The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-09-19

AOA oNPRAyAAS AAO OOoLQ Will QLiS
and medical supplies was ordered &
be published.
The president called attention t,
the laws requiring school children tt
be provided with health and vaccina
ton certificates. The physician il
charge of the dispensary had asked
for instructions in the matter oil
children from private schools calling
on him for health certificates. A long
discussion followed regarding who
should and who should not pay fol-
being examined for health certifi.
cate.
The president thought the poor
children attending private schools or
public schools should have health
certificates issued to them free of
charge. He thought the private
schools were a public benefit and re-
lieved the government of the ex-
penses Of maintaining a correspond
ing number of public schools For
that reason such schools should not
be put to the further expense of pay
ing physicians fees in order that
children attending may be able to
comply with the requirements of
the law.
Mr.. Reynolds said the majority of
the pupils attending st. Louis Col
lege, did not or was not able to pay
tuition fees.
The president said that there were
other schools in the same position.
Mr.. Ens thought all those who
went to the government physicians
should be examined for health GER
tificate free of charge and without
distinction.
Mr.. Lansing then moved that all
school children presenting them
selves at any government physi-
clans Office, to be examined for
health and vaccination certificates,
are entitled to be examined for such
certificates without charge.
The motion was adopted unani-
mously.
The president reported that dur
ing the visit to the leper settlement
last Monday with the minister of the
interior and Mr.. Brown of the sur
vey department they had visited the
different kuleanas and carefully
made an estimate of the lands in
Guiding the improvements. He cited
the difficulties of getting the land
under the present laws and by
way of comparison quoted the
law authorizing the government
to confscate lands for the water
works, by which lands could
be acquired at once and the claims
could be settled afterwards, while in
this case the board may acquire the
lands from one claimant and yet
another claimant may object, carry
the case to some higher court and
put the board to the expense and in
convenience of beginning the matter
all over again. He found there was
plenty of house room at the leper
settlement, but was very much disap-
pointed with the progress of the
work on the new ward for the boys
home.
Mr.. Reynolds went up expecting
to devise plans for removing some of
the buildings at Kalawao; but they
found what had been done SO far was
almost next to nothing. A few cart
loads of lumber intended for the new
wards were on the ground, contract |
for the work had been let, but, from |
the man who has it has
either too much other work to do or
is very short-handed. There was
still balance Of $4,000 left of the
sum donated by Mr.. Baldwin for this
and he had been very much
in finding that those
who were to do the work had been so
very slow in doing it. The winter
with bad weather, were near
at hand, which may still further de-
lay the work that he had hoped was
to be accomplished this year.
No work had been done on the
proposed new reservoir, and should
The water mains from Wsikolu be
broken by falling rocks or heavy
surf during the winter months, the
Ieper settlement with its 1900 people
are apt to be without water for day
Or perhaps longer time. He had
written to Mr.. Meyers and had urged
It's construction, but Mr.. Meyers had
repeated his old time objections and
doubts as to the utility of the inn
He thought it time for
to obey the orders of
he board and not to question them.
He had looked carefully into DIR.
1oto's treatment and the hospital.
Had found the premises about the
hospital in fine condition. The
ooms and wards were as neat as any
school. OF the thirty pa
tents there every one showed very
marked improvement. To look at
ONE of them one would need to be
old that they were lepers to under
tsnd why they were there.
The doctor depended a great deal
n his Office boy. When asked ques
ions regarding the quantities of
1edicine given each patient or put
4 the great bath tub, he did not
eem to know himself, and had to
sL- bis disnenser or offiea how a