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proved, or progressive, excepting deaths. As there is no method of follow-up for cases, nothing is known as to what becomes of them once they leave the hospital. Thus a measurement of the results obtained is impossible.

The scanty information available is given in the accompanying table which indicates the type of service rendered:

These figures obviously are open to question from several angles. At most they can be assumed to represent the number of cases treated.

As the two types of institutions are used for practically the same type of case, they can be discussed as a whole. With the exception of Fort Spokane and Jicarilla all were visited during the course of the survey. For convenience they will be considered from the standpoint of location, equipment, and administration.

The salvaging of abandoned forts and other discarded buildings has been resorted to in the sanatorium as well as in the hospital program. Laguna, Fort Lapwai, Phoenix, and Talihina are the only sanatoria that have been built for sanatorium purposes. All others are converted from old buildings originally designed for other purposes. One of the most recent sanatorium schools is located at Pyramid Lake, Nevada, in what was once a reform school.

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