TB Report Shows High Rate For Isle
For a five-year period to 1944
there were 12 white deaths and 8
native deaths from tuberculosis
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in Kodiak, with an even higher
incidence of the disease at other
island points, according to a re
por! compiled by Marion Curtis,
local public health nurse, for
transmission io Territorial De
partment. of Health.
“The health problems of the
city of Kodiak cannot be separ
ated from those of the other
communities on and around
Kodiak island,” the report said.
“The communities of Afognak,
Ouzinkie, Alitak, Old Harbor,
Karluk and Larsen’s bay all are
dependent for any medical care
and hospitalization on Kodiak.
There is a good deal of move
ment of population back and
forth among these communities.
Communicable conditions in any
of these villages appear in Kodiak
very shortly; this has been dem
onstrated frequently as regards
skin diseases and gonorrhea.”
Compiling statistics from death
certificates and other available
sourcep, the following table for
Kodiak island and vicinity was
compiled for the period from
1939 through 1944:
Physical examination for Army
induction show that in a period
of 3 years the following rejections
for active tuberculosis were
made:
Kodiak: 2 (both native)
Kodiak island: 7 (1 white, 6
native)
Westward communities not in
cluded in above tabulation; 7, all
native, In addition there were 2
or 3 rejections because of ortho
pedic disability from tuberculos
is of the bones.
“People in Kodiak have been
inclined to consider that tuber
culosis is primarily a native pro
blem,” the report continued.
“The ratio of white to native
deaths is very close to the popu
lation proportion of natives and
whites here. Excluding Kodiak,
the rate of tuberculosis for the
remainder of the vicinity is prob
ably higher than the rate for
Alaska.”
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Community
Kodiak
Ouzinkie
Afognok
Woody island
Larsen’s bay
Karluk
Old Harbor
Alitak
1940 census
855 (est. 1300)
252
195
54
(not listed)
189
108
(est. 65)
White
12
Native
8
2
3
1
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