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INFLUENZA IN THE UNITED STATES.

CASES REPORTED BY STATES FOR WEEK ENDED FEBRUARY 10, 1923-DEATHS FROM INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA (COMBINED) IN CITIES.

The following table shows the number of cases of influenza reported by State health officers, by telegraph, for the week ended February 10, 1923, compared with similar reports for the corresponding week of 1922, 1921, and 1920.

A table giving similar data for the first five weeks of the year 1923, compared with the corresponding weeks of 1922 and 1921, appears in the Public Health Reports, dated February 9, 1923, pages 251 and 252.

Cases of influenza reported weekly by telegraph by State health officers for the week ended February 10, 1923, and corresponding week of the years 1922, 1921, and 1920.

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The following table shows the number of deaths from pneumonia (all forms) and influenza, combined, in large cities of the United States for which data are available, for the weeks ended January 27 and February 3, 1923, compared with similar figures for the corre

sponding weeks of 1922. The figures were compiled from reports furnished by city health officers.

Deaths from pneumonia (all forms) and influenza combined.

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PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITIES IN YUGOSLAVIA.

The following statements regarding public health work in Yugoslavia are taken from the Bulletin Mensuel, issued by the Ministry of Public Health, Belgrade, October, 1922.

On November 21, 1921, three sanitary laws were approved, designed to unify old sanitary legislation. The subjects of these laws were as follows: (1) The epidemiological service of physicians; (2) the creation of special sanitary institutes for the study and control of contagious diseases; and (3) the creation of a permanent epidemiological commission.

In 1920 sections for health education were provided for the sanitary districts of Novi-Sad, Zagreb, Split, Sarajevo, and Lyoublyana. These sections were coordinated under the newly organized Ministry of Health by the creation of a section for demological study and for popular instruction in hygiene. Up to the date of the report, over 4,500 meetings had been held in different sections of the country, at which instruction was given in health matters by means of still and moving pictures, pamphlets, posters, and placards, using, it is stated, 120 films and distributing copies of 80 different health publications.

For the study of infectious diseases, 16 bacteriological stations have been established, each with a well-defined district and so situated that a prompt bacteriological examination may be had in any part of the country. A special institute has been established at Belgrade for the study of tropical diseases. There are 120 mobile equipments for disinfection at the disposition of the departmental sanitary authorities, each unit consisting of disinfectors and the necessary apparatus. Three automobile outfits have been provided to combat epidemics, two outfits consisting of four vehicles each— one for the laboratory, one for the bathing outfit, one for the disinfection outfit, and one for the transportation of patients. Two sanitary trains have been provided, each composed of six cars, which furnish living accommodations, laboratory, storage space, bath, and disinfection apparatus. Two sanitary trains handed down from the old régime are reserved for the narrow-gauge road of Bosnia. In 1920 a six-month course of instruction for disinfectors was established at Belgrade. A school for nurses, maintained at Belgrade by the Red Cross and the American Mission, is soon to be enlarged to accommodate 120 student nurses. A four-year course is provided, and at least four years of study in a secondary school is required for admission.

Malaria. The study of malaria was begun in 1921, with special reference to conditions in Dalmatia and Macedonia. During 1922 the scope of the work was greatly enlarged. In Macedonia, where

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