Compensation of officers and other employees of the Marine Hospital Division, United States Public Health Service, paid from the appropriation, "Pay of personnel and maintenance of hospitals, Public Health Service, 1920"-Continued. Compensation of officers and other employees of the Marine Hospital Division, United States Public Health Service, paid from the appropriation, "Pay of personnel and maintenance of hospitals, Public Health Service, 1920"-Continued. Compensation of officers and other employees of the Marine Hospital Division, United States Public Health Service, paid from the appropriation, "Pay of personnel and maintenance of hospitals, Public Health Service, 1920"-Continued. Assistant surgeons general, 7 bureau chiefs (administrative duties), 1 at large for malarial survey and prevention of malaria. Hospitals, 68: Senior surgeons, 6; surgeons, 29; passed assistant surgeons, 18; assistant surgeons, 15. War Risk. 19: Senior surgeons, 3; surgeons, 7; passed assistant surgeons, 7; assistand surgeons, 2. Quarantine, 34: Senior surgeon, 1; surgeons, 10; passed assistant surgeons, 14; assistant surgeons, 9. Immigration, 17: Surgeons, 7; passed assistant surgeons, 10. Child hygiene, 2: Surgeon, 1; passed assistant surgeon, 1. Rural hygiene. 3: Surgeon, 1; passed assistant surgeons, 2. Hygienic laboratory, 10: Surgeons. 4; passed assistant surgeons, 5; assistant sur geon, 1. Chemical laboratory: Surgeon, 1. Investigation of trachoma: Surgeon, 1. Investigation of stream pollution: Passed assistant surgeon, 1. Investigation of water supplies: Passed assistant surgeon, 1. Purveying depot: Surgeon. 1. Prevention of malaria: Surgeon, 1. Prevention of plague. 4: Passed assistant surgeons, 2; assistant surgeons. 2. Epidemiological aids to State health officers, 10: Passed assistant surgeons, 7: assistant surgeons, 5. Pellagra studies. 3: Surgeon, 1; passed assistant surgeons, 2. Federal Employees' Compensation Commission: Surgeon, 1. Awaiting orders, 8: Senior surgeons, 4; surgeons, 2; passed assistant surgeons, 2. DIVISION OF PERSONNEL AND ACCOUNTS, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. Annual compensation of all acting assistant surgeons chargeable to appropriation "Pav of acting assistant surgeons" now on roll (Dec. 31, 1919), amounts to $239,995, as follows: Dr. STIMPSON. Do you mean from the fund already appropriated and available July 1? The CHAIRMAN. No; you have a total of $8,250,000. Your skeleton organization will be under the $4,000,000 fund, and that stands by itself, because it is for a particular service. Then I want a statement covering the rest of the service, so that what Mr. Cannon has spoken of can be readily seen by anyone who wants to know what your personnel is and what salaries you are paying. Dr. STIMPSON. I will furnish that. The CHAIRMAN. Referring to this estimate of $6,000,000 submitted as a deficiency, what kind of organization does that contemplate? Does it involve taking on some more examiners or physicians? Dr. STIMPSON. That estimate was made in October, and it was thought at that time that it was sufficiently large to pay the expenses of the organization that we will be able to put in for the rest of the year, but we find at this time, or a few months later, that that estimate is not sufficient, and we need more money. The CHAIRMAN. Why? Dr. STIMPSON. I will explain: We estimated that there would be an average of 9,000 patients in our hospitals during the next six months at $3.30 per day, making $5,435,100 for the six months beginning January 1. The CHAIRMAN. Is that expense incurred without regard to your salary roll? Dr. STIMPSON. Yes, sir; that is including all the expenses of hospital care at the Government hospitals. The CHAIRMAN. Does that include the salaries of the men in the field making examinations? Dr. STIMPSON. No, sir; this is for the hospitals only. The CHAIRMAN. I think you stated a minute ago that the $3.30 per day included the cost of making the examinations by the physicians. Dr. STIMPSON. Only when the examination is made in the hospital, but not when it is made elsewhere. Mr. BYRNES. Nor does this include the contract hospitals? NUMBER OF PATIENTS TREATED. (See p. 867.) Dr. STIMPSON. No, sir; not the contract hospitals. We have at the present time 5,000 patients in contract hospitals, and I think that number will not diminish. We are paying an average of $2.573 per patient per day, making $2,354,295 for that item. The CHAIRMAN. You have 5,000 contract patients? Dr. STIMPSON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. In addition to the 6,300? Dr. STIMPSON. Yes, sir; we are treating now altogether over 10,000 patients. The CHAIRMAN. Can you give the number of war risk insurance patients that are included in that first figure of 6,324, and also the number of war risk insurance patients in the 5,000 contract hospital patients? Dr. LAVINDER. There are approximately 10,000 war risk patients. That is simply an approximation. Dr. STIMPSON. On December 20 we had 5,100 war risk patients in Government hospitals, and the rest of them were other beneficiaries. The CHAITMAN. How many of the 5,000 patients in contract hospitals are war risk patients? Dr. STIMPSON. In the contract hospitals I think there are about 5,000 war risk patients. We have but a few other beneficiaries in the contract hospitals. Nearly all of them are war risk patients. COST OF THE DISTRICTS. Now, taking up these districts, the personnel in these districts during the next six months we estimate will cost $734,901.50. The CHAIRMAN. That includes the personnel in the hospitals? Dr. STIMSON. No, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Is that the personnel outside of the hospitals? Dr. STIMPSON. Yes, sir. There are 48 commissioned officers, 628 other officers, and 686 clerks in the district organization only. They are not in hospitals. The cost of this personnel and the rent of the offices for six months is $970,016.84. The CHAIRMAN. That includes rent? Dr. STIMPSON. Yes, sir; the rent is $82,227 for six months. The CHAIRMAN. Is that for the first six months? Dr. STIMPSON. No, sir; that is for the coming six months. This is the estimate. Now, on account of the large number of war-risk patients put in the marine hospitals and in the former contract sta 158652-20-55 |