The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-03-25
THE PACIFIC
commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY,. MARCH p.
Meeting OF Trustees OF queens


The Trustees of the Queens Hospital held q
meeting ON Wednesday, at which the reports of
the Physician and Treasurer Were presented. Dr..
Hillebrand requested leave Of absence for one
yeaT. having been appointed Commissioner to
visit China and the East Indies, BIZ His Majesty
the King. He viii leave by tine first chip for
Hongkong, sailing after april l.. Dr.. Robert
M'Kibbin, Jr, was elected by the trustee to
supply the vacancy during DIR. IlIebranG's al
sence. We give below the documents referred
20, showing that the Institution Is in a prosper
Gus condition
zee. Of The au"e"'" Ho"pi1ni.
GEyrLESlEy My last report was handed in on
April isr- Since that time there have been entered
on the books T39 new names Of dispensary patients,
and lJ2 patients have been received in the Hospital,
VIZ 81 foreigners auI rs natives. Of the foreign
ers. % were paying patients. "A deaths have &C
Cured, 8 Of foreigners and 10 Of natives. The num-
Der Of prescriptions. as set down in the books,
amounts 10 5,65G. which number, rs stated in pre-
vious reports, may be considered a. representing the
total Of advices or consultations given in the Dispen-
sat0ry.
The following are the more important operations
performed during the year 2 ampuiatiOns Of the
thigh ! Characterization o. several metacaTpai bones
and several CxarticulItious Of fingers and toes !
herni0tony; / tracheotOmy; / rhiuOplasty, (fOrua-
ton u artificial nOseJ / stOmatOpOesis, Formation
Of artificial mOu.hJ ! extirpa;ion Of the eye; l op-
ration Tor stsphylOmI cOrEea; 9 operations for by
drOcelei . operations for club feet; i operation for
curvature Of the knee; IS extirpations Of tumOrs;
5 operations for fstuIe in ano ; l urethrotomy.
The efficiency Of the Hospital during last summer
has been greater than during any other period Of its
existence. The number Of applicants for dispensary
relief probably averaged 10 per lien, a. Is Witnessed
by the following exhibit Of prescriptions for each
month April. 40; May, 4yS; June, G4S; July,
G6G; August. G35; September. Gg2; October, $50;
November, $50; December, $50. When it Is borne
ia mind that heretofore he summer months have al
ways been the lghtest. the Improvement which has
taken place thi5 year Will become still more manifest.
The extraordinary falling Oft in December was owing
20 the awful state Of the weather which prevailed
during the first two thirds Of tina, month, and the
deplOrable condition the building was placed in by
the tremendous storm Of the thirteenth, which
partly unroOfed the building, and completely swamp
ei three Of our wards We were glad TO get rid
OF as many inmates Of the house a. could be sent
off, so that the number of house patients was reduced
TO 20, while at one time during the summer it had
been near so.
1t may be of interest ut the present stage of the ex-
lstence Of the Queens HO pital TO say O few words
on the rate Of mortality which has ruled there. Up
to the present time, We have had 1913 house pa
tents-S57 natives and 156 foreigners-out Of whom
I4O have died 10 natives and so foreigners. This
viii give an average mortality Of Is per cent, which
Is higher than in many general no, pitfalls Of other
countries. But it would be wrong TO draw a hasty
conclusion from this simple fact. The rate Of NOR
tally is determined by the character of the institu-
ton. There are hospitals for incurables, in which
The mortality is 100 per cent there are asylums for
CluSlulpttNSS, LOT plfdlytlCS, IOf cHnCeTOuS patients,
IN which the mortality does not fall much short Of that
rate. In hospitals for acute diseases, feyers, etc, not
more than from five TO ten in a hundred are found
20 die. Ours Is an institution Of mixed character,
and It must be borne in mind that the natives in
many instances only 90 TO il as a dernier resort; that
Il. after the disease has caused irreparable mischief.
In order to lay more prominently before you the
character Of the fatal diseases which have occurred
At the Hospital, / have taken the trouble of extract
ing from the books the names of the thirty foreign
ers who died there, with their diseases The result
W u.u,r1- - - .--su T. 80 olv
from organic disease of the brain, 3; dropsy, 4; per-
forating ulcer Of the intestine, ,; tubercular con-
sumption, 10, (among whom were IL from Califor-
MAJ dvsentery, l; typhoid fever, l. Here are,
amongst 80 deaths, % cases of diseases generally
considered incurabIe. Respectfully submitted,
WI. HILEBRASD. NJ. ID.
Queens Hospital, Jan. ., 1865.
To the Board Of Trustees Of the Queens HosDi-
ta-GeHHemeH From January l to March 20,
there nave been entered 200 new names on the books,
and Al patients have been received in the Hos ital,
Of whom twelve were foreigners. The prescriptions
amount TO 1854
During the greater portion Of this time the House
has been undergoing repairs Tor the damages sus-
tanned by the December storm. The noise and dis
comfort therefrOm resulting TO the inmates Of the
house has had "a tendency 70 reduce the number of
our indoor patients. Their present number Is 29.
But it gives me the greatest satisfaction 10 be able
TO state that the nuisance 80 frequently adverted 10
in former times has been most radically removed.
The present arrangement OF the establishment III
N-tlAAN W ASV@N AAAAAaA 10y .AAA - ~ St-lNA ~
zion has cost more than was originally contemplated.
Il need not be q cause of reg ct.
You probably are aware. gentlemen, that His
Majesty has done me the honor 20 appoint me a
Commissioner for Immigration, in virtue of which
ONCE I shall have TO be absent from this kingdom
for about one year. As during my absence | shall
have 10 visit countries in which the Chinese or ORR
entail leprOsy has existed from time immemorial, the
Kings Government has deemed Et TO impose upon
me the collateral duty of investigating the nature
and character Of this disease, which ut the present
moment causes 50 much anxiety 70 the native pOpu-
lation, OF collecting and collating the opinions and
experience of medical men who have had opportunity
10 observe the disease, and of reporting upon the
sanitary measures resOrted TO in various countries,
with the twOfold object Of relieving the unfortunate
afflicted and checking the spread of the disease. III
have accepted the Office without previously soliciting
your consent, gentlemen, l have done so under the
impression that the great i'm portance Of my mission
10 the prosperity Of this country would certainly in
duce you 10 grant me he necessary leave Of absence,
which 1T present I shall have TO ask OF you. Trust
ing shat you viii accele TO my request, l ask you
also 10 Immediately designate the medical gentleman
who Is 10 MI the place Of Physician to the Queens
Hospital during my absence. as l shall have 10 leave
with the first opportunity offering after the first of
April. Respectfully submitted,
VIM. HILLEBRASD, VI. d.
Honolulu, March q, 1865.
TREASCRERS STATEMENT OF FINANCES OF THE
QUEENS HOSPITAL
AZ the date Of the last semi-anuual statement, Dec.
-, 1864. there was cash on haud---.------..--. : 56 10
Since that date the receipts have been
From Hawaiian Treasury on Appropriation fer aid
in support (up TO March Observation-Disclosures ASS IS
From Hawaiian Treasury, passengers and Hawaiian