* * a In Aaiin Wil Chiklren’s Ward, Dispensary, Yap Isiand systolic and diastolic for both sexes, increased with age. The increase was greatest in Saipan, the most acculturated of the districts. Surveys of the dental health of the people, including that of the Whidbey, reemphasized the “deplorable” dental health situation. Lack of oral hygiene and the high carbohydrate intake from native food combinedto produce an average of over 70 caries a mouth in the older people. Caries existed in 97 percent of the people, andin practically every case of a person over 25 years of age, there was peridontal involvement.” Prosthesis was unobtainable and, as a result, the gen- eral state of health of the people was often affected. ® CinCPacFlt Dent Off Itr ser Atz—i0 Ps ‘FFi2 fy5:wree dtd 23 Jul 47. 900599! The Navy had