The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-02-14
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Conference on the Question of It's
Reorganization.
(Toool,,doJ
(Concluded.)

NCOHCIUueU,)
DIR. Stangenwald, referring to one
of the items in the paper read by
DR.. Emerson, said they were all
agreed that the water supply would
need to be attended to most care
fully. There were wells that could
not be trusted, among such being
the artesian we'll in Thomas Square.
A year or two ago, when water was
being pumped from this well into
the reservoir mains, it was noticed
that as the water in it was lowered a |
duck pond short distance away |
dried up. Some years ago, when
there was an epidemic of fever here,
the late S. G.. Wilder, then Minister
of the Interior, asked him to ex-
anime some water. in the valley.
They found terrible state OF things
water running down from little
places where pigs were kept and ev-
cry drop going into the government
reservoir.
Mr.. Young suggested that they
should first of all settle the question
of organization of the Board.
DR.. Rodgers regarded the plan
proposed by the Medical Association
as appearing to be all right. Whether
the President should be member
of the Board or not be thought was
a matter that should be left to the
Board. An idea of his, which he
recommended to the Government
soon after the Reform Cabinet came
in, was to have physician as Secre-
tary of the Board, as medical man
could Judge whether the requisi-
tions of Government physicians were
all right. He wanted to understand
whether the medical man proposed
as executive officer-he would not
discuss the question of making the
same one port physician-was to do
the work hitherto done by the chief
of the Board.
DIR. Wood thought the idea was
that the executive officer should dis
charge most of the duties of the
President of the Board as it now
stands, but this executive officer was
not to be the President.
DR.. Miner conceded.
DR.. Lyons was in agreement with
all the conclusions of the Medical
Association. They wanted body
Independent of the question of sala-
ries, that necessarily bring in good
deal of politics one way and another.
Mr.. Carter expressed the willing
ness of the Board to discuss the
matter of reorganization with the
committee of the Advisory Council
at any time. The Board had been
limited in means for carrying out
sanitation. The letter received from
] DIR. Emerson was handed Immediate
ly to the Minister of Interior, with
letter advising that he give it his
attention and make such application
for funds as might be necessary for
carrying out the work, but the neces-
, sity was upon the Legislature and
expressed through the Ways and
Means Committee of reducing the
expenses, and the appropriation ask.
, ed for by the Board of Health was
cut down to about the lowest posi-
: BILE figure. He wished to see the
=. efficiency of the quarantine station
q increased 1t was crude establish
ment but had answered ITS pufpos'
thus far. He was not averse to re
forming the Board, and nothing
1 would suit him better than to b.
5 reformed" out of it. Still he wa
!. perfectly willing to go on if neces
+ sary.
Mr.. Young asked Mr.. Carter 70
: his views on increasing the Boar(
/ from five to seven members, and hav
n ing two or three physicians on it.
d Mr.. Carter thought it would be al
advantage to increase the numbe
because, if there were seven, four o
five would make quorum. MI
!. Waterhouse, Mr.. Dayton and him
d self had been the only regular one
g attending the meetings. In regar'
a to putting medical gentlemen on tn
Board, his experience had been tina
= the larger part of the work done b
J. the Board had been of bushes
e character. When they needed pre-
q fessional assistance they called fo
4 it, and had always found an abl
u seconder in DR.. Trousseau. Whe
q the cholera scare was upon them,
Y, was deemed necessary to call in a
i. advisory board of physicians, and b
n knew that they got along very hal
:. = PLY with them. He should not /
u averse at all to having one or two
10 he was afraid of three, but though
D. they could manage two physician
d on the Board.
- DR.. Miner would say three, as
~ was well known physicians did nc
IN agree, and three would make it a
Il right.
ID Mr.. Carter did not think the prat
"a tice of physicians would admit {
~ their regular attendance, but thel
" might be times when a special inv
he tation would be given to the medic'
gentlemen to meet them.
Mr.. Waterhouse agreed wit
everything Mr.. Carter had said, eve
to being reformed out of IL
n, Board. They had been much han
pered at times, preventing 'he
IN from carrying out what they ough
's For the last nine months the
''' had been so many changes in IL
IL Ministry they had been able to c
o., but very little in certain lines. F.
instance, they had rules and regul
=. tions for the Settlement that ougl
~ to be approved, but there had bee
a. no Ministry in long enough to a
tend to if for tha last aipht or +.