The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-20
THE BOARD OF HEALTH MEETS.
Matters Pertinent to the Public
Health Discussed.
NEWS FROM THE LEPER SETTLEMENT.
Report of the koloa Hospita1-The
Sanitary Committee-Letters From
the Government Physicians DIR.
Goto's Patients to be Examined.

I The Board of Health met yester-
| day, President Smith In the chair.
There were present members Lam
sing, Waterhouse, DR.. Andrews and
Agent Reynolds. The minutes of
last meeting were read and ap-
proved.
The Committee on Sanitation re-
| ported as follows:
Your committee, according TO in
structions, visited the proposed site of
| the new acid and fertilizer works at
| Kalihi. We find that the location is
suitable; that there is no objection to
be made on sanitary grounds. AS the
acid used is to be made on the spot
| from nearly pure sulphur, there can
| be no noXiouS fumes, since all the
| fumes made will be sulphurous, and
of necessity the company will sedu-
lousIy avoid any loss of that kind
We understand that the only waste
will be coal ashes and q small amount
| of earthly matter, quite inert, from the
crude sulphur.
We would therefore recommend
that the company be granted the de-
sired permission.
GEO. p. ANDREWS,
THEo. +. LANSING.
Honolulu, Jan. 10, 1894.
In regard to moving from the
present location used for enforcing
the "Act to Mitigate" Mr.. Lansing
and DR.. Andrews went to Kakaako to
investigate, and found that there
was plenty of room, but decided
that it would not be practicable for
the people to be examined to go
there. Another place mentioned
was in the vicinity of Kaumakapili.
No decision was arrived at, and more
time to investigate the matter was
given.
The quarterly report of the Koloa
Hospital was presented. 1t was as
follows
December 81, 1898.
Hon. w. O. SMITH, President of the
Board of Health, Honolulu, III. / /:
/ have the honor to submit to you
the following report of the KOloa
Hospital, at KolOa, Kauai, for the
quarter ending December 81, 1898:
Number of patients in the hospital,
October l, 1893, @; since that date, s;
Hawaiians, 4; foreigners, 4; paying,
2; IL. n-paying, 6; discharged, 4; died,
/; in hospital, December 81, 1893, 3.
Number of calls for medicine: No calls
directly were made in hospital.
RECEIPTS: Two patients, SAB. Expen-
ditures: S170.02.
Respectfully submitted,
VIM. L. MOORE,
Acting Physician of KOlOa
Hospital.
Letters from Mr. Meyer, the Super
intendent of the Leper Settlement,
were read, of which the following are
extracts:
l note that the Board of Health
has passed resolution that no
more AVA is TO be imported into the
Leper st ltIement, and that you have
Informed Nessrs. Wilder's Steamship
Company 70 instruct the masters of
their vessels of this resolution.
To carry out this resolution / have
instructed Mr.. Hutchison to have all
boats coming ashore from the Wild
er's Steamship Company with freight
carefully watched, and not to allow
any ava to come ashore.
But / beg to draw the attention of
the Board of Health 10 the fact that
the lepers, having been permitted all
along to use this ava, have been rails
ing it, and there is more or less of it
growing now, rather considerable /
fear. Now will you kindly ask the
Board what they wish to be done with
this.
In former times doctors did not con-
slider the use of ava very detrimental
to the lepers, and the Boards were not
very anxious to forbid it in conse-
quence.
1 note the excuses of Lee Chu & Co.,
and hope they will prevent sending
old paiai hereafter. The heat in the
hold of the steamer can of course has
ten fermentation and make it some
what sour, but it can not make it two
weeks old. Mr.. Hutchison writes that
out of the same bags came new and
old paiai, and he also states that this
week s supply was not better. I have
instructed Mr.. Hutchison to reject all
old paiai, and count and receipt only
for what is fresh hereafter. Being a
little sour is not so much objected to,
but being old is the Objectionable
part.
With regard to the damage to the
freight for the settlement and the
store, / enclose Mr.. Hutchison's
statement. l think it is only neces-
sary, if Captain King will ask the
captains of his vessels to try and be as
careful as they can. 1t was not rough
weather when this happened, as Cap
tain KING SIInpOSo6