District
Saipan... 6-2. ee.
Palau... 0.00002.
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Truk............ Cece eee ee beeen Lo.
Ponape............0 eee eee bo
Marshalls.......... 0.0.0.4. bee ee
Total.
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Population
Number examined
Percent examined
6, 506 |
11, 740 |
4, 999
10, 575
76.8
90.1
55, 730
33, 820
60.7
15, 788 |
10, 397 |
11, 299 |
y, 088
*2, 586
6, 572
57.8
24.9
58.2
*Chese X-rays only.
Lack of time to complete the survey accounted for the low percentages of examinations in the Truk, Ponape and Marshall Islands Districts. The Ponapeans examined were given only chest X-rays, but for
all other persons, the medical personnel of the ship set up medicalrecord
cards complete with data gathered” and performed physical and
dental examinations, chest X-rays, tuberculin tests, stool examinations
for intestinal parasitism,’ and specific examinations such as blood
kahns and biopsies of tumors. All infants were immunized against
smallpox, typhoid fever and diphtheria.
Vital statistics consisting of records of births, deaths, marriages, and
divorces were gathered in each district and these, together with the
individual medical records, provided a wealth ofstatistical data never
before available for the area. The original medical record card was
kept aboard the ship and the copy sent to the proper dispensary.”
Sanitation inspections of the islands visited were conducted by the
medical personnel and data collected on public health practices. Specific conditions noted were water and food supplies, sewage and
garbage disposal, control of communicable diseases, obstetrical practices, housing, control of rodents andinsect pests, maintenanceof vital
statistical records, care of the dead, and indigenous customsaffecting
health.” A general health andsanitation report for each island was
prepared in triplicate; the original was sent to DepHiComTerPacls,
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_ Cards were sct up for the Ponapeans also. When operating commitments cut short the
cruise of the ship in the Ponape District, arrangements were made for the dispensary at Ponape
o complete the survey (HiComTerPacls msg of 16 Mar 51}.
Omitted in the Mortlocks, Truk District. in order that
more time could be devoted to the
study of filariasis,
- HiComTerPacts ltr ser 35 dtd 7 Apr 49.
Jt CinCPacFle ltr ser 2835/HiComTerPacls ltr ser 1972 dtd 23 Jun 48.
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