The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-12-10
rnr nrArrn or rHr clrr.
A sen,atisaal statement CsaRatsd,

tiuaes, th-s> Is - sssiss thst it Is ma - nov,
~ hss been fer s.yssal wears Pssst. The Boasd
G. Hs.,th siasls-i-s incomplete - they arv prove
Z - ~ cIe Ct The rss. gestsl4Ay etiscs IL CariSt
tr-leriN 10 srck WY The fset. and a,sy Sfecttl
ge,5 eQsl1 5e snociratea tsoGn L. thsre latses
- aSsertios *, 1ac,ssirss - the Interests 9
the pltec. t'el >ech d sssieaeent Ne tee esSrred,
es,n epoz q crve~S eocSsdcSatt'n q ttetSs -
shown - b wt3gls avereee. frot1 NE Ncr12i
truth ard i. l. ccsssialy Surprising tAat nsgs-
tper 81 -sasrslly ccsrect IL rs prVustseS a.a ~
d1c.sccs, s1srll hsVs suHsred t.scit - have eeea
led into t;,aki-s sccE an sss-rtion- HE Eststia
has seemingly ocen le3 iato errcg N this r,stser
by an ever estra1ticn q the value q ~thc keSard
II Hcath statistics, Nhs-sss II reality here ars
tcauy caaseS vkich rssy eCi1Sfire n TIE PSvSi1e-
tisn Of hi-.h Gstlk rate Oseer tAHe, AID totally
independent ". the irsanitiry eucaitaon u
Pllec. And tkEs : tree uct unly ct Hoaolala pos
u oshcr places - the Islands. To le3ce BY the
u.erc death rats. y would bc equally reasonable
q cltSs the rvtly sslahrtccs district Of halawao
the rsos. uaecLtby lceliity 90 the ls4aHeiS-
Il should Be- tsSezs iaio consideration that The
lSitn1s hare ll.ely bcel eeeor,tre more and rore
known 10 lie Arlgrtciu pecpae as a Ss,rittarnt and
si-s es;-iaitv - f- shat r,ost hrpeesS class q
paIre1.s- ct,slntpsiycs. many u whom GrO sc1t
kishre cuy eves1 hope q restoration eisev esre
has b1cr asir11ect- Honolulu too, being the
cs,ly pise- .lse Islands where prupeS nursing
E1csh-igs, jiettrs sad u,cdicVl atte1dancs can BE
ryaaiy aia4 s,cuslsIlly 05Ssined. 1. Is naturally
the rv>lsl u a ltr,c usu-oeE q ruVahts and sui
/
tins tks ftel thtt Eezly al t1e iepers u the Whole
-cucp, CtAer than these a. k1l1wao eithSr reSlde
terr ,scitly the district, required - ~
port here a. s-ated intervals involving longer o.
saoVler say. ard We have factors that tend 10
make a hi-,e death rate for which neither local
cllu-zis mex iSiui,S-y conditions are wholly rsS,
pcnsiois- IN tie shSeuee Of special Or denn2hle
ctuses such considerations would AFFORD 1I-
pruIirsAie rgaSoa Why The death rats IN this DIS
trict Should Sxcee thts Of others but as 01r sys
sea Of ce1si1iz; vital statistics Is 80 rneorree.
