Saipan District)
TINIAN
(Cont'd)
dispensary and laboratory. Futients presently are receiving
symptomatic treatment und cheuotherapy, with vitamins and
plasica as required. At the time of this inspection, there
were 65 patients from Yap, 12 from Ponape District, 7 from
Truk District, 5 from Guam, and 1 from Rota.
There is sufficient housing for the present, and an
additional 30 nouses are to be erected in the near future to
increase the patient capacity to 150. A new dispensary building, with two adjoining wards, is being completed by Navy
"Seabees" from Saipan, and will include a well-ecuipped surgery and a laboratory for all necessary diagnostic work. This
equipaent is on hand, and on its installation, a laboratory
technician and native assistants will be added to the present
medical staff.
General supervision of the Leprosarium and the supply of
logistics is vested in the Civil Administrator, Saipan Dis-
trict. Materials and Navy food supplies are brought in by
Navy surface craft or planes from Saipan. Self-sufficiency
is being encouraged and has the complete cooperation of the
patients. About six acres of land adjacent to the colony are
under cultivation. Trees, plants, seed and advisory assistance are supplied by the CivAd, Saipan, Agriculture Station.
Corn, taro and yums are being frown, and plantings made of
breadfruit, avocado aiid mango trees. Cne hundred coconut
trees have been transplanted; five hundred wore are in the
process of being planted. There are 200 chickens, 6 pigs, and
4, goats on the colony farm. Fishing has started in the lugoon
and along the reef, using traps, hooks and lines. There are a
few cunoes for transportation, fishing, and recreation, including a large outrigger presented from the .arsnallese to
the colony by the Governor, Marshalls.
an autaaotive shop. Water presently is supplied from jiir
Force wells and piped into the colony. There are auple water
sources near tne colony for its supply from wells.
Two deatns end two births have occurred in the colony.
Tuderculosis was the cause of the deaths. Infants born in the
colony are removed to the Saipan dispensary shortly arter
birth for subsecuent adoption into non=-leprous nitive families.
(2)
Sanitation at San Jose village is supervised by a native
inspector, and was very good at the time of this inspection.
Tne village area wes ciean, DDT spraying is routine, pit
latrines were satisfactory. Fresh water supply presently is
adequate. Rodent control and elimination on the islina of
Tinian needs further study and implementation.
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The colony has its own light and power installation, end
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