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The above outlined organization will give a unit that should 

 be sufficient to meet the requirements of the situation, provided 

 the necessary g-ovemmental cooperation can be secured in con- 

 trolling the external problem. Recommendations covering this 

 phase of the subject are that : 



1. The municipal government of Pandorocan be moved to Santa Teresa. 



2. The barrio of Mangarin be transferred to Santa Teresa. 



3. The chief physician of the San Jose Estate be given the official designa- 



tion and authority of a district health officer. 



4. On account of the increasing incidence of malaria fever in various parts 



of the Philippine Islands, the Director of Health be requested to 

 declare malaria a dangerous communicable disease within the meaning 

 of the law, in order that the usual methods of eradication may be 

 enforced when necessary. 



5. The Government make arrangements, either by conferring authority upon 



the officers of the San Jose Estate or otherwise, to provide satisfactory 

 police and legal protection for the inhabitants of Pandorocan. 



10. APPENDIX 



The following series of questions submitted in letters addressed 

 to the attorney and chief physician, respectively, of the Mindoro 

 properties, together with the answers to these questions, are 

 so important in understanding the social, sanitary, and economic 

 problems of Mindoro that they are given in full : 



1. What was the average population during the years 1911 and 1912; 

 separate figures for men, women, and children? 



The Mindoro Company: No census was kept during the years 1911 and 

 1912. 



San Jose Estate: 1911, men about 2,000. Very few women and children 

 here this year; 1912, men about 2,200, women about "200, and children 150. 



2. The average number of laborers on your pay rolls during the above 

 period? 



The Mindoro Company: 628 per month. 



San Jose Estate: 1911, about 500; 1912, about 2,000. 



3. The average number of days worked per month by these employees? 

 The Mindoro Company: Sixteen days. 



San Jose Estate: 1911, about fifteen days; 1912, about seventeen. 



4. Average weekly income per person based upon the total adult male 

 population? 



The Mindoro Company: 5.14 pesos. 



San Jose Estate: Population too variable to give this as asked, but the 

 average weekly income for the worker in 1911 was 3.85 pesos and in 1912 

 4.50 pesos. 



