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The following outlying barrios contain practically all the 

 remaining population of the municipality. 



Estimated population. 



Pandorocan 35 



Mangarin 280 



Caguray 100 



Santa Teresa (Lalaoigan) 150 



Ilin Island 400 



Calintaan 300 



Bulalacao 200 



Total 1,465 



A sanitary investigation of a number of the barrios has been 

 made as follows: 



Mangarin. — With a population of approximately 300 people, 

 Mangarin is the oldest inhabited village in Mindoro, being nearly 

 three hundred years old. During its existence of these hundreds 

 of years, its population has remained practically constant, the 

 deaths being just about equal to the births. It is located on a 

 low-lying point in Mangarin Bay, is surrounded by swamp 

 marshes, and is without drainage. It will be impossible to 

 institute drainage without incurring unjustifiable expense. The 

 total value of the improvements and real estate in the entire 

 town does not exceed 5,000 pesos. ^ The inhabitants are dirty, 

 lazy, and diseased. A medical survey of the population shows 

 a "spleen index" among the children of 98 per cent; a clinical 

 ansemia index of practically the same figure ; a skin-disease index 

 of 100 per cent; a very high incidence of tuberculosis and in- 

 testinal diseases ; and an infant mortality that is simply appalling. 



After a rather careful examination of this population, it is 

 my firm belief that every man, woman, and child of the village 

 is infected with malaria, and certainly every one of them has 

 scabies, and, in most instances, there is at least one other skin 

 disease present. The most practicable way of reaching Mangarin 

 from San Jose is by train to Kaminawit (port of Mangarin), 

 a distance of approximately 15 kilometers, and thence by boat 

 to the village, a distance of about 2 kilometers. The intercourse 

 between the people of this village and San Jose is constant and 

 considerable. The only excuse for the existence of this village 

 is that it is convenient to very profitable fishing water, 



Santa Teresa (Lalaoigan). — Santa Teresa is a comparatively 

 newly constructed village with a very nearly ideal location. It 



' One peso Philippine currency equals 50 cents United States currency. 

 One peso equals 100 centavos. 



