The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-03-07


srtcls which Lzi sVpeGred IN the Sag
l. In which guCtG-lucs hzd
been made tr1- TIE Sr.r,fry Prsss and
GLzErEE relI-luE tC the condition Of
'aurJ-v i1 these Islands. Ins Cineai-.s
Lad la-rraLy treated The matter Ss the
C llways does. but the Government
Organ Els tined To construct 8 charge
-u,-s. ourselves and CCr contemporary
out % he Uz-5rizL
ne 1--lclas In question were written
only after the present Bogrd q Health
Ead lad SIMPLE time to commence Vigorous
ae-i1- 1bcut i've months after the mem
ts-s Lli ass-ued ofiee. The attention Of
the President Lzd been repeatedly called
-1 the 1-zt-zr 1f lsurusy. letters had been
Erl1-sz ty the district physicians. one Of
the members u the Board was indignant
at tLs i-ectiCc % the President. Nothinz
was tla-eslre left % do but 10 brig the
--1er before the public: not til the op-
u1Slrl- rreSs bs-gn % stlr IN the mzrter.
dad tie President begin 70 Gtrerd TO his
duties Moreover not @ EEe Cers-Ting
The present B11ri q Health for the man
us- b which they had 80 Erussly neglected
tL1-- duty. EzG appeared IN Cur columns
lr u those Qt 0uT contemporary. before
rEa ua--sE vls stirred up IN San Francisco.
Both the E.r sEd 3srs Lsttr hzi
c1----s--aG Cp11 the condition q lsprusy
c- these isisrds in very severe terms.
tEe t1-Uer in an zrsicls q considerable
lzu-rl il wls indeed tine for comment
and t-r luii-glErl0l. and We bat voiced. IS
We hope ever tc voice. the strong public
sentiment On the subject
To make c-t g point for the Government
b u % T..
i saii tEzt during SIX months of lSSI-'S2
there wls not Cua line Of discussion On
the subject l-euEuSyi by the editor Of this
pgpar hut tLat the moment that the
a,E.1r and u-Cr-etC- of much older
established paper. lAIr. Gibsoni became
President u the Board Of Health. the
bowler 0f the GAurrE -beEsn to howl
about lsu-Csy The Segregation q Iepsrs
has always besu enc OF the main points
sdy1cl,sd by this journal: during ISL
sr---aS 1Ir0Clrlug segregation OF cou-
-11--iuE 1u tha hakaako Hospital were
published OBJ August 24th- 31st. Septem-
ber lth Lst October 18th. November 23d
and December 18th In tie early part Of
tSs1 tie subject wus also frequently /
L1cLei, & + simply an untTuth and. as
tlr as We can go. a wilfGl uutruth to make
tbs statement which the Asrgtissr has
Showed t1 appsar IN It's columns.
The 4ss- : pluming itself Oh what |
The government Is dong now We would |
Ak Els- Is really being dons5 how many
lspers ere beng brought from the other
i-la1ds' Those sbout Honolulu are at
l1s- beng removed but It has taken very
long time &c make start even here. The
letters which We hsve Published from COZ
raspo-3a1ts 11 the other Islands. shaE
tha coEdIto1 q things there. How little
care had been takeE by the Beard Of
Health. u1Eths after they had assumed
1tEce. 70 cope with the eviI is shown BY
the following letter q which tire original
+ IN CuT possession
0rrrzE OF rEE Bo1zD OF EEarrz-
H0l1lziE- September ssh-
E- Il Hasal-f- y D. EFstgicf Filssici1s. AZ
--aa- Er.-5.-DEA1 Sz- Tczr ff7ur OF 7th irst I
rec g-Esl-- i-str-Ca11-s rs-sriinE you1 dE-1ss II
rfere-cl % iaE-s ( O ba-1- and requested
20 sT = rFlv tEls at E-esz1t The Brz-ck Hosr1ssl
ec-e = tr RID there IRE 70 1c,11 tons f1r a-y
more Ltis therefore net zt r-ess1t 6ssirzhls 70
rals7e lesHrs trlr tEei- res-1srces On tie ctker
isl1-s u-r5 l-crsasaf acc--odz-ious czz Be b-il-
hs-e =zl11 i : h1Fed EiI be d11s sk7ztly-
1lT1 the Lc11T % rel-sl1 very respectfully I
y1-r< EEE1. Z HAIsELzES-
Ssrt'g BarFi q Easltl-
In September. 1SS2 the Board. though ]
knowing the condition q affairs had Ec;
meens of relieving the islsnds>46f Ter Ter
h1riar u larr0sy.
Tle Bozrd have el,~6selectfrlI. their
neglect has called ION the indignation OF
TIE community, he community have used
the Only svsllsble means N their power to
1aas Y EBoari sct II Is they, AID they
slgZe. who have troubled Israel It Is
y their shoulders the odlum must rest Of
having called forth the criticisms Ehich
hsve gore ahruai There was nothing
whatever q politics n the matter. fsthers
and mothers the health and happiness of
Eh6se tender ard dear offspring were fTr
more % them than government OF parties,
had to speak and On those. whose indifsr-
ence or inactivity caused them 70 speak
the hlE-re must uest. Could the President
q The Beard understand how awful the
Fsssiiilfg eTeE-of q child contracting
lepr1sy H1st be 10 Z parent. he would
drop the idea Of P&aia II the natter st
once he would brave 1npop1lzrity rather
thzl exuosss the innocent 70 contagion and
he would hang his head with shame that
he had allowed the mere desire Of popu-
lar1ty and holding nsSce 70 Infict such
Serious mental anxiety On every mother
and father IN the c0mmEnity-