Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-07-19

ton Il is admitted that The return u death.
Is in complete | found record of t5o in the
year 1881, which Is at the rate u nj n, am.
| Forty three deaths occurred in 1873, ~ 10 The
7lh u March which Is At the rate II ~ Pm ,tai
bet dg1Nm. In my lrtterto Mr. Clcghprn hc
death rate was underaicd nearly Is per cent
Mr.. Meyer does not deny The facts, but cx
hibh, his profound ignorance by asking Why
this should he called "Stoe1J5T. lcper. a,
Woiotdi says he, barely live five years and il
is easy to answer how many have to die OH u
600 N 500. "E,om oijrA II aff,af m,
dcotd ,al> loD0ol be ho DaH $50 n, a1aa~.
Nj. Meyer simply reasons in circle. II,
oifef No reply Ia my statement that lepcr
ought To live longer than Eve years and that III,
rate NJ mortality is consequently "sns1iaf.
Why sir, the mortality Of which ! complain
would scarcely be exceeded in cholera Ut q
smallpox hospital and il would certainly b,
considered friehtfu by any ono but the agcn
| Ola Hawaiian Board n Health We hay,
the testimony Of Doctor Aiming that Hawaiian
leprnsy is not more malignant or more rapidly
! fatal han European. lie finds Tin Honolulu
! presume and moi in MolokaiJ that The aycfag,
nun IS from len to fifteen years. In the Berger
| Hospital the average duration IS at least hfcef
years and The American Society of Dermatolo
gIsts also put it down At The same figure 4
we suppose, a. is most unlikely, that every
lcpcr had been already suffering for FIVE year,
before admission 10 Molokai, he ought, IL fairly
treated, to live ten years afterwards and Mr.
Meyer is bound 10 admit that he survive, but
barely five. That more than FIVE per cent d
the lepcrs should have died in January and
February 1884, which are the mildest and
most equable portions Of the year, when ihcr,
are neither equinoctial gales nor excessive heat
ought to he proof to the board Of health thai
leprosy was not the general cause Of death but
that it was due to the dyscntery which pre-
vailed and of the fatal results Of which we had
ocular demonstration. Life in fact is not easily
destroyed by leprosy. The central organs arc
not often attacked and many lepers live to eN
IRENE old age. Throughout the world tn,
mortality Of lepcrs is chiefly determined by tn,
nature Of their surroundings. They die from
intcrcurrent Diseases especially diarrhma, dys
EMERY, pneumonia and arophy, to all Of which
lcpcrs are extremely liable and to which the,
speedily succumb. These maladics are moi
caused by climatic conditions but by starvation
poverty and neglect, in fac, by an insufficient
irregular and unwholesomc dietary, and by al
almost total absence of medical and nursing care
SUPPLY or ANIMAL Foop
! affirmed that the supply Of animal foot
was insuficen, and irregular Mr.. Meyer /,
compelled to admit that the statement is true
He says the lepcis have not received con
tinuous supply Of beef, "oioing 10 a sea,tiLp o
eatne constant mPbiy Of 6eef coHM net b
o6iaiHoG am not personally acquainted
with the cattle resources Of the islands MOI
with the herds on Molokai, but | am informed
on the best authority that there is no scarcity
of cattle on any OF the islands, nor even on the
ranch Of Mr.. Bishop, and that a thousand
head could readily be purchased. Mr.. Var
Giesen gives an account Of the irregular suppl,
and its cause The cattle are only brought
down the Pail when wanted They arrive il
bad condition after the journey The flesh i:
| so poor that pot of ointment could not b,
prepared from them. Although there are
many thousand acres OF good grazing land Their,
is no reserve; and 'many times the butcher HI,
been compelled to XIII COWS within lew day.
of calving in order 10 fill the quota" Blu
let us examine the actual supply. In tn,
detailed statement of expenditure Mr. Meye
reports the purchase OF o57 head Of cattle in twc
years. II does not say how much meat wa,
given to the lepers nor how many cattle reached
the butchery. Considering tina, 80 periSh-l
in one day and that few trips were mad.
without some loss, we shall make liberia
estimate in supposng that 900 were killed
The seventy cattle alluded TO in my repor
yielded on an average $50 lbs Of meat The
goo therefore yielded 81 1000 rs. This would
supply 500 lepers with fraction over halGa
pound daily to say nothing of officers, kokua'
and other persons who have no other source
of supply. AT kakaao during the same tim,
there were distributed Io4, 1913 lbs of meat to
IS lepers or n, the same rate l. OF lbs pei
head only.
THE SUPPLY or sALT.sALMoN.
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