THE STATE HOSPITAL QUARTERLY The State Hospital Quarterly, the service journal restant pubilized by the Commission since November, 1915, has bee enlarge and improved during the year. In addition to the mutes of the e aferene», it entail Important articles relative t the administration of the wepitar, news of the hospital servis new laws afueing the department, reports of committers, al statistical formation relating to the insane and management i the State bepitain. THE PSYCHIATRIC BULLETIN The Payevatra Bu, etan, the pychiatric journal published by the Commista ka ve remnition as a leader in its speck fed. It is primary a reward magazine, and publishes & artides that are ma extra thins to the science of psychiatry. A feature of the bus. that & le greatly to its value is the care fully prepared reviews of emost pebiatric literature that a The a} COMMUNICABLE DISEASES zes show the new cases of communicable petlents at i employees in the State busReferring to Table A, it will be sel disease one rring among disease other thuh cases of measles t 1 oly 70 cases of communicable a typhoid fever. There were the Bighamton State Hospital and 17 Sa Hospital. The remaining that were quickly checked. Tu 2 cases, distributed among the several THE STATE HOSPITAL QUARTERLY The State Hospital Quarterly, the service journal regularly published by the Commission since November, 1915, has been enlarged and improved during the year. In addition to the minutes of the conferences, it contains important articles relative to the administration of the hospitals, news of the hospital service, new laws affecting the department, reports of committees, and statistical information relating to the insane and management of the State hospitals. THE PSYCHIATRIC BULLETIN The Psychiatric Bulletin, the psychiatric journal published by the Commission, has won recognition as a leader in its special field. It is primarily a research magazine, and publishes only articles that are real contributions to the science of psychiatry. A feature of the Bulletin that adds greatly to its value is the carefully prepared reviews of current psychiatric literature that appear in each number. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES The accompanying tables show the new cases of communicable disease occurring among patients and employees in the State hospitals during the year. Referring to Table A, it will be seen that among patients there were only 70 cases of communicable disease other than tuberculosis and typhoid fever. There were 13 cases of dysentery in the Binghamton State Hospital and 17 cases of measles in the Gowanda State Hospital. The remaining 40 cases were sporadic outbreaks that were quickly checked. Tuberculosis occurred in 612 cases, distributed among the several hospitals as follows: |