The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-10-09

I Deg leaFt 10 report that they started Ol
their visit at 9 30 p. IN. Friday. July 10Th
Oh the steamer Likelike, belonging u tn
Hon. 3 q. Wilder, who, in his usual gen
erous manner, had placed her at the dis
Posal Of those who wished to 90.
Your committee landed at Kalaupapa a
a. n. Saturday, July 18th, ana wer
warmly welcomed by the Rev. Father Da
mien, the Catholic priest, and Intro
duced 10 large number Of the lepers who
came there. Your committee was very
favorably impressed with the beautiful ap
pearance of the place, Kalaupapa, KaIa
WAC and Waikolu being fine lands, facing
the north and surrounded by a pail be
hind These fine lands were selected by
Kamehameha V, the strong-ninded King
( to be the home Of all those who were 50
unfortunate as to be lepers. Here they
| were TO rest their bodies forever.
1t is with great pleasure that your com
/ Inittee mention the comfortable, neat and
clean dwelling houses for the iepers at Ka-
laupapa, Kalawao and Waikolu, together
I with different houses of worship, hospitals
! store houses and the residence of the doc
! tor. Your committee found that there was
! a good reservoir built in the valley back OF
| KalawaO, near WaikOlu, from which the
! water was conducted in pipe, distance OF
! some two miles, to Kalawao
Kalaupapa, KaIawao and WaikoIu are
| rich and fertile lands, and capable OF pro-
ducing many kinds of fruits, potatoes.
sugar cane, melons, taro, bananas. Gala
bashes, etc; in fact, almost anything that
could be desired in the way of fruits vege-
tables and useful trees.
Your committee found the lepers in very
comfortable circumstances. They all
seemed to have plenty of horses and other
domestic animals. Their houses are com
Portable, and kept very neat and clean, and
many were surrounded by beautiful gar
dens. Their clothing was clean, and of
good quality. Your committee found that
there was apparently four classes of people
living at Kalaupapa and Kalawao, viz.
15t. The worst or most advanced cases. I'd.
Those Who are not quite 50 bad. Sd. Those
who are only III the first stage of the dis
ease. 4th. Those who are not lepers at all
In regard to the latter, your committee in
considering the large number at the Settle
ment, recommend that they be sent back
to the places from whence they came,
where they will not be exposed to the risk
of taking the disease.
Your committee consider that letting
those people who are not lepers remain at
the Settlement is like placing a man near
furnace and then expect that he would
not have the smell of smoke about him.
No one could live among the lepers and
not come in contact with them some
time. 1t was with much regret that your
committee found there was people who
were not lepers allowed to live among the
lepers, and they have spoken of it i'll order
TO call attention to the fact. Your com
mittee are in hopes that sufficient has been
said on the subject, and that the Board of
Health will take the matter in hand and
remedy the evil.
In regard to the worst or most advanced
cases, your committee consider that ii IS
most improper Tor such cases to be al
lowed to live and mingle with those who
have not got the disease. From the loath-
some and frightful cases seen by your com
mittee, anyone would be convinced that it
would be out of the question to think of
granting some of the petitions sent to the
Assembly, praying that the lepers be al
lowed to return their homes and be taken
care of by their friends. 1t is to be hoped
that some of the new methods of treat
ment will make the lepers more cOmforta-
Bile, and that the disease may be sup
pressed for a long time. In regard to
those patients where the disease had not
made much progression instance where
the fingers were only cramped, the eyelids
only effected the mouth twisted, withered
hands, or a swelling of the face, your COM
mittee feel that much could be done for
such cases.
Your committee is satisfied that the
Board of Health is using its best efforts to
have the new japanese treatment thor
oughly tested for the benefit of such cases !
as have beeen mentioned.
Mr.. Presidential 10 o'clock on Satur-
day morning, July 18th, your committee
opened its inqulsition in front of the Office /
of the Board of Health at KalawaO. After /
the President of the Board OF Health had /
made speech the committee heard the |
and difficulties the lepers had |.
to present.
Evidence for the petition was taken by !
the committee from the following lepers: /
5. b Kamai Kaapuni, Kaiikea, Kope, n. /
Kamai, Kelemana and Kahanola. The |
committee also heard the statements of !
the following in defense of what had been !
stated by the petitioners: Kiha, a luna; /
Ambrose Hutchinson, Assistant Superin- |
tendent; and Rev. Father Damien. The /
gist of the evidence taken on both sides APP /
peared in our columns on Monday July !
10TH
The committee sum up as follows: Your /
committee has carefully considered all the /.
complaints offered. and also the statements F..
made in defense, and has USED its utmost /
endeayors to arrive at the truth in this
matter After a careful examination of /
al the facts, your committee are of the
opinion that the greater part of the com
plants are untrue and are not supported /
by the evidence, and they therefore Will .
not take any such complaints into further
consider alton.
In addition TO the complaints, your COM
mittee have considered the following petit
lions: l. To appoint a new Board of /
Health and do away with the present one. /
2 To give the lepers fat beef. s. To lay I
water pipes 70 Kalaupapa. 4 To have
steamer run there regularly. 8 That the [
ration of paai be 80 pounds per week. Is.
To send DR.. Goto up there Immediately.
: To have two butcher shODS one at ka-