parts. No comprehensive effort has been made to list its multifarious activities or to group them in such a way as to present a clear picture of what the government is doing. Never has a complete description been given of the agencies through which these activities are performed. At no time...