The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-11-19

SOM one remarked lately that such was
the present condition Of leprUsy here that
II might be out Of the power Of the Gov
eminent here TO put II force segregation
thoroughly. To this reply may be made.
first By quoting the words Of Dr. Munro.
q writer quoted II the NiHEssaA Century
upou the leprosy question II India He
says.
L has been objected By the Government Of
L1la tEat TIE e-peuss q ssgTEcating gTsr 100 900
lzpers L asylzns void Be too great, bot hardly
rnl1k tbs Il 4 proper view Of the cIss- No szch
asTizs need be built, bot Segregation could sill
5s enforced b. the compulsory eoai1elent Of
lzPsrs % certain Spares Of land on which proper
villages cuuld BE built fer them, while they would
WIEN able he encouraged 10 work On the surround
~ ldlc- Eruper1y managed such cuuE1litles
might Be partly self-s1pportinz. OF crurse, after
lepsr vas once pot into s1ch village. a severe
penalty should Be enacted from anyone ai;i1u- or
tnetrI1z hin II leaving r. AZ the sane time
-lers ecll1 -.C l7Ir1n I believe. n allowing the
Lzpsrs- Under pruPer supervision sometimes 70 see
and cguTerse With their friends az some place
tie village, - bag a. no c1Htrct lrIs aEI1.csi.
Probably over Two hundred such villages would
Ce required for the whole OF India. OF COURSE
zlellcaI Ctinsrs would be required to I've near
each Of them bgE the work could be nearly, II
Lot quite al toue by Iepers- Such Segregation
Would believe -1tE the other mems already
mentioned succeed n Stamping our the disease
This Of course l. dealing with Isprusy
On most extensive scale, but sven on
such an extensive scale We see a promi-
Isut man writing upon It who seems san
guIle Of success
But closer analogy TO our condition
can b found N asmaller country. VIZ: the
Island % Cyprus This island came IN
der British rule On July L, ISIS Il has
II the neighborhOod Of $4,000 inhabit
ants two thirds Of whom are Greek. and
the habits Of the people are anything but
Clearly This island along with many
other places II the East was terribly afiict-
sd with lepTusy, and one OF two graphic
accounts Of the leper settlement on that
island have been published When the
British Government took control Of the
island they al once faced the question Of
Leprusy, and they applied the only remedy
yet known, Segregation Within si1 years
q the occupation OF the island comes the
report from the Chief Medical Officer OF
Cyprus, Dr. G. y Stephens He says N
q report fOr 1883 4:
I have CINE to the conclusion that Ieprosy II
tEls island = markedly OF the iecrsase and an
q oPtE1ou that n TINE It vii entirely disappear
f1r tbs p9rposa, EoEsTsr- tE0 PuiEts have to be
Observed nrstig- tie zEueral zEleioCztlou Of the
cnrdIEI0u ard welfare of the inhabitants =hicb
TINE 1llT C1l bring abo1t= secondly. the gradual
ssei1sl1u Of all ispsrs az they are met with To
tzls latter Teas1rs the Government has given It's
fsll attention. Il Is greatly 70 Be desired for tie
sIrs AID rzdIcal illumination % this disease that
sor-a more absolute mode u isolztiou should b
adgPted an considering the best manner N
Tiicn It's colid Be done and / vii shortly lzy
ny vlevs On the subject before the GCTsruueut-
Here Is distinct hope for Us, but It Is
only b. being up and doing that We can
hi tn - i.
nearly double the population Of the whole
Hawaiian group and there Is no symptom
q doubt IN the mind Of an important med
zeal Oficer as TO the possibility Of @rsdi
cal determination Of the disease. II i
vel for al Of u TO notice the two points
which have been observed in Cyprus:
the seclHsi0n Of all lepers, and the '-gen-
erzl ameliOrsti0n Of the condition and
welfare Of the inhabitants
Il Is well 70 take this lesson TO heart.
We have two goals 10 aim at One to get
the uneiesn put away and treated as hu
namely and kindly a. It Is possible, the
ether to 50 improve the clean that they
cannot become unclean- Here Is work for
all It Is the duty Of the Government to
take ~ the matter Of segregation with
strung hand and determination to cary
i out It l. the duty Of our philanthropic
men and women to 90 personally into the
homes Of the poor and do their utmost to
inczIlcate cleanliness and good habits
among the people, to Wal. against debsueh
cry. intempersnce and wee OH these
isles are 50 beautiful life should be 50
easy, 50 happy here, it seems sscrilege
that dread disease should crawl In In Is
EIdeOus loathsoIneuess and mar the beauty,
threaten the life II Is the more to be re
GREETED because we believe that the cancer
which l. eating into HAWAII Is the result
u cariess1ess. FrUm statistics which We
have had an opportunity Of glancing at
and which VIII one Of these days become
public property, We are assured that the
raislnanagement has had more evil effects
within the last few years, we fear It Is hay-
ing it, most evil effects nov.
Leprusy Is a very old disease IN the
world It Is a very old disease IN Europe.
Il spread there to such terrible ez-
tent that almost every small town had
II lazsr house. II has been stamped out
Howl By segregation and the following
Eere the terms IN which the priest (for II
the middle ages segregation was a duty
inculczted by the Church- and ifs mem
berz framed a terrible ceremony mo
n0unced the ten commandments which the
iePer had to keep.
!. ! fa-t.a zs1 t..id 4 rsis.ii sssz lszia to
l1s-seY o. ary asss11blF u he people
2 forbid Y11 eFef to wash yozE hands, or any
q Ec1r thtrGs, N he fo11fainE q any ruuaiuQ
strsasa anywhere sosgsr. And II yrz EiSh 70 dEink
20 fsssl DIP ~ water n your eoP fsrsiiej o.
3. f5Fbid 20 70 % cut Of doo-s uithoss your