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Dapitan City, in a 1995 survey, had total housing units of 11,935 of which 2,191 or 18.35% were located in the poblacion. A majority of these units (89.04%) were owned by the occupants. In the rural areas, 78.47% of the population owned their houses.
More than half, or 56.17% of all housing units, were built with light materials while 28.98% of the urban houses were concrete or semi-concrete with 11.25% of the rural houses made of the same materials.
In the rural barangays, a large number or 64.47% of the houses still depended on the crude kerosene lamp while the rest got their light from a local electric cooperative called ZANECO.
In the urban core, 44.09% of the households had water connections while a sizable number (29.47%) still relied on the traditional source for potable water.
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Education
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Over 51.03% of Dapitan’s population, 6 years old and over, have had elementary education while another 28.61% were able to reach high school in 1995. Less than 1% were vocationally trained while 16.13% were able
to receive college education.
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Those with postgraduate education constituted 0.07% of the population. Despite the low educational attainment of its population, Dapitan’s literacy rate of 98.25% is still one of the highest in Western Mindanao.
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Formal education in Dapitan City is provided by 52 (51 public and 1 private) elementary schools, 8 national high schools and 2 colleges. Non-formal activities are undertaken in selected schools in the five (5) school districts of the city.
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Health
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Health services are rendered by one government 75-bed hospital, the Jose Rizal District Hospital, with 86 health and auxiliary personnel. This also supervises three rural health units in the Municipalities of La Libertad, Rizal and Sibutad.
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The City Health Office also renders with medical services. There are 21 barangay-based health centers and 450 barangay health workers.
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The crude birth rate of Dapitan City is 38.8 (per 1,000 population) and the crude death rate is 4.71 (per 1,000) and infant mortality rate is 13.7 (per 1,000) in 1998.
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Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) is the leading cause of morbidity while bronchopneumonia is the number one cause of mortality.
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In the 1998 Operation Timbang Project of the City Nutrition Office; these are the following data on nutrition
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pre-schoolers, 0.4 % severe, 8.5 % moderate,
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Protective Services
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a. Police Services
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The Philippine National Police station is located beside the City Hall. At present, it has 70 policemen headed by the Senior Superintendent. Based on the city’s 1998 projected population of 66,672 and the number of police force, the police-population ratio is 1:952, which really meet the standard prescribed by the Professionalization Law of 1977.
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Generally, Dapitan is relatively peaceful. In 1998, there were 115 cases of crimes (65 index and 50 non-index) which translate into an index crime rate of 56.5% and non-index crime rate of 43.5%
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b. Fire Station
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Dapitan City Fire Station is located at Lawaan, Barangay Dawo. Presently, there are 16 fire fighters that comprises the City Fire Marshall. This shows that the city’s fireman to population ratio
is 1:4167, which is relatively far from the standard ideal ratio of 1:2000.
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c. Jail
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The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology is located at Lawaan, Barangay Banonong. It is administered by a Jail Warden, an Assistant Jail Warden, a Jail Bailiff, and five (5) Jail Guards.
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The city jail has three (3) cells for male inmates, six (6) rooms and four (4) toilets.
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