I will now devote a few words to the Health Bureau organization in Washington by means of which all the functions or activities above described are administered under one head.
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.
The law which changed the name of the Marine Hospital Service and made it a Public Health Service was approved July 1, 1902. This law fixed the status of the officers, enlarged the hygienic laboratory and gave it an advisory board, provided for the conferences with the State and Territorial Boards of Health, provided for compilation and publication of statistics, and directed that the President should prescribe rules for the conduct of the service and the uniforms of its officers and employes.
It also provided for a Public Health and Marine Hospital Bureau at Washington.
By an act of the Congress approved August 14, 1912, the name of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service was changed to Public Health Service. The public health functions and duties of the service were extended and certain changes were made in the salaries of the officers.
The Public Health Service is under the supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury, and is in charge of the Surgeon-General, who has six Assistant Surgeons-General in charge of the Bureau Divisions. These divisions are as follows:
1. Foreign and Insular Quarantine and Immigration.
2. Domestic (Interstate) Quarantine.
3. Personnel and Accounts.
4. Marine Hospitals and Relief.