HEALTH IN THE PHILIPPINES. 



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The diseases more prevalent among the Filipino troops are shown in 

 the following - table : 



Disease. 



I 



Filipino 

 troops. 



American troops. 



Total. 



White. 



Colored. 





393. 15 

 67.03 

 44.76 

 J4.76 

 43.08 

 36.98 

 21.43 

 16.18 

 9.88 

 2.73 

 1.68 



304.20- 



27.30 



35. 95 



22.54 



27.54 



.08 



S.97 



7.92 



5.49 



.57 



.48 



318. 10 



25. 95 



35.06 



20.68 



24.97 



.09 



8.68 



7.74 



5.36 



.60 



.51 



44.52 

 52. 46 

 52.47 

 57.24 

 76.31 















14.31 

 11.13 

 7.95 

















While "the rates for white soldiers serving in the Philippines ex- 

 ceeded those for colored troops under similar conditions in all cases 

 except in point of admission to sick report, the respective admission, 

 discharge, death, and noneffective rates being 1,675. IS, 11.86, 9.42, and 

 63.66 for white troops, and 2,170.11, 2.71, 4.07, and 57.53 for the 

 colored soldiers," it is noted that at the same time with respect to the 

 troops serving in the United States "as usual, all rates for colored 

 troops, except the death rate, were considerably lower than those for 

 white soldiers. The admission, discharge for disability, death, and 

 noneffective rates for colored troops from all causes were 884.32, 16.22, 

 10.68, and 37.35, respectively, compared with 1,199.16, 33.32, 4.94, and 

 47.55, the corresponding figures for white troops." The rates for admis- 

 sion, discharge, and constant noneffectiveness in the United States were 

 better for colored than for white troops, but the death rate among the 

 colored troops was nearly two and a half times that of white troops, 

 being greater in almost all classes of diseases, especially so in diseases of 

 the respiratory, digestive, and circulatory systems. "The rate for tuber- 

 culosis was more than four times as great, and for pneumonia more than 

 tenfold. It is noticeable that while there were twenty-two deaths from 

 drowning among the white troops, there were none among the colored." 



