the better sanitation of mines were outlined and followed, “such, for instance, as the prevention of tuberculosis among the zinc miners of Missouri. In many other instances it has been possible to recommend and adopt measures which have led to a reduction in illness and the saving of many lives.” The Cutter Service Act of 1914 The Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 The Rural Post Roads Act of 1916 The Sundry Civil Appropriations Act authorized $200,000 for the newly formed Division of Scientific Research for the United States Public Health Service. An Act of June 24, 1914 provided for the furnishing of medical aid to fishing crews. An Act was passed (1916) authorizing hospital and medical services to government employees injured at work. An anti-narcotics law was passed (1914). A federal bill setting minimum housing standards in the District of Columbia was passed (1914), the result of efforts by President Wilson's first wife Ellen Wilson. An Act of October the 22th 1914 provided that “where the wife of a homestead settler or entryman, while residing upon the homestead claim and prior to the submission of final proof, has been abandoned and deserted by her husband for more than 1 year, she may submit proof (by way of commutation or otherwise), on the entry and secure patent in her own name, being allowed credit for all residence and cultivation had and improvements made, either by herself or by her husband.” Health benefits and disability insurance were introduced for lighthouse keepers (1916). A cooperative Federal-State program of cash grants for public health services was established (1917). According to a 1914 report, “Owing to additional authority and larger appropriations granted, the year just ended marks the beginning of a new epoch in the development of investigations of public health matters. These investigations, either newly begun or enlarged, have related to diseases of man, rural sanitation, school hygiene, industrial hygiene, sanitary organization and administration, pollution of navigable waters, and disposal of sewage and wastes.” An Act of June the 23rd 1913 authorized the use of the “epidemic fund” for trachoma prevention. A system of life insurance and medical care for federal employees was initiated. The Harrison Narcotic Act (1914) required prescriptions for products exceeding the allowable limit of narcotics and mandated “increased record-keeping for physicians and pharmacists who dispense narcotics.” In 1916 funds were appropriated by Congress for studies in rural sanitation “formally