RT Journal
T1 TRammeling the sanitary department of the canal zone
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD December 11
VO LIII
IS 24
SP 2010
OP 2010
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.02550240056006
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02550240056006
AB The work of the Department of Sanitation in the construction of the Isthmian Canal has been closely observed by sanitarians all over the civilized world. In fighting disease, much depends on the accuracy of the information and the promptness with which it is received. Frequent communications between boards of health are as necessary as weather bulletins. The progress of an epidemic, the discovery of new methods of overcoming disease, if transmitted at once to other health officers, may mean the saving of thousands of lives. Frequently issued and widely distributed sanitary bulletins are of the greatest value. Most of the states and a large number of cities issue monthly health reports. The United States government maintains in Manila a sanitary department for the control of diseases in the Philippine Islands which publishes health reports regularly. The United States Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service also publishes weekly reports. All of this