Territorial Crippled
Children’s Program
Sponsored
The establishment of an Alas
kan Crippled Children’s Associa
tion to sponsor the Territorial
Crippled Children’s Program, es
tablished in 1937, has been an
nounced by the Territorial De
partment of Health. A Territori
al Crippled Children’s Association
was proposed in a resolution pass
ed by the Alaska Board of Health
at its first meeting in September.
Among the objectives of such a
volunteer association would be the
raising of funds to help provide
for the needs of Alaska children
suffering from crippling or de-;
forming conditions, and educa
tional materials on the subject of
prevention of crippling, deform
ing and handicapping conditions,
to be placed in each community
in the Territory. Plans for the
care of orthopedic cases within
the Territory, including hospital
ization, convalescent homes, and
probably several rehabilitation
'centers could be initiated.
Local Organizations
Representatives from several
I interested organizations in An
chorage have formed a committee
under the chairmanship of Mrs.
Marshall Hoppin, to organiz^* a
Crippled Children’s Association.
It is expected that other towns j
will wish to organize local Crip
n!ed Children’s Associations to in
terpret the terr’torial program
and to assist in the raising of
monies, in their communities.
Care of Crippled Children
In Alaska, crippled children’s
services are administered through
the official agency, as in the
States, with the aid of federal
funds. The Division of Material
and Child Health and Crippled
Children’s Services of the Territo
rial Department of Health is re
sponsible for the immediate su
pervision of the Program, includ
ing the maintenance of contract
beds in the Children’s Orthopedic
Hospital in Seattle and in the
Swedish Hospital for older chil
dren. The Health Department
contracts for the services of four
orthopedic surgeons on the staffs
of these hospitals for care of Alas
kan children and pays for the
transportation and hospital ex
penses of all Alaskan children
cared for at these hospitals. Some
few cases are able to finance their
own care. A full-time medical so
cial worker is also maintained in
the Orthopedic hospitals. Her re
sponsibility includes the meeting
of crippled children arriving in
Seattle, arranging for their trans
portation home, placement in su
pervised convalescent homes in
Seattle, and correspondence with
the families of the children, and
with the Health Department, re
lating to the children’s progress,
and plans for their return home.
Partly because of the transporta
tion factor, the care and treatment
of handicapped Alaskan children
is very great. The cost is estim
ated at $2,000 per year per child.
Long terms, specialized care for
many orthopedic conditions makes
the cost of adequate care beyond
the means of the average family.
On an average, forty Alaskan
children are hospitalized at ortho
pedic hospitals in Seattle annual
ly under the Alaska Crippled
Children’s Program and there is
| a waiting list of seventy-six chil
dren at the present time.
More Funds Are Needed
I Lack of funds is one problem
in connection with the care of all
WIEN Alaska Airlines
WISH TO ANNOUNCE THEIR
NEW LOW RATES AS
LISTED BELOW
FAIRBANKS—NOME:
Passenger Fare, One Way .$54.00
Passenger Fare, Round Trip . 97.20
Excess Baggage, (Allowance 55 lbs.) per lb..34
Express, Under 50 lbs.34
Deferred Freight, Over 50 lbs.12
NOME—MOSES POINT
One Way Fare. 19.00
Round Trip . 34.20
NOME—UNALAKLEET
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Round Trip . 72.00
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Nome—Teller.05
Nome—Shishmaref .10
Nome—Haycock.10
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Nome—White Mt.05
Nome—Candle.10
N ome—Deer ing.10
Nome—Wales.10
Special rates on ship loads of freight in excess of 2000 pounds, to
all villages with landing conditions suitable for multi-engine planes.
All freight rates subject to 3% government tax.
All passenger fares subject to 15% government tax.
10% reduction is offered on all passenger round trip fares, i
paid in advance.
children who would benefit from
specialized care, although the
Territorial Legislature appropri
ates $25,000 for the care of crip
pled children each biennium.
There is now available the sum of
$40,000 in matching funds from
the federal government which
cannot be used because the Terri
tory is unable to match this
money. Monies raised through
Crippled Children’s Associations
in the Territory and any other do- i
nations, can be matched dollar for
dollar when channeled through
the official agency. During the
fiscal year 1944-45, the sum of
$54,773.71 was spent for hospital
ization, administration, payments
to physicians and transportation.
The cost of maintaining Alaska
crippled children in the orthope
dic hospitals in Seattle is over
$3200 per month.
Crippled Children Defined
It is interesting to note tha*
about 60 per cent of the crippling
conditions in Alaskan children are
due to tuberculosis.
A cripnled child is defined as a
child under 21 years of age and
suffering from a condition which
has been diagnosed by a physician
as orthopedic. Orthopedic condi
tions include tuberculosis of the
bones and joints, as osteomyelitis
and arthritis with deformity; con
genital deformities, including
clubfoot and dislocation of the
hip, hare lip, and cleft palate, con
genital cataract, and strabismus;
birth injuries, as cerebral palsey.
i spasticity, etc.; deformities and
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S.S. BARANOF ARRIVES AT
PORT OF SEATTLE
The Alaska SS Baranof arrived
in Seattle last Thursday, accord
ing to information received here,
carrying 332 Alaskans to the
States. Also among the living car
go, were 54 little foxes, who ar
rived in fine shape. Some of the
foxes were the new "platinum
silver” strain, bred and raised in
Alaska. The shipment was destin
ed to the Jefferson Fur Farm, at
Jefferson, Oregon, and were
raised at the Nelson Island Fur
Farm, near Kodiak, Alaska.
SEEK INFORMATION ABOUT
JOHN VICKBERG
The Governor’s office has re
ceived a request for information
about Mr. John Vickberg <or
Wickberg). He presumably came
to Alaska in 1928 with a geologi
cal survey party on oil investiga
t ons. Age about 80, 5 feet. 8
inches tall, blue-gray eyes, light
hair 'possibly gray). His brother,
Alfred Vickberg of Stalwart, Sas
katchewan, is interested in locat
ing his whereabouts. Anyone hav
ing information concerning him is
asked to write to the Governor’s
Office in Juneau.
paralysis due to poliomyelitis,
rickets, “wry-neck”, and deformi
ties due to other conditions, as
old fractures, nerve, bone, joint
and tendon injuries.
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