= 356 OP ~ INDIAN AGENT'S OFFICE, Sir- It I have the honour to submit herewith my Report “a for the month of February. HEALTH. quite a number of the Indians have suffered from @ severe form of Grippe,which has been epidemic in this districtjand it has been especially hard on any who were at all inclined to twhercular trouble. Tere were WeSs"births,ana four deaths;one of the deaths was a week old child ;the other three were young men who died from tuberculosis. WORK, The Indians have been busy most of their time hauling hay for their stock and looking after then; they also hauled some firewood to the Towns and settle ments;and a few of them were hunting muskrats,which fur is now quite valuable, aut Benet Grae STOCK. | | With the exception of Thunderehild,Band;all the other Cattle of the Agency are in splendid condition, have plenty of Hay,and have sustained no losses. on the Thunderchild Reserve however, I am sorry to say that there have been a few losses: also one Bull died on that Reserve the cause of sickness and death being unknowm. MISCELLANEOUS. The Weather was very cold and stormy throughout the whole of the month;and there was quite a lot of Snow fell toot J.D, MeLEAN ESQ. One ASSISTANT DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT GENE RAL TEPARTMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS OTTAWA.One of the deaths,above mentioned, was that of an Industrial School boy,William Thomas,who was allowed to go home to the Reserve for a short time before ne died : this makes three deaths at the Indistrial School curing the past month;and it is quite a heavy death rate{the other two boys did not belong to our Agency, Although the Industrial School is splenaid- ly situated with regard to having a high dry ana healthy site;yet the Building itself is placed in such a position that nearly all the Sunlight is excluded from the Class room and Dormitories,which fx fact is very favorable for the propagation of the germs of tuberculosis, I would respectfully suggest that the Department should insist upon the Medical Officer making,at least, a monthly examination of all the Industrial School Pupilsjand upon the ia of Consumption in a Child,it should be either,segrege gated from the other Children,or discharged from the Sehool,on account of being a menace to the lives of the other Children, Yours obediently Indian Agent.