Book Description

This bulletin presents the annual report of the Alaska division of the Bureau of Education for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1912. During this period the field force of the Alaska school service consisted of 4 district superintendents of schools, 1 assistant superintendent, 108 teachers, 8 physicians (1 of whom also filled another position), 8 nurses, 2 contract physicians, and 3 hospital attendants. Eighty public schools were maintained, with an enrollment of 4,018 pupils, and an average attendance of 1,805. This report is divided into two parts. Part I, General Summary, covers: (1) Report on education; and (2) The Alaskan reindeer service. Part II, Detailed Reports, is made up of two sections. Section I provides reports by teachers. Section II provides reports by physicians including: (1) Report on health conditions among the natives of Alaska by Dr. Emil Krulish; (2) Report of the United States hospital for natives, at Juneau, by Dr. P. J. Mahone; and (3) Report of Dr. Bruce H. Brown, physician in the lower Yukon district. A map of Alaska is included. (Contains 11 tables.) [Best copy available has been provided.].