half pay. [2468-22.] S ECTION  787 . Status of Assistant Surgeon. —  An assistant surgeon shall possess the same qualifications and be entitled to the same increase in pay by reason of length of service as a commissioned officer, but he shall not, by virtue of his appointment as a ssistant surgeon, be entitled to promotion. [2468-17, 18, 23.] SECTION  788 . Compensation of Sanitary Inspectors. —  As regards compensation the Insular sanitary inspectors of the Philippine Health Service shall be on the following basis: Entrance salary, one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; after one year's serv ice, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-two pesos; after two years' service, two thousand one hundred and sixty pesos; after three years' service, two thousand two hundred and eighty pesos. [2319-1 (Bur. Health).] District Health Officers SECTION  792 . Division of Philippine Islands into Health Districts — District Health Officers. —  With the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the Director of Health shall divide the Philippine Islands, into such number of health districts as shall fr om time to time be deemed advisable. The several health districts shall, so far as practicable, be co-extensive with the respective provinces, but where the local conditions require, two or more provinces, or parts of provinces may be united into one healt h district. cAaDHT To each health district there may be assigned by the Director of Health a district health officer who shall be the chief representative of the Philippine Health Service within his district. Upon emergency additional health officers may be assigned to a particular district, or the district health officer of another district may be assigned to temporary duty therein. The Director of Health may also assign to any health district such other duly authorized sanitary officers or employees as he may deem necessary. Unless the Director of Health shall otherwise order, additional district ARTICLE  V Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 241