Mr. Speaker. it has recently been discovered that the disease of trachoma. a very serious disease of the eye and which is exceedingly contagious. frequently leading to blindness. is very prevalent among the Indians. particularly in some schools of the Southwest. and more particularly in the school at Phoenix. Ariz.. where out of a total school population of 557 the specialist who has been called in consultation has discovered that 400 pupils are affected with the disease. and of the 54 employees 21 have the disease. A cursory examination discloses the fact that the disease is also prevalent in certain other schools of the Southwest. and also on the rcservations. It is a disease for the prevention of which in the immigrant service we are spending a great deal of money and exercising the utmost care for its prevention. and it seems that it Is necessary with the Indian children to take special precaution against the further spread of the disease.
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