Rate

Number

ge tw i re

Number
Rate

5005992

a humid climate, a wealth of insec

people, made correction of the situa
The WHIDBEYsurvey noted:

. most islands have commur

and in good repair. It was evidet
still a common practice throughou
and toilet paper were thrown aboi
latrines, in some instances clean a:

used. Even on Saipan Island whe
pit latrine, use of the beach wasevic
Garbage is usually buried in p:

ne he scent,

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disposal were noted on Uutrik A

allowed to accumulate over long per
Rain water is collected tn old oil
houses and coconut trees. The wat
out covers or safeguards against «

water supply. was contaminated.

The heavy ground cover anddec
breeding spots for many varietie
mites, rates and mice continued to

by anthropods were not so import.
tropical areas, the types of mosqu:
definite threat to health because |
filariasis were all present.

Anemia...

Opacity of cornea
Vitamin deficiency

Conjunctivitis ...
Cataract
Acute resp ratory infections ....
Neoplastic diseases 2.0 .....0000.,
Inflammatory diseases of car..........

Prerygium....
Degenerative joint disease ..............

Diseases of the skin and cellular tissue ....

Dermatophyrosis. . .
Chronic tonsillitis and nasopharyngitis. ...

Examinations...

- Number
Selected diagnosis

teach the Micronesians to observe
means of curbing disease. Condit:
district headquarters where admi:
frequentinspections, butthesituat:
wherethefield trip officers could «
inspections once every three montl
little or no appreciation of the “ge:

carried out to sea and dumped.

" BuMed Mannal, para. 1325: the Dental
than naval personnel.

er

Palau

Rate

Marshall Islands

islands, they had expended an im

Saipan

Districe

Toral

Prevalence rates per 1,000 examinations

Districts: 1948-50

Morbidity for Selected Diagnoses, Saipan, Palau, and Marshall Islands

been able to perform only emergen
lation dentalofficers could not be as
some other system of dental care v
Several factors continued to mak
lem. From the first day that nava:

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