The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-05-08
Board of Health .

The weekly meeting OF the Board of
Health was held Friday afternoon.
Present: DR.. n. B. Emerson, Presi-
dent; His EXcellency L. A. Thurston,
Hon. S NJ. Damon, Hon. J. T. Water
house, ir., and Mr.. w. E. Rowell,
members; DR.. Kimball, Government
physician of Honolulu; Mr.. w. G..
Ashley, Secretary; Captain J. II.
Brown, Agent, and Mr.. c. B. Rey-
nolds, Officer, OF the Board, and repre-
sentatives Of the GAZETTE and Id
UertiSer.
Professor Van Sykes report of an
alysis of water, two samples, from
| KolOa, Kauai, was received. ItshOwed
J the water to be contaminated very
| badly, carrying some ingredients
such as free ammonia, albumenoid
ammonia and chlorine in quantity
| three times that sufficient to condemn
water for household use.
Mr. Thurston moved, seconded by
Mr.. Damon, and it was resolved, that
| DR.. Smith, Agent of the Board on
Kauai, be sent a copy of this report,
with instructions to have the nuisance
abated.
Several petitions We're received and
acted upon. One man advanced in
/ life, who believed himself leper al
! though not medically confirmed as
such, had sold all his property and
asked permission to live, at his own
| expense, with his lepTous wife on Mo
( lokai. This petition was granted.
Three or four other petitions of per-
! sons wanting TO visit or live with
leper relatives at the settlement were
refused.
/ The President reported another leper
! escaped from the branch hospital the
previous night, under circumstances
/ indicating active cooperation from
/ the outside. He suggested an outside
/ patrol to prevent escapes.
4 Mr.. Damon said eight men would
/ be required, and questioned if the eX-
/ pense would be warranted.
The President thought one man
would do, with the electric light asked
/ for.
Mr.. Thurston, as Minister of the In
/ terror, stated that they could not
| figure on the electric light, as the
/ plant would not sustain more lights
/ than now existed. With regard to
| the dirt on the streets referred to the
/ previous week, he continued the only
material put on private lots was in a
few cases where the premises We're
/ close to the operations. There had
! been some taken from Bethel street
without his knowledge, but when
brought to his notice it was stopped.
/ They had only two carts for the street
/ cleaning. Carts could be had from
/ the road department for taking sand
to the hospital grounds.
! DR.. Kimball's letter of acceptance of
! the position of Government physician
| in Honolulu was reported.
/ The Secretary mentioned verbal
4 complaint made to him of a nuisance
near Hon. J. A. Cummins' residence
at Pawaa, consisting of offensive ma
! terial spread on vegetable patches by
| Chinese. The Agent was authorized
/ to investigate the matter.
Marshal Soper had notified the
| Board of a collection of unlicensed
dogs in custody of the police Some
of the animals were diseased, the
others redeemable on payment of the
| tax.
Captain Brown, as a member of the
Board for the Suppression of Diseases
| among Animals, was instructed to
condemn all the diseased dogs.
Mr.. Damon made the suggestion,
which was adopted, that the Marshal
be recommended to continue the sup
preston of unlicensed dogs.
The public meeting of the Board was
then declared adjourned, the members
alone remaining to consult upon GER
tain matters of imDortaDca