irregular AID srscouplete. We have no means ot
c1utE'arisQ-1 We cltlu cur Efgot % opinion t1at
the death rats - rcprssen.ed b. the Board Of
Health or any other Ss1tisties,.is neither true
indie. 70 the sanitary CONDITION Of Honolulu nor
ID they punt any say 70 this district eetag
uors unhsalshy than ANY other districts Of the
Islands. Il i only then Shole thas these Is
Ltrts can Be fairly Compared with oteer cocntriss
II the matter Of vital statistics and N such eor
| pa-rsou We have rf--tt IN estimating tfle local
/ healthfrlusss o. the place - eliminate from
| among the causes * ceath. such things as are
nos necessarily GepeCdsa. on either its climate,
toculty. or artificial conditions tending ver to
ulitks the pi8es comparatively d1ncerOcs resort
for the IyerH5e healthy pezsun, and such Is would
/ not count against the countries With which We
| SCushs to compare
! Auron- those things which tend to swell thu
5sa,tE rate asre NAY be mentioned the steady dec
/ hns CT the native racs; tbs great prepondsr1rce
II number q males oys- females IN the population;
/ the fact mat an enormous pruportlon Of tuirnl-
grants Gt.Cl-s S-1 also that they belong large
Is 20 Class Who ars ISCo-I1t Of sanitary Laws, and
BY tsir circumstances nscsssitlted 70 suer priv
/ a-iCs-s not equally eoluOn II the Countries with
! when l. has been sought 10 compare this IN the
I matter Of the dsItE rate. We cannot accept the
l proposition that - bls1 death rate means Of
I NECESSITY 4 low average longevity, under such
] circumstances as these. The death rdts must OF
necessity be larger II place where there IS 4
sIlkll prupurriuuate uzrlbsE Of women. and where
the Uddil01 70 the population : mainly Of adults
| instead Of children.
We believe that tie death rate Is larger than il
Nsif.sr 4 hal
ines 70 improvement. OF the sanitary condition of
Honolulu. II fLcE q any other Place On the Isl
I ands. buE uozEIthstardlng sDch an admission, We
do uge believe WIKI TIC b'flietH that Honolulu -
/ one Of thc most unhealthy cities IN Christen-
dom -1nr yeE tl-1t II Is A. ali unhealthy city.
/ When old residents ASSERT that Honolulu a
runitrsltbly healthy plice II former times. they
assert that ulich l. squaLy true OF Honolulu to-
DAY. The mild form which epidemic diseases as
sumo AMONG JGr population and their very limited
duration despite tho absences Of qCarautlne prs
/ cautions for al infectious unalatlss other tnAn
small PIX gU.s far % prove the healthfulness of
the place Tbs fact that We have few more cases
Of uIdldrIlI fever, OF typhoid, Or pneumonia than
formerly, prUyss nothing Is We have at present 4
few more peupIs also 10 account for the difference.
[ Moreover. 0Cr statistics Uhtch the Hawyffi,fif
AJatsiy says. ara nearly vIlueleSs a basis fOz
any scientific conclusions Whatever make 10
discrimination between the death rates OF foreign
ers and thIt % aAtlTe6 from viz large majority
Of the wbolz population. and Who lrs known TO be
suffering large and steaiy teclIne IN numbers
No Intelligent pec-Uu here for moment sup
puSes shat the deltl rate Of t5fslzners Is ltsfT1g
equal 70 that % the natives that the Increased
mortality If the lItrsr r.ce Is Il any way depend
eut upon ICcruIsilg unheAlthf1lness OF the
climate vlieh they 1--we It Is quite unfair then
"a estimate tie cuulplrlElyC Gellrhfulness OF this
place and that Of London New York, or san Fran
I ciseJ, upon the basis o. the death rate Ehsrs
there l. 50 little similarity in the condition Of the
majority Of the popCllriuns Compared
Could Ee get the death rate Of foreigners hers
whose average conditions In IIfs nearly approached
the average conditions II those cities, there vUuld
I then be sJus bass Tor proper estimate and IL
/ shOUld not then ta--r the result OF COMPARISON
| Some Comparisons Of this kind have been made
By J. D. Cation, E1-Chief Justice Of the Suprems
Court OF Illinois. 70 which invite attention II
references u the vital statistics here, he says My
attentlJu WIS inst attracted - this suhiect By
lIstecinE to q ssptsu1itl sermon preached b5 Rev
Ereer, pastor OF the Fort Street congregational
Church N H0u0lul1 on the list Sunday OF lslI
de stated tllt dining the seseu years N FLicn n
/ had the charge OF that church, there had beer
born 10 lis merIbers eighty children and that o.
