The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-01-23
NEWS FROM THE LEPER SETTLEMENT.
Report OF the Koloa HospitaI-The
Sanitary Committee-Letters From
the Government Physicians = DR..
Goto's Patients to be Examined.

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-
lousy avoid any loss of that kind.
We understand that the only waste
will be coal ashes and 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 haumakapiii.
No decision was arrived at, and more
time to investigate the matter was
given.
The quarterly report of the holoa
Hospital was presented. 1t was as
follows:
December g., 1898.
Hon. w. O. SMITH, President of the
Board OF Health, Honolulu, h. |:
have the honor to submit to you
the following report of the holoa
Hospital, at Koloa, Kauai, for the
quarter ending December 81, 1898:
Number of patients in the hospital,
October l, 1898, 0; since that date, S;
Hawaiians, 4; foreigners, 4; paying,
.; nom paying, 8; discharged, 4; died,
l; in hospital, December 81, 1893, B.
Number of calls for medicine: No calls
directly were made in hospital.
RECEIPTS: Two patients, S43. EXpen-
ditures: S170.02.
Respectfully submitted,
WIN. i. MOORE,
Acting Physician Of Koloa
Hospital.
Letters from lIr. Meyer, the Super
intendent of the Leper Settlement,
were read, of which the following are
extracts:
1 note that the Board of Health
has passed a resolution that no
more ava is to be imported into the
Leper settlement, and that you have
informed Messrs. Wilder's Steamship
Company to instruct the masters of
their vessels of this resolution.
To carry out this resolution l have |
instructed Mr.. Hutchinson to have all |
boats coming ashore from the Wild |
ers 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 TO the fact that
the lepers, having been permitted all |
along to use this ava, have been rails
ing il, and there is more or less of 1t |
growing now, rather considerable |
ear. Now will you kindly ask the
Board what they wish to be done with
his.
In former times doctors did not con-
der the use of ava very detrimental
the lepers, and the Boards were not
nv anxious TO forbid it in cOnse-
ence.
note the excuses of Lee Chu d Co.,
hope they will prevent sending
,paiai hereafter. The heat in the
j of the steamer can of course has
fermentation and make it some
Vt sour, but it can not make it two
p1s old. Mr.. Hutchinson writes that
of the same bags came new and
olaiai, and he also states that this
WIS supply was not better. / have
Injected Mr.. Hutchinson to reject all
ohiai, and count and receipt only
foAat is fresh hereafter. Being a
lit,our is not so much objected to,
buaing old is the Objectionable
PAL
regard to the damage to the
fret for the Settlement and the
stoT enclose Mr.. Hutchison's
statnt. think it is only neces-
sary Captain King will ask the
capt of his vessels to try and be as
cares they can. 1t was not rough
weatwhen this happened, as Cap
tam : supposed.
Moi arrived here last Wednes- |
day Honolulu in order to take
his tNildren away. l gave him
permho so, and to take them to
Bonotoday; but he has not done
SO, an'arn that he has quartered
himself some of the kamaainas,
but prs to leave next week. OF
course IN do nothing with him
as longe remains on the kuleanas, !
but l instructed Mr.. Hutchinson I
to havewatched, and to have him
arresteon he comes on Board of ,
Health Uses for any other pur-
pose eXcg to take his children
away.
There ,w another child, not a t
leper, wlhe parents wish TO send 6
to the h'ni Home, and are anxi- g
Gus to SELDOM, but have TO wait 7