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SO OKI im va*-With one If waring)W -i sell.KJSt lo-%Katinaisastral.racmnt.Bran-any ofto»sKi—29*31mrcoiim:nterix«d.Av#.IIP 26-'.i'.iK. URIon. Call J2Y 23-23 R SOLD terms. 440 lit* 11934 tr1151 «*• Iran-ures pur* scea*SSOIlrealyou1)hi)SINGLE•P29-31.PHONEBanff. Abowling Mt«^m «Mrfc of here haaIOttawa, Jan. 29 jCf^The white man’s diseaeas still are taking a heavy toll among dmramlsuu of Canada’s aristas! Itaftw settlors.The» ♦BPrtpMt'aannual rtai| shorn that **• pro-gress is being qsnde in combatting tuberculosis among the Indians, but the death r§le still is high The death rate from tuberculosis in the white population was 114 per 100,000 of population in 1948 Ams«g the Indians it was 490.1. In 1047. the Indian r^ts was 5494L Preliminary figures indicate that the decliny between 1944 end 194# will be in the order of 90 pm* cent--} tangible evidence that strenuous ensw finding nod expanding treatment facilities are producing striking results.1* m|d the report Ten years ago, about 100 Indians were under active treatment for tuberculosis. In January, 1980, there were 2J4S. There is still much to be done, but vigorous health education and n rglsed standard of tivta# are expected to smooth the way.Authorities see nothing to indicate that the Indian and Eskima are not as sturdy a* any other stock. But there is reason w believe that n changing way of Ufa, without accompanying appreciation of gbpd health habits, can result in high morbidity.”stranded It four-room a c. a. lt;Pat was frosen came separai waa oa Us 1saffevtag se The inherdentified, hi small park ' west of here All are re from cold, believed to danger.Extension of TimImmiThe report told of various steps tal and medical treatment for Intaken to extend and improve hospi-dians and Eskimos.“Whereas 10 years ago, the departure of an Indian to a sanatorium was accepted as a death sentence, In the past fiscal year more than 2,005 have been discharged from treatment with the disease under control,” lt;ald the report.1”, tJle teal year ended March 31, 1950, there were two epidemics among Indians and Eskimos. |n the area pf the Mackenzie river delta centering on Aklavlk there were 300 cases of measles in a population of 3,500. There were 14 deaths.Measles was a more lethal disease among natives “because they are extremely difficult to restrain once convalescence commences and, in a rigorous climate, a proportion fall prey to sequelae (different diseases following upon another disease).”The second epidemic was an outbreak of diphtheria in northeastern British Columbia, around Halfway river, where 54 out of a population of 90 were affected. The report did not indicate if the disease caused any deaths.V 1___w w^pppppi§«• mmi^LriiiwiinBonn, tieri •Alleged cc over key plt; blow up bri power, raiiwi lories unf|I 1 man People ed ip a rejH communist I The report nattcal netw supplied witj for “X Day to seize pow Trained sc ing it at the a moqth. ' mainly still been schools (duel resist* The repor German men prepared b; first legion action grou with which of parllamen It is baseAccradiw. j. ukisi8. Godfrey, *M?r Av«nult;‘* •A'ftfiiiKKMJWTON ter* Knl Phone 6015.I'TI.t.KCom
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Brandon Daily Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Mon, Jan 29, 1951
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Kenneth J.
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