TERRITORIAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT .
'-^Confronted with a health problem
for which they oould pot find suf
ficient funds available?, members of
the newly organised hoard of Heatt h
at its session in Juneau last.week
adopted a Resolution urging that
a special session of the Territor
ial .Legislature be called in .order
to make further appropriations to '
handle the steadily increasing
tuberculosis spread in Alaska, The
Board s?iid its studies revealed
there were an estimated 4,000 cases
of tuberculosis in the Territory
with but 28S beds to care for.them.
It pointed out army'and nmvy hos
pitals- can now, with the end' of the
war, be obtained for civilian use
In the Territory but money must be
made available, if1 the opportunity
is to be accepted by Alaska, The
Board, urged that immediate action
be taken before the military facil
ities are moved from the Territory
or dismantled as surplus property,
mplete text of the Resolution:
fr
.'HEREAS the War has ended suddenly
and there ape available 'army and
navy hospital's .\Vhich may be obtaine<
for the Territory at little or no
cost, for the- treatment of tubercu- ■
losts patients; pnd
WHEREAS tuberculosis has developed
into the most critical health -pro
blem facing the people of Alaska at
this time, estimate? showing that
there are approximately 4000 active
cases with but 289 beds available
for their care, including those-in
hospitals in the States made available
to Alaskans; and
WHEREAS the Federal Government has
shcfwn a willingness to aid Alaska
inTts health problems, and has, been
and is prepared now to match dollar
foh dollar territorial funds for
the care of tuberculosis patients; an
WHEREAS the last Legislature appro
priated only $60,000 to the Health
Department for the biennium, or
$30,000 per annum for use in com
batting this d.readed disease which :
is making su»h terrific inroads
among all classes of people in
Alaska; and
WHEREAS the Board of Health of Alaska
has discussed the need for an esti
mated budget of $522,755.00 of which
the Federal Government’s participa
tion would be $258,677*00, and
Alaska’s participation $253,122.00,
to carry out an adequate hospitali
zation program for the treatment if
tuberculosis in the Territory for
the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1946 and ending June 30,1947; and
WHEREAS 'certain government properties,
namely, army and navy hospitals and
materials, are now available if the
Territory had sufficient funds with
which to make them available for
treatment of tuberculosis; and
WHEREAS the regular session of the
Territorial Legislature does not
onnvene again until 1947, thus being
too late to take advantage of
Federal help in the way of buildings
and funds now available with the
•conclusion of the War; and
WHEREAS it is 'the unanimous belief
of the Board of Health of Alaska,
in meeting assembled, Cont. on pl2
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