This is an example of the health reports. Called Sanitation reports, these health reports give us an idea of what illnesses the Indians were suffering from, how many people died and sometimes and little more information in notations about general health conditions and availability of medicines. These reports were separated by school and agency but usually under the same doctor. In this example, we see how three people died, two boys and one girl, of Tuberculosis and Pneumonia, at the day school. To us it is hard to recall when we have heard about a student dying in school, but it was common then.
This sanitation report for Siletz in March 1892 in from the agency. Here we can see how many illnesses the people were suffering from, in a population of less than a thousand individuals. Only one person died in this report from what appears to be a form of syphilis.
This is an example of one of the many investigations conducted on agency agents, physicians and teachers. It seems that every time an agent left their position, there was a huge investigation. One happening was an investigation of a teacher who sold the textbooks from the day school. Other investigations involved holding back resources, food from Indians, selling the government supplies on the open market, and stealing Indian women from their husbands. However, there never appear to have been any consequences for their activities. Many times Indians from the same reservation would write letters and give affidavits both accusing and defending an agent for their actions. This example is of the investigation of Dr. Carter, who is defending himself and writes about the whipping of a small school girl, Anna Albert who subsequently was bleeding on her face from the beating. Apparently the Albert family is from Coos Bay. Once again, this is an example of a difference in moral values in the 19 th century, although it is not clear if such whippings as this occurred in non-native schools.