The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-01-05

Meeting.
The Board of Health met at
! O'Clock Wednesday afternoon, Presi
dent Smith in the chair. There
were present members Warehouse
Lansing, Ena, and DR.. Andrew:
and Agent c. B. Reynolds.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The list of those who were award
ed contracts for furnishing supplies
for the leper settlement for the next
six months was presented by the
Secretary.
A letter from Mr.. Myer, the sup
perintendent of the leper settle
ment, pertaining to matters at the
settlement, was read. 1t was as
follows:
With regard to the little
girl about whom 1 wrote to you. The
father is all at once unwilling to let
her 60, unless | guarantee that she
Will be returned. This, of course, /
can't do, as she is not leper. 1t seems
that the father prefers to see his poor
daughter die, rather than to give her
q chance to live.
Clean persons from the leper settle
ment have been admitted into the
Queens Hospital before this, without
the least objection on the part of the
then doctors and the trustees, and why
not?
/ beg to draw your attention to the
pai-ai supply. Mr.. Hutchinson in
forms me that the pai-ai supplied is old
and sour and the people complain
about it. Would you kindly ask
Nessrs. Lee Chu & Co. to try and
remedy this.
Another trouble is, that the boats
used in landing freight seem to be
leaky and damage bread and other
goods accordingly. Mr.. Hutchinson
writes that he spoke to the steamer
people probably the boats crew only
and they paid no attention to it. l
have asked Mr.. Hutchinson to send
me a written statement, signed by
him and two trustworthy witnesses.
Yours respectfully,
r. W. MEYER,
Agent of Board of Health.
1t was explained that, in regard
to the young girl of whom he spoke,
Mr.. Meyer was laboring under a
false impression. DR.. Woods only
objection was that he refused to
operate on the child unless with
the full consent of the parents.
1t was moved that the surgeon
write Mr.. Meyer to assure him
that after the operation, if success
full, the girl would be returned to
the settlement. Carried.
The secretary was instructed to |
notify Lee Cheu & Co. that if the
paiai for the settlement was not
in quality, it would be
4 breach of their contract.
Two tenders for beef cattle
we're read to the Board, |
me from Godfrey Brown, as
rustee of the Parker estate, and
me from Mr.. Meyer, of the Molo-
raj ranch. The contract was
lwarded to the latter.
a letter from Sheriff Williams
# Hilo was read. He reported two
lew cases of scarletina in Hilo,
10Th at Wainaku plantation. A
quarantine was being strictly en-
orced.
A letter was read from DR.. J.
IcGettigan, asking to be appoint
d Government physician when
vacancy occurred.
Hurley J. Aiken, of Napa, Cal,
ent an application for the posi-
ion of Government physician of
Iakawao, Maui, in case a vacancy
ccurred.
The matter of the application of
n. Robert P. Myers, for a license
, practice medicine was brought
p. DR.. Andrews reported his pa
ers as correct, and, on motion, the
resident was instructed to recon- t
lend the Minister of the Interior !
grant such license. :
Tue following letter was received
ON DR.. C. NJ. Hyde:
Honolulu, H. L, Jan. 8, 1894.
, the Honorable Board of Health. j
GENTLEMEN:-On behalf of the Ha- !
allan Board Cof the Evangelical i
l am instructed to ask y
the work done by your agent under ~
DIVISIONS of the Act to Mitigate, ETC., !
mot be transferred from Miller . =
rect to the prison or to some other :
IT of the city. e.
Sufficient funds have been secured -
build a parsonage for the Portu- :,
asa ,,asfor and xra sbOuld lilo IN ! +