Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 53 Part 2.djvu/546

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PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 281 -JULY 15, 1939 nurses, sanitary inspectors and food inspectors; and including not to exceed $200 for special services in detecting adulteration of drugs vPec iiowa. and foods, including candy and milk, $7,312: Provided, That inspec- tors of dairy farms may receive an allowance for furnishing privately owned motor vehicles in the performance of official duties at the rate of not to exceed $312 per annum for each inspector. Maternal and chdd Maternal and child health service: For maintaining a maternal healthservice and child health service, including the establishment and mainte- ance of maternal and child health stations for clinical examinations, payment for personal services, rent, fuel, books, periodicals, and sup- VOneerservies. plies, $36,280: Provided, That the Commissioners may accept such volunteer services as they may deem expedient in connection with the establishment and maintenance of the service herein authorized: comensation re- Provided further, That this shall not be construed to authorize the expenditure or the payment of any money on account of any such volunteer service. For the following hospital and sanatoria: Tuberculosis Sana- Tuberculosis Sanatoria: For personal services, including $3,000 for rs, chief visiting consultant, and not to exceed $3,000 for compensation of consulting physicians at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners, $383,868. rrovisions etc. For provisions, fuel, forage, harness and vehicles and repairs to same, gas, water, ice, shoes, clothing, dry goods, tailoring, drugs and medical supplies, furniture and bedding, kitchen utensils, medi- cal books, schoolbooks, classroom supplies, books of reference, and periodicals not to exceed $500, maintenance of motortrucks, and other necessary items, $238,000. repairs and im- For repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, including roads and sidewalks, $5,500. Gallinger Munici. Gallinger Municipal Hospital: For personal services, including two associate medical officers at $3,200 per annum each, to be appointed without reference to civil service requirements, and including not to exceed $2,000 for temporary labor, $599,340, of which $26,760 shall be available for out-patient relief of the poor including medical and Us restricted. surgical supplies, artificial limbs, and pay of physicians: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the care of persons, except in emergency cases, where the person has been a resident of the District of Columbia for less than one year at the time of application for admission. Maintenance, etc. For maintenance of the hospital; for maintenance of the quaran- tine station, smallpox hospital, and public crematorium, including expenses incident to furnishing proper containers for the reception, burial, and identification of the ashes of all human bodies of indi- gent persons that are cremated at the public crematorium and remain unclaimed after twelve months from the date of such cremation; for maintenance and purchase of horses and horse-drawn vehicles; for medical books, books of reference, and periodicals not to exceed $500; for maintenance of non-passenger-carrying motor vehicles; and for all other necessary expenses, $291,000. Repairs,etc. For repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, $8,500. Incidental expenses. Purchase of books, musical instruments and music, expense of commencement exercises, entertainments, and inspection by New York State Board of Regents, and other incidental expenses of the training school for nurses, $600. Meditca, of indi. Medical charities: For care and treatment of indigent patients gent patientsatdesig- under contracts to be made by the Health Officer of the District of a 8hpis. Columbia and approved by the Commissioners with the following institutions and for not to exceed the following amounts, respectively: children'sHospita. Children's Hospital, including not to exceed $15,000 for dispensary cases to be paid for at existing rates, $80,000. 1022 [53 STAT.