The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-15
HEALTH BOARD MEETS.
4 LONG SESSION DEVOTED CHIEFLY
TO DISCUSSION.
MoIokai acknowledgements to
be More Rigid.

chair. Those present were Drs. Emer-
son, Wood Howard, Raymond and
Meyers and Messrs. Ena and Lansing
and Health Agent Reynolds. Minutes
of the last meeting were read and APP
proved.
DIR. Emerson who was appointed on
the committee to visit Eva plantation
and ascertain the cause Of the appear.
ance of maleria in that neighborhood,
read his report. 1t stated in substance
that the cause of maleria was undoubt-
eddy the generation of marsh gas in
newly upturned soil. The report on
motion of DIR. Wood was accepted and
placed on file.
A letter from DIR. Peterson, Govern
ment physician at Eva, was read as
follows:
Delay in forwarding my monthly
report enables me, with it, to send some
notes at this time on the matter of the
health on the Eva plantation, of which
mention was made at the last meeting
amount of sickness SO excessive, or
even so noticeable, as to warrant an in.
vestigation, l should certainly, as "a
Health officer, have notified the Board
of Health. did not think so. / was
cognizant of the fact that Honolulu had
a large quota of these cases. that Ka-
huku, Lahaina and other places over the
islands were beng visited in like man
ner and ii did not seem to me at all
surprising; that out of population of
about 1000, which is the number of in.
dividuals on this estate, there should be
at this season of the year twelve cases
| in all of malarial fever occurring dur
ing months time, considering the
fact that nearly 800 of these persons are
constantly at work cultivaring and
planting fields just now for the first
time broken up for cultivation. | have
considered the cause to have been the
breaking up of new Land, especially in
| two localities, at this season of the
year.
The conditions are as they have been
during the year, with the exceptions, as
noted above, of season and new land
broken, worked and irrigated. The
same was the case last year.
The iron tank SYSTEM Of furnishing
water to laborers in the field has always
been in vogue, and some of the fever
patients have never used the tank water
though all have been subject to the in
fiuences from the newly-broken ground
Conditions incident to the manner o
life and customs of the class of labo
employed, that might be supposed t.
conduoe TO typhoid have not resulte,
thus, and the persons constantly Twin,
under these conditions, viz, women
children and cooks, are not among thu
afflicted.
In conclusion, will state that since
have been here, there have never beer
, as high as 2 per cent. on the sick lis
from all causes, and for the most part
per cent. This, think you will agre
. with me, is, indeed, remarkable show
ing"
, DR.. Howard reported on vaccination
, stating that he had given virus T.
about 800 persons since the beginning o
the term. He reported considerabl
sickness among Portuguese children
The cause of the illness he thought t
be due to drinking water that had nc
been boiled.
!, DIR. Day reported that the only vesst
, boarded since the last meeting was tn
China, and on that the health wa
good.
Health agents desired to know if tn
i Board of Health required that vesse
coming from Lay san Island and cor
i tageous territory should be boarded b
a health officer. Mr.. Suhr has objecte
: to the charge on the ground that
vessel from Laysan Island. being a
1t Hawaiian port, did not have to enter
!, the custom house and should not
: made to pay for health examination
e 1t was decided until otherwise ordere
t. vessels from Laysan Island should
IS examined.
1t The usual letters from Mr.. Meye
d were read.
President Smith reported that d
J. IwaIani would be ready to leave f
er Molokai Friday afternoon for the co
I'd venience of the Board, The steam
er would be ready to sail at 8 p. m. Sc
gs eral parties desired to accompany I
is Board. DIR. Raymond of Kaloa, Britt
n, Commissioner Halves, Bishop viii
e- and DIR. Rodgers were among tho
ca The gentlemen will be required to c
special permits.
ia. The Board decided, after consid
i'm able discussion on case in point, to
he gin policy of segregation of non-leprc
H. children from lepruus larents on Mo
ms kai. The matter will be carefully lo'
he ed into when the Board visits Molok
To At $3.50 the meeting adjourned.