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emergency care in every public school
in the State. The program also offers
diagnostic evaluations for three- to
ten-year-olds with learning
disabilities.
The services provided by the
Crippled Children Services Branch
include: diagnosis, medical and
surgical treatment, general counseling,
occupational and physical
therapy, speech therapy, social work,
and nursing services. Diagnostic
evaluations are provided without
charge to all medically-eligible
children. Treatment services are also
free to families in financial need.
The Federal Government also
provides funds for specific programs
in the family health area. 159/ The
U.S. Department of Health and Human
/ices supports:
• A program at the State
Department of Health to
support services to children
with special needs;
• A special State project for
mentally-retarded children; and
0 A medical genetics screening
program at the State Department
of Health.
In addition, the School of Public
Health at the University of Hawaii is
the recipient of $301,000 in Federal
funding to support a maternal and
child health program directed to help
young mothers during the pre- and
postnatal periods.
F. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
The Epidemiology Branch of the
Hawaii State Department of Health
operates the one venereal disease
clinic in the State. Other programs
include school immunization programs,
an influenza vaccine program, and
research on fish poisoning,
salmonellosis, and leptospirosis. It
is feared that the latter may be an
occupational hazard of the growing
aquaculture industry, and surveillanc
activities to monitor the situation
are to be intensified.
The Tuberculosis Program offers
detection services and preventive
treatment. Tuberculosis remains a
problem in Hawaii because of
immigration, particularly of Indo-
Chinese refugees.
The other major program in the
communicable diseases category is the
Leprosy Program. At the end of
December 1979, there were 458 cases
of leprosy on the state register. Of
these cases, 328 were outpatients, 12'
were residents of Kalaupapa on
Molokai, 160/ and six resided at the
South Trotter Wing at Leahi Hospital
on Oahu. The Communicable Disease
Division reports that, over the past
ten years, there have been an average
of 40 new leprosy cases each year. Of
these cases, about 80 percent involve
people who were born in Samoa or the
Philippines. The Leprosy Program does
not collect ethnic data on patients,
but has informed the Commission that
the distribution of the small numbers
of locally-born cases appear to be
indicative of the ethnic population
distribution in Hawaii. 161/
Since 1974, the policy of the State
has been to place all new leprosy
cases under outpatient treatment,
unless there are severe reactions or
complications. Only three percent of
the leprosy program budget was
allocated to outpatient care in
1979-1980, while inpatient care
accounted for the balance. The
majority of the inpatients, as noted
above, live in Kalaupapa, and their
care is made more expensive by their
advancing age (their average age in
1979 was 61). By law, the residents
of Kalaupapa may live out the rest of
their natural lives there.
In December 1980 (in the same
public law that created the Native
Hawaiians Study Commission), the U.S.
Congress established the Kalaupapa
National Historic Park. However, the
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 ten-year-olds with learning
 disabilities.
 The services provided by the
 Crippled Children Services Branch
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 The Federal Government also
 provides funds for specific programs
-in the family health area. 159/ The
+in the family health area. <u>159</u>/ The
 U.S. Department of Health and Human
-/ices supports:
+Services supports:
-• A program at the State
-Department of Health to
+* A program at the State Department of Health to support services to children with special needs;
-support services to children
+* A special State project for mentally-retarded children; and
-with special needs;
+* A medical genetics screening program at the State Department of Health.
-• A special State project for
 In addition, the School of Public
 Health at the University of Hawaii is
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 young mothers during the pre- and
 postnatal periods.
 F. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
 The Epidemiology Branch of the
 Hawaii State Department of Health
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 activities to monitor the situation
 are to be intensified.
 The Tuberculosis Program offers
 detection services and preventive
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 immigration, particularly of Indo-
 Chinese refugees.
 The other major program in the
 communicable diseases category is the
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 these cases, 328 were outpatients, 12'
 were residents of Kalaupapa on
-Molokai, 160/ and six resided at the
+Molokai, <u>160</u>/ and six resided at the
 South Trotter Wing at Leahi Hospital
 on Oahu. The Communicable Disease
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 of locally-born cases appear to be
 indicative of the ethnic population
-distribution in Hawaii. 161/
+distribution in Hawaii. <u>161</u>/
 Since 1974, the policy of the State
 has been to place all new leprosy
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 of Kalaupapa may live out the rest of
 their natural lives there.
 In December 1980 (in the same
 public law that created the Native

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