The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-06-06

the vicinity of the Kalihi Re-
ceiving station to secure the fullest
usefulness of that noble institution
and because Of the insalubrity of its
present location. The need for
such house for boys is suggested
and its establishment is recon-
mended. The cost of such build
ing with its equipment as we'll as q
!" Memorial Hospital" to Father
Damien, the erection OF which at,
Molokai is elsewhere urged, might
be borne by those who are eager 70
give something to this unfortunate
class of people, bat who do not
know just how or what to give,
The report of DR.. Swift the resident
physician at the Moiokai settlement
appears as Appendix G. Perhaps
the most interesting thing it cons
tains is the remark that the disease
appears to be undergoing a rapid
modification and assuming an en-
tirely new type in the Islands. DR..
Aiming made a like remark before
the Honolulu Social Science Asso-
cation few years ago; in which
he also intimatcd that it was not
unlikely to run itself out in q short
course of time, using the simile of
vegetable growths which have run
q course of introduction, lnxuriant
growth and gradual deterioration
with final extinction. According
to DR.. Swift the location of the vii
lage ut Kalawao is bad owing
partly to, the great and sudden
transitions ! in temperature and
partly to the overcrowded burying
ground whence malarious exhala.
tons exade. Perhaps this burial
of lepers may be more injurious
than we know of, for it is held on
high authority that the leprous
germ is not destroyed by the burial
Of a dead body. On the contrary
it thrives for time certainly and
is not unlikely to penetrate wells
and springs contaminating them
thereby. 1t would seem as if the
only true sanitation would be Gre
nation of the dead. The subject
of cremation an important one in
our tropical climate is not treated
at all in the report. The report OF
Mr.. Meyers, Appendix !. gives
minute statistics of the leper settle
ment. It appears that the total
population IS 1857 of whom 1859
are lepers, kokuas or helpers
1856, children, not lepers 40. olig-
inal inhabitants 81 and Is others
occupying various stat ons of trust
or service. OF these 6 are Sisters
of Charity, 2 Catholic priests, l
Protestant pastor, etc. There is al
last competent resident manager
Mr.. Evans. Mr.. Meyers differs in
his table of the percentage Of
deaths, with that Of the President
of the Board. He makes it 1882
in place of 1920. The statistics Of
lepers differs also to a considerable
number. He Justly calls attention
to the nuisance Of dogs, as)well as
that of horses, Of which there are
786. Some lepers own from 5 to II
OF them, to the damage of the gen.
eral property. 1t is suggested that
the number should be decreased tc
one horse for each family which
certainly appears ample. The Gov.
eminent owns 1876 buildings many
of which have been erected during
the last biennial period, and the
settlement Is now well equipped in
that respect. Lepers have built
and own over 235 houses. The
spiritual needs of the people appea,
to be pretty well provided for in
two Roman Catholic, two Protes'
tant ind two Mormon churches
There are also two prisons. Ar
ample supply of pure water il
obtained by q well-constructed sys
tenn, of ,waterworks, also put In dur
ing the last two years. Eacf
patient is supplied with ten dol
lar order on the store each year
besides ample weekly rations
These comprise the following arti'
cles: rice, -four, bread, poi, swee,
potatoes, sugar, beef (sometimes
mutton), salmon: oil, soap, matches
kalo flour, fish, salt, firewood. The
average number of those who re
ceive rations has been 1865. The
cost per capita is about S3-42. The
% Chinese lepers. live ~up. to. theil
nature and drive profitable bust
ness IN cakes. etc., besides encour
aging the vices of gambling, opium
using and drinking. Perhaps Mr.
Meyers is hard upon them. The
people at the settlement appear t
have money and actually hav g sen,
away S943 during the past two
years. One of the features of grea
encouragement IN fighting the dis
ease is the increasing confidence o
the Hawaiians, who not only ar
Offering less resistencel to the au
thorities, but many lepers, not sus
pected, have voluntarily surrend
cred themselves. &
This report naturally gives mucl