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1917 More Indians are born than die For the first time in 50 years, more Indians are born than die, as federal appropriations for medical ... |
1915 Schools must keep children healthy, Commissioner states American Indian parents grow anxious about the safety of sending their children to government boarding ... |
1914 Tuberculosis quarantine advised on reservations Office of Indian Affairs physicians urge Indian agents on reservations to quarantine Native persons ... |
1909 Despite quarantine, TB spreads in student populations Faced with continuing high rates of tuberculosis among Native students in boarding schools, the Office ... |
1908 Government hires medical workers to fight tuberculosis The Office of Indian Affairs hires part-time field matrons, who are trained in home economics, to work ... |
1904 Government assesses tuberculosis on reservations Tuberculosis continues to to be a major problem on reservations. U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... |
1903 Tuberculosis incidence tracked on reservations Around the turn of the century, reservations suffer epidemic rates of tuberculosis. The Native people ... |
1903 Overcrowding, poor ventilation contribute to deaths in boarding schools Indian boarding schools are built hastily or adapted from existing barracks, and officials bring Native ... |
1899 Nursing care raises smallpox survival among Hopi A comparison of historic records of smallpox survival rates among Hopi communities in Arizona in 1898– ... |
1898 Indian Medical Association forms and dissolves Medical doctors form the Indian Medical Association to advocate for American Indian health care in the ... |