After re-evaluation, there were only 22 actual positives. Since no proper controls were set before the experiment, inaccuracies in the initial findings of 171 positives were reported to the media. The State Department of Health says that they had no data and replied that “Necessary vital statistics are not reported to this agency…” Also cited is a survey from 1945 where 600 students at an Indian school were tested for syphilis. The authors use a letter from the agency after inquiring for Indian health information as proof of their contentions. De Lien and Hadley state, “Accurate data relating to morbidity, birth and mortality rates are generally not available at the health unit, the agency, the state or federal levels.” They emphasize the need for “careful evaluation” of Indian data and the use of the best statistical methods should be used.
In this article, authors De Lien and Hadley address the ambiguous status of an Indian for public health purposes and the challenge of collecting reliable data for analysis and interpretation during 1952 and the previous years. Nixon. How to Recognize An Indian Health Problem Human Organization Fall, 1952 Vol.11(3):33-37.
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