tl1sU under his charge. hvE under fifteen year
had died OF disease and one from accident ans
that dining the same time fourteen adult member
Of the church had died
These statistics Bcrs MT sufficiently to fully sat
Isfy Mes I tDoL Al eIrlg opportunity % cal
/ u=Uu the rsflc=li -auti-ulIu- and told MIN tina
his discourse hal aFaseu-d an interest II IN
which 10 did not sEtlsfy- Ild thai be would lay N
unier great obG-aLiols Il he cDdid inform m
what Fas the average number during the ssve
- z
Of sn0m but i've hlLI died % disease, and VIVA
was the average number Of ad1lt members OF hi
church Of whom fourteen had died iu the sam
perIld, and also how many Of the eighty ehIldre
/ born d1rIlz that time Wgrs Sill living he q
I PRESSED great willingness o. do this "a
cDuld make tbs necessary investigation, and whe
/ he lad done So. he CbII-Eu-ly informed me tia
I the average uuuiber- for the seven years, Of "a
Children from whom the i've were taken- vas thre
hundred tLlt TIE average number Of the 4dl
members It the church DUNG tho seven year
4 whom the f1Erle=L had tlEd- vas two hundres
That three q the Llva children Who lad Sisd EeI
q the eighty aor- d-rIEg that time, ieavIn
seventy seven 0f tEa Still living he then adds
that 10 death had occurred daring hfs time, anon
either Glass; u person between the ages Of =
and eighteen years. 80 thai the number OF I1Eeulle
might have been LE--elF increased ug I1clltIng a
IN thas class gnder eighteen years Of age | n
marked t1as ! Thought his statements most ETtrs
ordinary I liId seen Il stated bF high a1thorIt
that one half of the caIIdr=u I0ra II the Unite
states and Europe die befOre they attain the ac
Olive years / than said let Is assaru
that the three hundred children represented thrs
hGuirsd years Of life each year. thzu during Ii
seven years there we're represented tEenty-0n
~ hHldr=i years Of juvenile lIfss and II We divld
= this number by i've, the number Of Deaths frul
: disease. TEIcu tzls 1Ccurrad among them durIn
that time then there has lesz thau one death o
, eurr=i for fod- Kindred years Of juvenile life
= his e1u-rsglzI11- and b7 applying the same mod
of c1ll pltatIo1 y the adalts Of ms church an
= the tziilltF among them d1f1ug tie same tin
II then there had Ocrurresi one death for each on
!, hundred years u admit life
Il Judge CateE further say hiis upon the i
> Lands / base ne-iscted 10 opportunity 10 push N
= Inquiries this Interesting subject and found Il
results u1WheFe =ss faVJEzhls than the first stat.
r ments gITsu-7 b APPLYING the same kind
computation 10 facts given hIll by Doctor Endel
. OF Waikiki be found tnst '-there we're 81 h1us
? red years q i1Ezzils life l. eael death % ehi
: among the white population EIthia biz practice.
he also says that q biological history Of all It
+ missionary families If Il cgald be got, z0u
=, show measure Of gsEsrasl1z and health, an
periods u vitality, rarely % BE- psrallelsd N Il
I history gs the human family After maxim
= s1me Computations n regard % the birtbs an
!. deaths au1o1g missionary FAMILIES a. recorded
4 the blue booE he szFs- Iorg than eighty six ?,
J. cent Of those children born Il the Islands ze
Re irving az the en Of the peFIod Of thrtgf0u yea
Al after the FIST vas born At the cDuci1zlol
hIs interesting AID instructive article which L
N repay aag one % carefully read be says III
' RAPID dIllin1fil q the native population, Ef-ii
= has long been known the zorid over, and has bei
i the sgbIe-t % elzbgEts dasserratioT, had not L
me 70 eZpect here the Most fzTgrzhls o5rditiol
= fSF haaIn life to b f01ld II any e1G1t= % Ehi'
= have any kESWietgE- Il u Eos 0aly ren1arkab
II A. = s.lHifart1in for chiiGrEr- bat fox ataits
10 veil
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