Pennsylvania Accredited for Tuberculosis Eradication
Federal recognition of Pennsylvania as a modified accredited area, the state having reduced bovine tuberculosis to less than 0.5 per cent, was celebrated with special ceremonies at Harrisburg, December 16. Forty-three states have now been accredited. —
Government Builds Second Narcotic Farm
The cornerstone of the United States Narcotic Farm will be laid at Fort Worth, Texas, February 13. Speakers at the ceremonies will include Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon General, U. S. Public Health Service, and Miss Josephine Roche, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. This is the second narcotic farm to be built by the U. S. Public Health Service under the jurisdiction of the division of mental hygiene. The first was opened in May 1935 at Lexington, Ky. During the first year the Lexington institution admitted 1,240 persons as patients. Of this number 283 were voluntary patients. According to the annual