﻿144 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 



viously, in a community where both malaria and tuberculosis — 

 two transmissible and dangerous diseases — have an exceedingly 

 high incidence, it will be necessary to control the external con- 

 ditions with as much care as is required in dealing with the 

 internal problem. 



In the place under investigation, the external problem is a 

 tremendous one, and presents some unprecedented phases. The 

 eastern boundaries of the property are in the foothills of the Min- 

 doro mountains where the wild tribes, the Mangyans, about 

 whom very little is known, live, and practically nothing is known 

 of the incidence and varieties of infectious diseases among them. 

 Fortunately, intercommunication between the employees of the 

 corporation and other citizens of the lowlands, on the one hand, 

 and the wild men of the mountains, on the other, is rather limited. 

 However, due to trade requirements and the increasing attitude 

 of friendship, the association between these people is becoming 

 more general, and in the course of time this mingling will in- 

 fluence the sanitary problem, both of the lowlands and the wild 

 tribes of the mountains. Up and down the coast line, north, 

 south, and west of the properties of the corporation, there are 

 located a number of barrios and villages with the closest asso- 

 ciation and intermingling of populations that it is possible to 

 obtain. 



THE MUNICIPALITY OF PANDOROCAN 



At the present time, all the part of the east coast of Min- 

 doro including the properties of the Mindoro Company and the 

 San Jose Estate is within the municipality of Pandorocan, and 

 this municipality, in turn, is under the provincial government 

 of Mindoro, which is located at Calapan on the opposite coast of 

 the island. 



The geographic outlines of the municipality of Pandorocan 

 are shown in fig. 1. It consists of the properties of the Mindoro 

 Company and the San Jose Estate, divided as follows: 



Estimated population. 



Bugsanga Camp No. 1 500 



Lubang Camp No. 2 1,400 



Mindoro Camp No. 3 820 



Kaminawit Camp No. 4 100 



Irrigation Canal No. 2 300 



Japanese Camp No. 5 50 



Flowing Camp No. 2 50 



Total 3,200 



