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  ALASKA 
  FISHEEIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  two 
  native 
  boys, 
  Constantine 
  Lestenkof 
  and 
  George 
  

   Lekanof, 
  residents 
  of 
  St. 
  George 
  Island, 
  entered 
  the 
  Salem 
  Indian 
  

   Training 
  School 
  at 
  Chemawa, 
  Oreg. 
  

  

  MEDICAL 
  SERVICES. 
  

  

  On 
  both 
  St. 
  Paul 
  and 
  St. 
  George 
  Islands 
  a 
  physician 
  was 
  employed 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  St. 
  Paul 
  physician 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1914, 
  

   showed 
  that 
  during 
  that 
  period 
  280 
  cases 
  were 
  treated; 
  among 
  these 
  

   were 
  40 
  cases 
  of 
  bronchitis. 
  During 
  this 
  period 
  there 
  were 
  8 
  deaths. 
  

   Comments 
  were 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  general 
  lack 
  of 
  cleanliness 
  and 
  the 
  

   negligence 
  shown 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  carrying 
  out 
  instructions 
  for 
  the 
  care 
  

   of 
  the 
  sick. 
  Complaint, 
  also, 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  attitude 
  exliibited 
  

   toward 
  the 
  physician 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  performance 
  of 
  his 
  official 
  

   duties. 
  Superstition 
  and 
  the 
  unmoral 
  conditions 
  were 
  also 
  made 
  

   the 
  subject 
  of 
  comment. 
  To 
  the 
  rather 
  steady 
  habit 
  of 
  quass 
  drink- 
  

   ing 
  was 
  attributed 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  cases 
  of 
  stomach 
  troubles 
  existing 
  

   among 
  the 
  adults. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  this 
  and 
  other 
  reports 
  received, 
  the 
  Department 
  has 
  

   made 
  special 
  efforts 
  to 
  inaugurate 
  more 
  sanative 
  conditions 
  and 
  

   attempted 
  to 
  instill 
  in 
  the 
  natives 
  a 
  more 
  wholesome 
  respect 
  for 
  the 
  

   authority 
  of 
  the 
  physicians 
  and 
  a 
  keener 
  appreciation 
  of 
  what 
  the 
  

   Government 
  is 
  endeavoring 
  to 
  do 
  for 
  their 
  comfort 
  and 
  welfare. 
  

   Later 
  reports 
  indicated 
  that 
  decided 
  improvements 
  have 
  been 
  effected. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1913 
  an 
  addition 
  was 
  built 
  on 
  the 
  old 
  dispen- 
  

   sary 
  on 
  St. 
  Paul 
  Island, 
  but 
  lack 
  of 
  funds 
  deferred 
  its 
  completion 
  

   until 
  after 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  fiscal 
  year. 
  A 
  small 
  building 
  which 
  

   had 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  storage 
  of 
  clean 
  salt 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  suffi- 
  

   ciently 
  good 
  condition 
  and 
  of 
  ample 
  size 
  for 
  present 
  needs 
  as 
  

   a 
  hospital. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  preparing 
  it 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  medical 
  

   department 
  was 
  commenced 
  in 
  August, 
  1914. 
  Physical 
  obstacles 
  

   incident 
  to 
  moving 
  it 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  some 
  200 
  yards 
  over 
  uneven 
  

   ground 
  and 
  without 
  the 
  proper 
  equipment 
  for 
  such 
  an 
  undertaking, 
  

   were 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  considerable 
  delay 
  in 
  getting 
  the 
  building 
  on 
  its 
  

   new 
  location. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  main 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  street 
  

   of 
  the 
  village, 
  opposite 
  and 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  dispensary. 
  

   The 
  building 
  is 
  supported 
  on 
  a 
  substantial 
  rockwork 
  foundation 
  and 
  

   is 
  well 
  put 
  together. 
  Two 
  additions 
  were 
  buUt, 
  one 
  as 
  an 
  en- 
  

   trance 
  vestibule, 
  in 
  front; 
  the 
  other, 
  containing 
  kitchen 
  entrance, 
  

   coal 
  room, 
  and 
  toilet, 
  on 
  the 
  side. 
  A 
  new 
  roof, 
  pierced 
  by 
  two 
  

   chimneys, 
  was 
  found 
  necessary 
  and 
  was 
  supplied. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  William 
  M. 
  Murphy 
  was 
  employed 
  as 
  physician 
  of 
  St. 
  George 
  

   Island 
  throughout 
  the 
  year. 
  On 
  St. 
  Paul 
  Island, 
  Dr. 
  Henry 
  Esmond 
  

   acted 
  as 
  physician 
  during 
  the 
  fu-st 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  he 
  was 
  suc- 
  

   ceeded 
  by 
  Dr. 
  William 
  B. 
  Hunter. 
  

  

  