The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-08-17
KALAE, A1olokai,

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KALAE, Molokai,
August IL, 1898.
CHARLES WILCOX, ESQ, Secretar
| Board of Health, Honolulu-DEA
| SIR: Your favor of the 18th inst. wa
duly received and contents full
| noted.
I have read in The GAZETTE tb
article you refer to, relating to th
taking OF photographs at the leper set
| Element, and note also that it is tn
wish of the honorable members of the
Board of Health to prevent the abus'
of this privilege hereafter, unles
specially permitted by the Presiden
OF the Board of Health, etc.
Unless the recent arrivals hav,
amongst them some who understand
the art of photographing and brough
with them instruments for that pur
pose, am not aware that there are
any persons at the settlement, except
ing perhaps one say perhaps be
cause [ am not certain of it), and thai
is Mr.. l.. Way, who may have such
instruments. Otherwise, L know oil
no one else, but will inquire.
All the many parties who from time
to time have gone to the leper settle
ment had special permits to make
photographs, from the presidents oil
former boards. Permits were given
under various pretentions. One
wanted to take scenery only, another
wanted them for scientific purposes.
With every legislative commission,
visits of the Queen, ETC., professional
photographers were permitted to come
up. DR.. Swift, finding his time but
very partially occupied with his medi-
cal duties, devoted a great deal of his
time to making and developing photo
graphs, and when he went away he
took with him a large number of neg
atives, etc. But / am not aware that
he sold any of them.
The only way to prevent photo
graphing at the leper settlement APP
pears to me to be a positive refusal
from the President of the Board of
Health to grant permits to every one,
no matter who he may be, and his
reasons for it. Your suggestion to
confiscate Photographic instruments
if there are any at the settlement does
not appear to me to be a judiciOus
way TO proceed. If attempted it
would probably meet with resistance.
L note that Mokuahi will come up
and take his child away as soon as his
jury duties have ended.
With regard to the proposed reser-
voir, nothing further has been done by
me in the matter than to select the
spot where, in my opinion, it should
be built. L have written to the Presi-
dent on this subject, and beg to refer
the board to my letter to him, etc.
a portion of the material, for the
Boys Home improvement, has arriv-
ed, and as soon as all is on the spot,
the work will be commenced with
and by that time the carpenters will
be at liberty.
The new wards are practic lily
speaking finished, and the new store
will be very shortly.
l have received the copy of cOntrac
with Lee Chute furnish the set
Element with food and order for first
lot will be sent him by this mail.
You presume wrongly, NJ. Pierre
Cailard, the late Carniot's Kokua, is
not at Kalaupapa, he left the settle
ment some six or eight weeks ago,
very soon after Mr.. Carniot's death.
/ have written to Mr.. Hutchinson,
acting superintendent, that all laws
made and promulgated take effect
according to law 80 days after being
made. All the rules and regulations
therefore will be commenced to be en-
forced on the 18th of August-and I
have also had an interview with De-
putty Sheriff HItchcock-to at once
arrest any lepers, who are found out
side of the settlement, to be prOsecut-
ed, etc.
L also send you by this mail book
which was given me by DR.. MauritZ,
the result of his and DR..
divers examinations, which, L pre-
sumo, is intended for the medical
members of the board of
health.
/ omitted to say in my last letter
that a number of lepers are now COM
bining to supply themselves with one
outfit for the japanese treatment, eX-
pecting that DIR. Goto is to give each
and every one japanese medicine.
VIII you kindly inform me if this
meets with the approval of the board
and inform me in your next.
At the hospital two patients have
given up the treatment
Very respectfully yours,
r. w. MEYER,
Agent Board of Health.
President Smith explained that he
thought the reservoir mentioned by
MIR. Meyer could be built, but sug-
gested that action in the matter had
better be postponed until Mr.. Meyer
arrived, which would be shortly. He
also spoke of the policy of laying
certain pipes at the leper settlement
by Mr.. Meyer.
Mr.. Ena said he thought the super
ntendent of the leper settlement
,honld keep the board posted as to
he number of deaths.
Secretary Wilcox said that weekly
statements on this point were re-
.eived at the board of health. Elk
libited reports showing weekly de-
ais of sanitation and arrivals and
leaths.
Mr.. Era said that when the ex-
Iueen had visited the settlement, no
apparatus for picture taking had been
flowed.