The total registration was 502, the largest attendance at any of the conferences. The women delegates attended from various parts of the State, their interest having been aroused by meetings conducted by Dr. Daisy Robinson, of the United States Public Health Service. The conference, like that held in Pittsburgh, was of Statewide influence.

A conference similar to those described above was held independently in Chicago, Ill., by the following women's organizations: Illinois League of Women Voters, Catholic Women's League Protectorate, Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs, Young Women's Christian Association, Woman's City Club, Chicago Woman's Club, Chicago Woman's Aid, Women's Christian Temperance Union.

This conference was most successful. Several hundred women attended, and of these, 120 were delegates from various organizations.

LEPROSY IN PARA, BRAZIL.

The following information regarding the status of leprosy and the care of lepers in Para, Brazil, was furnished by Dr. H. C. de Souza Araujo, chief of the Service of Sanitation and Rural Prophylaxis of the State of Para.

On March 22, 1922, there were 1,135 known cases of leprosy in the city of Para and 104 cases in the interior of the State. No systematic attempt to ascertain the number of lepers present in the city was made before the establishment by the Federal Government of the National Department of Public Health, Service of Sanitation and Rural Prophylaxis for the State of Para. Soon after the establishment of this service it was ascertained that 900 cases existed in the city. On July 2, 1921, the service assumed the technical direction of the hospital for lepers at Tocunduba, located on the outskirts of the city, and installed there the Experimental Institute for Lepers. From that date to March 22, 1922, examination of 1,135 declared lepers has been made in the city and of 104 in the interior of the State. Notification and supervision of lepers are obligatory. Of the 1,135 urban cases, 255 have been isolated in Tocunduba Hospital and 66 in their homes, the remainder being at liberty, but under medical supervision or under specific treatment in a city therapeutic institute. Treatment with chaulmoogra oil is being carried out. To March 31, 1922, 16,727 injections were reported to have been made, with favorable results.

The Federal Government was stated to have under consideration the construction of a hospital capable of isolating and caring for all lepers in the State of Para.

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OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES EXCLUDED FROM OPERATION OF OREGON WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT.

1

It has been decided by the Supreme Court of Oregon that under the workmen's compensation act of that State an occupational disease is not a "personal injury by accident," and therefore is not compensable. The disease in question in this case was lead poisoning.

DEATHS DURING WEEK ENDED MAY 20, 1922.

Summary of information received by telegraph from industrial insurance companies fa week ended May 20, 1922, and corresponding week, 1921. (From the Weekly Health Index, May 23, 1922, issued by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.)

Deaths from all causes in certain large cities of the United States during the week ended May 20, 1922, infant mortality, annual death rate, and comparison with corresponding week of 1921. (From the Weekly Health Index, May 23, 1922, issued by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.)

4 Annual rate per 1,000 population.

305, 911

80

13.0

11.5

10

15

343,988

107

16.2

13. 2

18

13

634, 866

165

13.6

13.6

18

236, 877

60

Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births-an annual rate based on deaths under 1 year for the week and estimated births for 1921. Cities left blank aro not in the registration area for births.

e Enumerated population Jan. 1, 1920.

Iwanicki v. State Industrial Acc. Commission of Oregon, 205 Pac. 990.

2

Deaths from all causes in certain large cities of the United States during the week ended May 20, 1922, infant mortality, annual death rate, and comparison with corresponding week of 1921. (From the Weekly Health Index, May 23, 1922, issued by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.)-Continued.

TRAFFIC 40 Week ended Annual Deaths under

118

132

55

77

53

43

15

56

64

119

85

dvd 28

75

52

76142

43

60

84

68

PREVALENCE OF DISEASE.

No health department, State or local, can effectively prevent or control disease witho knowledge of when, where, and under what conditions cases are occurring.

UNITED STATES.

CURRENT STATE SUMMARIES.

Telegraphic Reports for Week Ended May 27, 1922.

These reports are preliminary, and the figures are subject to change when later returns are received by the Stato health officers.