New-York tribune., 1901-12-26
HEALTH IN THE. PHILIPPINES.
TIE CLIMATE UNUSUALLY HEALTHFUh fof'
A TROPICAL COUNTRY

,,-..,,,.+o, Dec q fspeciaD THE remarkable
ss,nb-ttv Of the Philippines is pointed our III an
instructive chapter public health IN Tue
of the Taft Commission, from which 1he
extracts are taken;
If further demonstration of the faot tsaV ons1
heaithful for tropical country Vas Tas efck rate dur
s the last year among troops scateged IN
dsds Of nunicipal;ties hrongh3g1 bes s Of Soldiers
have become insane here and IN 7frste SG The truth
is that the large majority OF cases 6r drinking
among the soldiers naye been ble shown by chem
cal ANALYSIS to contain in some sfora dead
as Il per cent OF fusel oil, and Is therefore
khough the climate must the whoe eaeue es com in
fbn citv of Manila and its appearance IN SeVeTa ERA
adjacent towns; the fact 1bcs tnab ana viii CON
tinue TO do SO until general system a occurrence 90
Of Scattered groups Of lepers many OF | TnGi fbout
now living without medical asSlstaCe nalarfai and
ober fevers and the several varieties OF dysete1s
hicn tha aae 9Ssua and aer it BUT the 0soqte M
norance of disregard for IN the n Of the munci
6ates Combine to abundant F4fa +ha aajf oI 4
insuIar board to have general charse oi 'ie
interests of the achlpelago.
crob = hoard has been created, and since August
much has peen accomplished A war OF eAlei -
n1ination is being waged against rats Which ~ a.
known to play an important part IN propasdlins
plague.
of smallpox has orlSiIldITc III '-40 0-'
The greatest source of mortality is 9n1In96g dnrpg
tuberculosis which has caused l6o DEAN oudlI,s r
the last TWO months. It Is most preVdleIII
The very poor who live crowded together uiluer nT,
very unsanitary conditions Measures 6Ie L.. ny ~
heng taken TO ascertain the exact Whered u y.
ali persons in Manila suffering from piIihoLtaitS
tuberculosis. with a view to the possioe $50 Co.
Iishn1ent of a consInptive colony OUTSIDE the CITY
limits for those cases Where oahseI VI i'~7
others is greatest. -,.,. -. +auan
The Commissioner Of Public Health mas taken
charge of the leper hospitals of the 3rcHipelasg,
which are located at Cebu, Uoilo ana Fdlestiid
(Ambos Camarines), respectively Iney Colleit. i.
all told. some five hundred lepers- lepeL
of the islands is being taken, with a xIeM 70 VI.
eventual segregation all persons suffering from
This disease on the isolated but fertile and heath1u
island of Cagayan de Jolo. where they can 9e gIEeI
better care. allowed greater liberty ana tIldue Iot
contented than when confined in hosplials. II Is
believed that with the income derived from prop
ertv already aside for the support OF iepe.is,
and with the agricultural work when those IN tie
early stages of the disease would he gao 20 per
form If given opportunity a leper colony might be
insular government. The number OF Iepers IN the
archipelago has been estimated to be as nlgn as
thirty thousand. but the Commissioner OF FuoIc
Health. who has had wide opportunity 1or oo-
servation expresses the belief that there are less
than ten thousand of them. -
Rinderpest and plaques of locusts have been wide
spread during the last year Rinderpest Is now
diminution of cattle. due to its ravages: Al the
request Of the Governors of several provinces ex-
perts have been by the Board OF Health TO m
struct the Fipinos in the method or making post,
mortemS and of inoCulationS of gall from diseased
animals for the immunization of healthtul animals