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(Truk District)
HEADQUARTERS OF THE GOVERNOR, EASTERN CAROLINES,
AND OF THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATOR, TRUK DISTRICT
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(Cont'd)
General health and nutrition of the natives in the
islands inspected in the Truk District was good.
There
appeared to be a high tubercular incidence, the degree of
which must await determination from the survey of the U.S.S.
WHIDBEY. Tubercular patients presently are isolated and
given generally conservative treatment. Construction of the
tuberculosis ward adjacent to the CivAd main dispensary on
Moen Island will be of assistance in treatment of more
serious cases. For further recommendation, see page 11 of
the main body of this Report.
(2)
Sanitation on the islands inspected in the Truk District
was average. Recommendations for improvement of sanitation
measures on certain islands inspected are made under island
headings for the Truk District in this Tab.
(c)
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Education.
The educational problem in the Truk District has been
complex, but appears to be in the course of solution. PITTS
graduates should be of assistance in providing better—trained
teachers for certain islands of the Eastern Carolines.
PITTS
has the task of training teachers for the entire Trust Terri-
tory. The location on Moen is an improvement over the former
location on Guam, Many native communities, particularly on
Truk atoll, require stimulation in the building of more acceptable school buildings.
(4)
Religion.
There are 48 Protestant and 29 Catholic churches in the
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REPRODUCED FROM HOLDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Truk District.
Fourteen Catholic and three Protestant
missionaries administer for their congregations. The mission=aries have been helpful in assisting the Civil Administrator
with educational, rehabilitation and health problems. Periodic
visits of a Navy chaplain to the CivAd Unit are recommended,
(e)
Economic develorment.
Copra purchases from natives of the Truk District in the
last calendar quarter of 1948 totalled $34,310.49.
Handi-
craft purchases during the same period amounted to $4,320.93.
The Island Trading Coxmpany, which has been primarily
concerned in the Truk District with the purchase of copra and
handicraft and the procurement of stores for sale, is in the
process of transferring the majority of its functions in this
District to commercial interests. The Truk Trading Company
(see page 59, Tab A) is well organized and equipped to furnish
most of the needs in this District, and is planning soundly
to expand and absorb all present functions of I.T.C.
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