The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-10-17

The board OF health met Wednesda!
at 3 O'Clock.
There were present W. o. Smith
president. and Messrs. Wstorheuse
Ena. Lansing and DR.. Howard, and
Agent c. B. Reynolds.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and adopted.
The president distributed list Of
ali persons employed by the board OF
health with q request that members
look over It before the next meeting.
President Smith said that the
number of employees at the leper
settlement looked large, but that the
salaries were low, and all seemed
necessary to the carrying on of the
work Of the settlement.
4 communication was received
from the minister Of the interior ask
ing that sections 8 and Z Of the spe-
cisl quarantine regulations against
cholera. passed Sept. ID, 1892, and
section Z OF the laws of 1891, be
rescinded. These sections are as fol-
lows:
Sections 3 and Z of special cholera
regulations
Sec. 5. No pilot shall board any
vessel, steamer or sailing vessel from
any foreign country until permitted
70 DO so by the port physician.
See. :. If 8 steamer arrives from a
non-infected port with a clean bill of
health, the American coast and Japan
excepted, the port physician may,
after q careful examination of the pas
sengers and the crew, allow the pilot
on board, and the steamer will be al
lowed free pratique.
Section :, Civil Code, Laws of 1891:
Upon the arrival of any vessel
making the usual marine signal for a
pilot. il shall be the duty of the pilot
or pilots at the port, to Immediately
put off to such vessel, taking with
him white and yellow flag, TO in
auire into the sanitary condition of
the ship and the health of those on
board. And upon being assured to
his satisfaction that there is no danger
20 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, and are
practically not in force now. The
last Is q portion of the civil code and
Z Is not IN the power of the board
Of health 70 rescind it. The secre-
tsry was instructed to notify The
minister to that effect.
DR.. Allen, the government physi-
cisn al Hama, Maui, was introduced
70 the board by President Smith. He
reported his district as entirely free
from the epidemic Of grippe that
vas prevalent there some time ago.
He had to take the steamer yester
day for his home. SO stayed but
moment at the meeting.
4 letter from the collector general
OF customs was read to the board
he called attention TO the fact that
the collector OF customs was re-
CURED by law to grant a bill
OF health 10 ali outgoing vessels
stating that there IS no cholera,
plague or contagious or infectious
diseases" in the vicinity OF this port,
snd that be often was not cognizant
Of the presence of such diseases, even
though there might he a number of
cases 10 town. The case Of the ser
want of Robert Louis Stevenson was
cited as an example He asked that
the board should notify the collector
Of customs Of any such disease that
might come to his notice. Granted.
a request of DR.. Capron, the gov
eminent physician at Kau, for leave
of absense for four or five weeks was
granted. he to furnish substitute
acceptable to the board.
The quarterly report of DR.. How
ard, in charge of the government dis
penssry, was made. DR.. Howard |
sisted that he had treated PSI pa |
tents during the quarter ending 1
Both. II wss impossible,
DR.. Howard said, "to tabulate his
statement SIS to the number Of cures |
and desths, as many Of the patients
csne to him only once and he was
unable to note the Improvement. He
zas not able TO follow many cases
into their homes, owing to the mum
Der Of patients trested." Besides the
21S1 cases noted above, over 800
school children had been examined.
An application from Annie Male
he wife Of Iosni, q leper recently
sent to MslokHi, for permission to go |