The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-12

The board of health met yesterday
at 3 o'clock
There we're present w. o. Smith,
president, aud Mes-rs. Watorheuse,
Ena, Lansing and DIR. Howard, and
Agent g. b Reynolds.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and adopted.
Tee president distributed list Of
all persons employed 10y the board OF
health with a request that members
look over it before the next meeting.
President Smith said that the
number OF employees at the leper
settlemsut looked large, but that the
salaries we're low, aId all seemed
necessary to the carry :lg on of the
work Of the settlement.
4 communication was received
from the minister OF the interior ask
ing that sections and of the spe-
cial quarantine regulations against
cholera, passed Sept. I'd. 1892, and
section OF the laws OF 1891, be
rescinded. These sections are as fol-
lows:
Sections 3 and of special cholera
regulations
Sec. 8. No pilot shall board any
vessel, steamer or sailing vessel from
any foreign country until permitted
to 10 SO 10y the port physician.
Sec. Z. III steamer arrives from
non infected port with a clean bill OF
health, the American coast and Japan
except, q, the port physician may,
after careful examination OF the pas
sengers and the crew. az W the pilot
on board, and the ster will be al
lowed free pratique
Section Z, Civil Code, Laws of 1891:
Upon the arrival of any vessel
making the usual marine signal for
pilot, it shall be the duty of the pilot
or pilots at the port, to Immediately
put off to such vessel, taking with
him white aud yellow flag, to in
uuire iuto the sanitary condition of
the ship and the health o those on
board. And upon being assured to
his satisfaction that there Is no danger
to be apprehended from any cOntagi.
Gus disease he shall board the vessel,
but not otherwise.
The first two were suspended on
November Oath OF last year, aud are
practically not In force now. The
last Is u portion of tbs civil code and
it Is not in the power of the board
of health to rescind it. The secre
tary was instructed to notify the
minister to that effect.
DR.. Allen, the government physi-
clan at Hama, Mani, was introduced
to the board by President Smith. He
reported his district as entirely free
from the epidemic of grippe that
was prevalent there some time ago.
He had to take the steamer yester
day for his home, Sc stayed bnt
moment at the meeting.
A LITTER from the collectors general
OF customs was read to the board.
He called attention to the fact that
the collector of customs was re
ouired 10y law to grant bill
of health 10 al outgoing vessels
stating that there Is no ''choiera,
plague or contagious or infectious
diseases" in the vIcini of this port,
and that he often was not cOguiz4nt
of the presence of such diseases, even
thongn there might be number of
cases In town. Tue case of the ser
want of Robert Louis Stevenson was
cited as All example. He asked that
the board should notify the collector
OF customs of any such disease that
might come to- his notice. Granted. |
4 request of DIR. Caprop, tie gov
ernmeut physician at Kau, for leave |
of sbseuse for four or five weeks was |
granted, he to furnish a substitute |
acceptable to the board.
the quarterly report of DIR. How |
ard, In charge of the government dis |
peusary, was made. DIR. Howard |
stated that he had treated PSI pa !
TENTS during the quarter ending |
September 30th. 1t was impossible, |
DIR. Howard said, "to tabulate his |
statement as to the number of cures |
and deaths, as many of the patients |
came to him only oDce and he WAS !
unable to note the improvement He |
was not able to follow many cases
into their homes, owing to the mum
her of patients treated" Bes dss the |
2lSI cases noted above, over 600 !
school children had been examined.
An application from Annie Male |
the wife of Ioani, leper recently |
sent to Malokai, for permission to go |
tn the settlement as kokua to her
husband, was denied
A letter of thanks was read from |
some of the lepers on Molokai, fJr
bottles of sarsaparilla sent them by
the board through DR.. Oliver at their
request
a communication from DR.. Mour
itz, government physician at Pnkoo,
Melokai, stated that most OF the
wandering and hiding lepers, escapes
from the settlement had been