The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-11-30
Supplement to the Hawaiian Gazette, November 80 1881

Be seen how uufouniei is the charge that the
uveS, IS rule, eoncealCd and hld away ths CASES
" SsuSll p,oN occarsins ariQlS then.
IL : no, pleas mt thing for people Of any race
" coloy % hNyC their friends taken by summary
proceSS and ctrFisd OF 10 3 peSt-hoass. Ii con
csslmert under those circgrrSt sntssS Be fault Or
crime. She reord Of the natives in this respect Is
no SorSs than that Of Others Tue psrcent1Se -
cuDcetlueuts arncnG the Chinese WAS FULLY AS lAre
or iarEcr than among the hSwaiianS- The dOcihty
II the natives under these irving circumstances
vas S15lees of a frelavnt renSrk between Dep
uty Marshal DAYTON and myself. and we were
tirely sgreSd that had the SSme number Of cases
occurred auor,g tbe whites llStctd Of among the
n8tlYe, the epidemic wucld have been vastly
difficult - handle. Or. Eltea assures that his
eXpsrieuce on kauN vSs equally satisfactory.
Auuons the twenty cases OccarTing on that Island.
all % which were under his care. there was only
one instance in which any disposition was shown
70 deny the ease or hide It away. In this instance
moreover. s proposition 70 that effect. made by
socns q the family, promptly vetocd by
other nisunbsrs Of the household.
>@rgai-Ncu spetk Of the iufertility Of women.
especially With their own race" &c. rs 4 promi-
rent cause for anticipating the determination Of
the native rScs.. This charge Of infertiity "
specimen Of the Kind of assertion which passes
uachallsased from mouth TO mouth until At last Il
cornes 10 De accepted as fact. Statistics do not
bsSr cat the assertion that native women are
especially ~iufertile." either with their own
or With tOreisusrS- An examination Of the returns
OF hls IL the office Of the Eoird Of Education,
thousand Of females in The country. Leaving Out
Honolulu and tie island Of Oahu. where the bulk
Of the white population resides the rate Is o. -
each thousand Uf females
There en- Dc no reasonable doubt th2. were il
possible 10 obtain fall and accurate statistics
froEn the cuUutrr districts. the actual showing
would be e1usidsrlbly better than Indicated by
tie above figures, According to the last census,
gtRstsHtks Of al the females this island, tOalGs
we're natives Snd htlf-castsS. IL Is simply in
Credible tn1t the other oce-tsutl can have beer.
- enormously prolific Is 20 bNve raised she birth
7ots Of tins Island ovsr fifty per cent above thu
rsst II tie eoautEy.
Nov although It Is undoubtedly true that the
native vonea II cuuTuuu With their white sis
tiers, are less prolific than thsy might De did they
conform mOre cloly 10 the laws 0f their physical
being, the above figures Indicate nevertheless.
yecy respect ybls birth rate. When We md
that the fssth ruts for the whole co1ntry
: nearly double. and fOE Honolulu about three
times As n1rch ss that Of LnltOu, New York and
other hrcs cities Of Europe and America. II be-
1scu1nes evident thIt son=thiug quite different
tr1CS the e iafs-rili:y of the native women. /
foS the decrease Of the native raee-
IHt1t-My own experiences ard that OF come ~
east Of my professional brethren, justify the
,lCciuSlJl thai the uLtivss axe much more amen
lcie TO the phystcIt1's influence and much more
ztllluC 10 foiluE his advice than your remarks
his subject Eould lsld any one % suppose In
majority Of c.ISs It l. quite possible br reSlliOls
zIldlSS> and pAtI=nce % Obsliu tn good will ana
'2u5dzlcs Of the native patient Wasa this l.
lone he EIll be found about ready - obey d.
scti0Es and take the msiIcIna prescribed a.
EOuld be the ctss with white patients OF curre--
'outlnS int=lIrSslce and similar station II life.
IrGStln-, thNt these remarks may not be con
lcsrsd irrelevant u untiIrely. have tie EOcor
o 5s, Yours Very Respectfully,
CHlEIEs L RoDaEss- ". d.
Houol1I1. Nos. zSsh. 1881.