The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-08-03
4 Request From the Japanese In-Pec-
tor OF IBamIgrants-

The board Of health met yesterday
afternoon at $40 o'clock.
There were present President w.
q. Smith, Dr. Andrews, L. L. Lans-
ing, DR.. Day aud C. Il. Reynolds,
executive officer.
The minutes of the previous meet
log were read and approved.
President w. O. Smith announced
that since the last meeting the resig-
nation Of Dir. j. o. Carter had been
received and accepted by the execu-
tive council, who had appointed Mr.
Theo. Z. Lansing, Of Honolulu, to
succeed him. He took pleasure IN
introducing Mr.. Lansing to the board
Of health.
DR.. Day reported from the vaccine
farm that another calf had been in
ocuiated last Saturday with virus
which arrived by the steamer Mono
wal from New Zealand. The virus
was made on June 7tb. He did not
vet know whether or not the virus
had taken 4 child had been inocu
lated at the same time as an expert
mental test OF the virus. He would
be able to report at the next meeting
as to results.
President Smith asked Agent Rey-
holds questions regarding the effect
OF the late searching examinations
made under the act 70 mitigate
Mr. Reynolds replied that the at
tendance was about the same as
usual. but be feared a great many
were In town who did not report. He
mentioned there were a considerable
number of japanese who were not on
the lists.
President Smith stated the law was
an old one, aud at times had raised
considerable discussion as to its ex-
pediency. de thought, however, it
was generally conceded that when
the law Is strictly enforced, less dis
ease has always been the rule
In answer TO an inquiry by Mr..
Lansing. the president stated that
DIR. Mckibbin received a salary of
$50 a month as examining physician
under the law TO mitigate.
Two letters from Superintendent |
Meyers We're read. pertaining to mat !
tiers of detail at the leper settlement. |
He recommended the immediate re |
moval of clean children born OF leper /
parents, aud mentioned three that /
should be removed at once. He had /
notified the assistant superintend- |
ent that twenty lepers would ar
rive within a week. He referred /
to the criticism of Father Wendelin /
read at the last regular meeting and |
pointed out that the father was lab
oring under a Misrepresentation He
reported favorably on the applica
ton OF PIhe Nohu of Niihau to be
allowed 20 go to Molokai to assist |
her Ieper husband. He referred to
the posting of the board of health /
notices determined upon at the last |
meeting and spoke of the arrival of /
the last lot of lepers shipped from 1
Honolulu. He returned an approved /
bill of the Hawaiian Fruit and Taro /
Company for S2070.60. He recon-
mended that the native Mokuahi be |
allowed to take his two children /
from the leper settlement to Homo
lulu.
Mr. Reynolds suggested that the
children should be allowed to come !
down with one of the kokuas as it |
was his opinion Mokuahi was only /
seeking a pretext to visit his wife at |
the settlement. After discussion the |
matter was referred to Mr.. Reynolds |
90 allow Mokuahi to go to Molokai |
by the steamer Mokolii, meet |
his children at the landing and re-
turn by same steamer to Honolulu.
President Smith reported on the 1
request of Rev. o. P. Emerson that
Rev. s. h Kamakahili, late pastor of
the native church at Olowslu, Maui,
with his wife and aged mother be al
lowed to officiate at the leper
church at Molokai, and that a ration
be granted the pastor by the board
of health. He said he had learned
the church association would pay
the pastor salary of $500 a year.
His wife and old mother we're en-
tireIy dependent upon him for sus-
teuance. He thought the native
Protestant pastor should be granted
the same privileges, the Catholic
priests were but no more.
After considerable discussion the
request was granted and the board
will allow the paster one ration
week.
An application was read from Dr.
Lsidlaw, asking 10 be appointed as
sistsnt physician to reside at Spreck-
elsyille, Maui, under an appropriation
= by the last Legislature Of $1,000 for
the biennial period.
The application was not granted,
as the board saw no necessity for the
appointment Of aD assistant physi
can at that point at present.
The board granted the application
Aof the native woman, Pine Nohu, of
Niihau, aged 80 years, to go to the
settlement as kokua to her husband.
1.-Two letters were read from the
Hawaiian Hardware Company, urg-
ing that the board should purchase