a
CARE
(2) Number and percent of registered live births by type of attendant, Trust Territory
districts, 1967 (by district of residence of mother)
ich hospital.
are under the supervision of the district
in all hospitals, and leprosy control clinics
1¢ district. A diabetes mellitus clinic is
hypertension clinic in one, eye clinics in
districts.
District
Type of attendant
Phy sician
NUMBER
Mariana Islands ......
Marshall Islends .....
Palau ..cccsceeevees
y. Facilities are provided in one other lo“erritory.
ire dispensaries ond health aide posts under
tide is stationed at each, except for four in
ich are staffed by graduate nurses. Following
4 aide posts in each administrative district:
Graduate
nurse
Hea Ith or
nurse aide
339
236
345
96
118
24
15
394
7
Midwife’
Total
Other
-22
48
45]
775
424
Ponape.....ccceceees
67
208
43
120
616
Truk occ ece cee eeeceee
YOP wi cacecccccaeeess
199
89
32
65
33
15
442
57
803
232
Total wsecsesscues
1,275
543
507
689
3,301
75.2
30.5
81.4
21.3
15.2
2.7
3.3
50.8
1.4
.2
.6
-
“+
2.8
17.3
100
100
100
Ponape ...sccceesees
10.9
33.8
7.0
28.9
19.5
100
Truk
.ccccccccecauce
24.8
4.0
4.]
|
55.0
100
Yap wcacccnucvcenece
38.4
28.0
6.5
2.6
24.6
100
Total ...c ccc cece
38.6
16. 4
15.4
8.7
20.9
100
PERCENT
Mariana Islands ......
Marshall Islands....-.
Palaus.cecccccaseces
D CHILD HEALTH
"Graduate nurses"’ are graduates of a 2-year training schoo! for nurses in the Trust Territory.
‘epartum clinics were held twice a week in
b Traditional village midwives, most of whom have had some training at district hospitals,
Some postpartum examinations were
(3) Number and percent of registered live births in hospital, dispensary, and at home,
Trust Territory districts, 1967 (by district of residence of mother)
maternity clinics and well-baby conferences
the table below. Well-baby conferences are
There were head start health pro-
Place of birth
District
field hospital out-patient clinic or to a dis-
mity clinics and well-baby conferences
1967 through June 1968
vie
Well-baby Conference
andances
Cases
Attendances
T, 806
1,052
1, 799
1, 162
1, 308
1, 063
453
100
381
418
364
149
2, 129
183
1, 320
1, 139
973
840
8, 190
1, 865
6, 584
District
hospital
Field
hospital®
Dispensa
spensary
H
ome
Total
NUMBER
Mariana Islands .....
Marshall fslands.....
Palau ..eeeeececnee
Ponape ..csecacaees
Truk pesca cecccrees
Yap .esecceess seees
400
225
363
220
253
153
32
199
-45
---
16
184
5
6
-7
3
167
56
345
550
72
45]
775
424
616
803
232
Total ...ceceeees
1, 614
276
218
1, 193
3,301
PERCENT
Mariana Islands ....,
88.7
7.1
3.5
0.7
100
Marshall Islands ....
Palau... eces screens
Ponape ...ceeeeeees
Truk cca cccncnevees
Yop cc ccceceanceces
29.0
85.6
35.7
31.5
65.9
25.7
-7.3
---
23.7
1.2
1.0
-3.0
21.5
13. 2
56. 0
68. 5
31.
100
100
106
100
100
Total . ccc ceeeee
48.9
8.4
6.6
36. |
190
‘includes three field or sub-haspitals: an Ebeye (Marshall islands District), Kusaie (Ponape District),
and Reta (Marioena Islands District).
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in one.
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ON
er four.