This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: …and the undersigned proceeded with the Coast Guard cutters Polillo and Mindanao to Cebu. With the assistance of Medical Inspector Pond, who was acting president of the provincial board of health of Cebu at that time, the lepers were transferred by lighters from the leper hospital to the boats. A total of 365 were distributed between the two vessels. The vessels sailed from Cebu May 27, and an uneventful trip was made to Culion, the latter place being reached on the afternoon of May 28. The medical officer in charge of the colony had made all the necessary arrangements to receive the lepers. Four sisters of charity, belonging to the order of St. Vincent de Paul, were already on duty at the hospital, to act as nurses for those who required more or less medical attention. A priest of the Jesuit order, Father Valles, was also already stationed at the colony and aided in receiving the lepers. The latter were very much surprised and delighted with their new quarters and expressed themselves as being thoroughly satisfied with the provision that had been made for them. The present colony consists of about 125 new nipa houses, each of which is large enough to accommodate from five to seven lepers. These houses have been built on regular street lines, so that a regular town has resulted. The site of this new town is located on a high point which slopes in nearly all directions to the sea, the highest portions being about 150 feet above sea level, the drainage, in consequence, being excellent. A reservoir is located at a height of over 230 feet above sea level, and water from a spring is pumped up to it by a gasoline water pump. From there, the water flows to all parts of the new town through the system of water pipes which has been laid. The necessary bathrooms, mode…
