The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-07-16
SMALLPOX.

VA &
The Inter-island quarantine having been modi-
bed to the barest necessary precautions, and
seventeen days having passed without a case of
smallpox being reported the people of Honolulu
were becoming jubilant. and the authorities were
preparing to clear out and close the quarantine
hospital. Only one white patient (named wulD
remained on the reef, and he had recovered from
ihe disease some time ago, though still suffering
from a number of boils. lie was to have been
removed to the Queens Hospital to-day, and the
white attendants Ut the quarantine station dis
missed. The three remaining native patients
were.tO be discharged on Tuesday. and the hos
pital then finally closed. Two Of them axe in a
ft condition to be discharged at any time, but as
one Of them has q boil on the face he was to be
retained in the hospital as long at it was open.
The third Is also cured of smallpox, hut. having
q number Of disagreeable sores, will require
medical attention. These contemplated arrange
ments were all placed in allegiance on Thursday,
when, on the arrival of the steamer Iwalani,
from her trip to the Kona side of Hawaii. the
captain reported one OF his hands I'll of small
pox. The steamer left Honolulu for Maui and
HawaI ports on Thursday, the eth inst, with
ii passengers. Miss Julia Beckwith and Master
Beckwith were landed at Maalaea the next day,
Friday, the 9Th inst and Mrs. Jas. Makee and
daughter the same day at Makee's Landing. On
Saturday the 9th inst. ,Naili ~ Kaelemakule(k)
and Ealua Ky were landed / at Napoopoo, Hawaii
and on the same day Mr.. and Mrs. tombstone,
Mr.. Buck, and Mrs. Arnold and three children
were landed at Honoapu. On this day, the 9th
inst, Huaailani (k) one of the crew, and who
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long time, was quite leverish, and two days after
wards, that is on Monday last, the llth inst,
the eruption broke out, and he was confined in
the fOrecastle, and two men who had had the
smallpox were detailed by the Captain to wait
upon him. The steamer was then at Puualuu.
No passengers were landed at Punaluu, and the
/ steamer returned to Honolulu without taking up
any passengers from shore neither had any
4 been taken ON board during the downward trip.
i But, the orders which have been issued by the
| Board of Health appear to have been disobeyed
I by the Captain, who, instead Of returning direct
| to Honolulu, stopped at way ports to take in
( cargo. The patient has been removed to the
| quarantine hospital, and We regret to learn that
his life is despaired of. All the other hands are
at present quarantined on board the vessel, and
Il i OhCO ihePOStCu W ~ Lu'S"ihoOh' WV"
found that sixteen out IF a total equipment of
| thirty-fve persons, were u~nraocinnated.
Every precautIon has been taken to prevent
the spread of the disease from this unfortunate
case. The house in which the patient lived
when ashore, situate ut the foot of Alakea
Street, has been quarantined, and the names
and ordinary residences of the officers and crew
have been reported to the Deputy Marshal (at
his request) in order that n vigilant supervision
of their dwellings may be exercised. The names
Of passengers landed by the ''Iwalani " will
also be promptly reported to the authorities on
Maui and Hawaii. in order that like precautions
may be taken there.
The German steamer " Ilesperia," with more
than seven hundred Chinese on board, arrived
yesterday from Whampoa. So far as has been as
certained there Is no disease on board. Thu
Captain, however, whilst declaring verbally thai
there was no smallpox among his passengers
declined, in compliance with instructions from
his employers, to sign the cert Ifcate of the ship
health, and the pilot consequently caused him t'
hoist the yellow dag. DIR. Hutchinson, Por
Physician, went alongside aud heard what tn,
Captain had to say. lie found that one man haC
died the previous day, and, after examining th
dead body. was able to say that death was no
the result of smallpox. To avoid any rick, tn
Captain agreed to bury thel body at once in tin
sea. DIR. Hutchinson cohsiders it impossible
efectually to examine The
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