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Show 27 PER CENT OF UTES AFFLICTED WITH TRACHOMA Presence on a large scale of trachoma, tra-choma, a serious .affliction oCthe ryes among the Indians ef the Uin-,eh Uin-,eh ba?in was reported to Dr. T. B. Beatty, state health commissioner, by.D. J. R. CoIU'rd, who has spent several weeks at Ft. Duchesne making mak-ing a special investigation of the affliction af-fliction for the U. S. Indian .service. A proximately 2 7 per cent cf the Indians examined were found to he -u.t'ering from the disease, it was reported, re-ported, and about 25 per cent of ti.!it number havo b-en operated o'i during the past two wc-k-:. Dv. H'. Coiiard si-ys he b:lirv,"j Ou t 51 :'--r tent, cf the remainder of the uT-!ii uT-!ii ted oil'"-! v. ;il be npr-r.et e.i on a -.--),m as the Ivno-fickil rulta of th npi-rl:on.j on oibei'i Ir-come. appar-cv.l. appar-cv.l. Tr-'.-homa i-' a i 'T-,01 1 -i u !?--"- under the laws of Utah, and it b: the duty of phyrleia us to renoit eases as soon as they discover them. T'.ie dise.-ise is highly contagions and every precaution should be taken tak-en to prevent its spread, as it often results in blindness. 1 |