Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-31

tBy Nlnneld Jones, special cores pontent Of The ReviewJ
 WASHINGTON. Jan. 30-Gratify. ing results are being obtained in the caIEpaien the Indian Bureau is waging to stamp out tue sale of Wniskey to the Indians and to build un the phy sical conditions of the nation wards.
 For several years the Indian office has maintained a large medical field force, located al indian schools and reservations throughout the twenty six states where Indians live. This force consists of one hundred and ffty-eiehJ physicians and one hundred and lOlrteen nurses or field matrOns There are maintained sixty hospitals and saHjOra with a total capacity of ] .2l0 patients. Iu tho last year medical supplies furnished cost the govern ment S45,OUO and the total cost of this health work was S9t0.000
 The Indian Service in it's health work, said indian Commissioner Var enilne, ls not aiming merely to more effectively care for and cure those that are sick. The reduction Of the death rate Is not its primary interest lt IS working rather 10 increase the vitality of the Indian race and to es- taOlsh for II a new standard of phy- sical well being. The principal feat ures Of the work as it is now organ lzed are: First. an extensive a tack upon the two diseases that most seri- ousiy menace the health of the H. dians-lrachOma and tuberculosis. second, preventive work on large scale, by means Of popular education along health lines and more effective sanitary inspection; third, increased attention to the physical welfare Of the children ir the schools so that the physical stamina of the coming gen eration may be conserved and in- creased"
 Educate Against Tuberculosis.
 Systematic efforts are being made to educate the Indians in the schools and on the reservations as to the best methods of treating and prevent. ing the spread or tuberculosis, tra. chOma, and other infections and con taglOus diseases. A manual on tuber- culosis. it's cause. prevention and treatment, has been published by the medical officers and distributed throughout the service. A series of H. iustrated lectures for travelling health exhibit are being prepared A special physician and photograDher are in the field securing photographs from which these etereOpticOn slides and moving pictures can be made This exhibit will be sent to the dlf- ferent schools and reservations. One of the most important results of th.s educational work will be that it will instruct the employees at the schools and agencies Of the Indian Service as 10 the methods of preventing disease and in this way unite the entire ser vice m the health campaign.
 Increased attention is being given by medical officers and officials or the service to sanitary inspection. l. is planned wherever possible, to haze a house to house inspection by a phy. sician of all Indian homes on the res ervations. This will make it possible not only to accurately learn the ex. tent Of disease and provide for proper treatment, but it will also make it possible for instructions to be given the Indians as to how they may ife- prove the sanitary conditions of their homes and thereby prevent disease iu the bureau Of animal industry of the department of agriculture is now mak- ing an investigation Of all the dairy herds on the reservations to discover If any of the COWS are tubercular. Tho sanitary inspection of the milk supply, so far as handling it, !s also being investigated.
 Children Are ESarnined.
 The medical supervisor Is having the schools in the service systematic ally inspected with special attention to ventilation, disinfection and per sonal hygiene. All pupils presented