. History of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, 1817-1909. eereported that the bill had been favorably acted upon by theSenate Committee but that there the consideration hadstopped. June 27, 1904, the Executive Committee reported thatthere was then pending in Congress a bill (Senate Bill3786, House Bill 10,955) ^^^ the further prevention of com-municable diseases. The committee was instructed by theSociety to favor this legislation. [The bills expired bylimitation with the session of Congress.] Congress passed a bill, approved February 9, 1907, en-titled An Act for the prevention

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. History of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, 1817-1909. eereported that the bill had been favorably acted upon by theSenate Committee but that there the consideration hadstopped. June 27, 1904, the Executive Committee reported thatthere was then pending in Congress a bill (Senate Bill3786, House Bill 10,955) ^^^ the further prevention of com-municable diseases. The committee was instructed by theSociety to favor this legislation. [The bills expired bylimitation with the session of Congress.] Congress passed a bill, approved February 9, 1907, en-titled An Act for the prevention of scarlet fever, diph-theria, measles, whooping cough, chicken pox, epidemiccerebro-spinal meningitis and typhoid fever in the Districtof Columbia (see U. S. Statutes, 1906-7, p. 889). March13th, a letter was received by the Society from the HealthOfficer, transmitting a copy of the regulations proposedunder the act and asking an expression of opinion. Theletter was referred to the Executive Committee, which re-ported, March 20th, recommending that the proposed reg-. 43

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