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Show BETTER HEALTH AMONG RESIDENTS ON THE ISTHMUS WASHINGTON, April 24. Health conditions upon the canal zone are about as good now as they ever will be, ac-1 cording to a report from Col. Gorgaa, chief sanitary officer, for March, jus$ received at the offices of the Isthmian Canal commission. Since last August the number of sick among the; employees has steadily declined until it is now 19.40 men in 1000, as against 33.72 in August. Among 4500 Americans, white, employed there were only two deaths from disease in March. rAfflOlfjJ" 1200 American women and children living in canal commission quarters there were no deaths and very little sickness of any kind. |