(Saipan District)
TINIAN
Tinian Island was inspected on 28 January, after arrival from Rota by
RLD plane on the airfield. Inspection was made of the native village of
San Jose, the Trust Territory Leprosarium, the acreage of the Marianas Farms,
Inc., and the harbor facilities. The native nopulation of San Jose village
is 296, of whom 146 are under 16 years of age,
Tinian is a "high" island,
very fertile, and served as a B-29 base during World War II.
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Administrative program.
(a)
Sel f~government..
The Chief Commissioner of Tinian is Henry Hofschneider,
the Treasurer is Henry Fleming. The high council consists of
seven members.
Election of officials is by secret ballot.
The community court is presided over by the Chief Commission-
er. Designated members of the Insular Constabulary serve on
Tinian. The native community has a balanced budget,
(b)
Health and sanitation.
(1)
There are two medical facilities on Tinian — a dispensary
at the native village of San Jose to the north and the Trust
Territory Leprosarium located on the southwest shore of the
island.
Health services in the village of San Jose are administered by a native nurse's aide with guidance and assistance by
Lieutenant (junior grade) J. W, Millar, Medical Corps, U.S.
Navy, who is medical officer in charge of the Leprosariun,
Medical records at the dispensary were satisfactory and supplies adequate. The general nutrition of the veople of San
Jose appeared to be very good, There is some incidence of
tuberculosis, and active cases are hospitalized at the CivAd
dispensary on Sainan,
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The Leprosarium was established late in 1948 and is
directly supervised by Lieutenant (junior grade) Millar,
agsisted by a U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer (Hospital
Corps), four naval enlisted hospital corps ratings, a native
medical aide and one nurse's aide, Lieutenant (junior prade)
Millar kas been specially trained in leprosy, and is an ener-
getic and able administrator, Quarters for the Medical
Officer and the Chief Warrant Officer were under construction,
The hospital corpsmen are housed in comfortable quarters,
The colony at the time of this inspection included 90
natives of the Trust Territory with varying degrees of
leprosy, housed in 50 small frame houses, well-lighted and
ventilated, Other colony buildings include a church (served
twice weekly by missionaries from Saipan}, two storehouses,
ten cook huts, four sets of heads and showers, and a temporary
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