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, 17 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: