U.S. Care of Pacific Areas.—A floating hospital fitted with most modern equipment sailed from island to island in the United States trust areas of the Pacific, Rear - Admiral Leon Fiske, special American representative, told the United Nations Trusteeship Council. He said that -over 35 per cent, of the inhabitants of the islands in United States trust territory had been given physical examination, including chest X-rays and tuberculosis analysis. He added that yaws, which had previously affected about 90 per cent, of the population, had been considerably reduced.—New York, June 20.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 212, 23 June 1950, Page 3
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