The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-04-27
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
1T AMENDS THE QUARANTINE
REPORT.
Dr. Trousseau Recommends the Estab-
lishment OF a Vaccination
Farm.

The Board of Health met yesterday
afternoon at 3 O'Clock. There were
present Messrs w. o. Smith, ]. O.
Carter, ]. T. Warehouse Jr. and DIR.
Day. DR. rousseau, port physician,
was present by request for the consid-
Grafton of the report of the quarantine
committee
G. w. c. Jones, inspector of the
Board, reported that since the last week
ly meeting he had condemned the
greater portion of a bruised bullock and
one hog Out of III cattle inspected
81 were good and 50 diseased. Twen-
ty-two healthy calves were passed and
two were found unfit for use. Out of
90 sheep two were condemned. Two
examinations under the Claw to mini.
gate" were reported. Both reports
were referred to sanitary committee.
r. w. Meyer, Superintendent of the
Leper Settlement, submitted sundry
matters to the Board together with a
list of lepers desiring examination.
A letter was received from the Minis
ter of the Interior, regarding the unsani.
tary condition of the Chinese Theatre
and wash houses, informing the Board
that the matter will have earnest consid
Grafton and giving the usual excuse that
lack of appropriation for this purpose
is the reason that no steps have been
taken during this period to abate the
nuisance" Members of the Board Justly
complain that while they can enforce
the law against private citizens, they
are helpless TO put the government prop.
erty in a sanitary condition,
DIR Campbell, of Waimea, Kauai,
was granted leave of absence of six
months, provided he secures substitute
during the period.
The report of the Quarantine Com
mittee was considered and adopted
after considerable amendment The
following is the text of the amended
report;
Your Committee on Quarantine and
Contagious Diseases wish to draw your
attention to some matters concerning
steamers from the Orient OF late it
has been the practice to place such
steamers in quarantine and not allow
cabin passengers to come ashore.
1t is the object of modern quaran-
tine to strike the happy medium which
will insure protection of the commu-
nifty against the introduction of con-
tagious diseases and at the same time
be as consderate of commercial in
terests as is consistent with the first
object.
Your Committee therefore recon-
mend that all regular mail steamers
between Hongkong and San Francisco,
arriving from an uninfected port present
ing clean bills of health, having had no
sickness on board during the voyage OF
a contagious or infectious nature, that
after the port physician has examined
personally each passenger and every
member of the crew, and pronounced
them free from disease, that then the
cabin passengers be allowed to land
without further ceremony: provided,
that notice he given the agents of the
Pacific Mail and Occidental & Oriental
Companies, that certificate from the
Hawaiian Consuls that the ports they
clear from are free from infectious and
contagious diseases, will be required
upon entering ports of the Hawaiian
Islands.
DR.. Trousseau suggested that the
government establish vaccine farm
and that as soon as possible vaccina
tons be made directly from bovine
lymph. The Doctor stated that thi
method was used both in France anc
Germany and had met will universe
success.
The board adjourned at AIS PM