The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-02-02
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Proceedings at Wednesdays Meet
ing of That Body.

| The Board of Health met Wednes.
day, with President Smith in the
chair. Members Waterhouse, Lam
sing and Ena, and Agent Reynolds
were present.
The quarterly report of the Ma
lulani Hospital, at Wailuku, was
presented, and was as follows:
WAILUKU, Maui, Dec. 81, 1898.
Hon. w. o. SMITH, President of the
Board of Health, Honolulu, H. L.
have the honor to submit to you
the following report of the Malulani
| Hospital, ut Wailuku, Maui, for the
quarter ending December 81, 1898:
Number of patients in the hospital,
September 80, 1898, S; since that date,
Al; Hawaiians, -; foreigners, 10;
paying, 10; non paying, =; discharg-
ed, 81; died, (; in hospital, December
81, 1898, s; number Of calls for medi-
cine, 2ll.
Receipts Received from patients,
S44l.25; from cotfins and burials, SIG;
from President of the Board of Health,
81 ,146 81; total, Sl,603 "a.
Expenditures-Paid to three Fran
ciscan Sisters, $50; labor account,
1915; washing account, $50. so; provi-
sions and supplies, S69l.7l; freight,
S40.32; collins and burials, So; medi-
cine (whisky), S2S 20; repairs and
improvements, S1l0.39; miscellaneous,
S3L55; sent to the President of the
Board of Health, S79.1O; total,
S1,6O3.77.
Respectfully submitted,
SISTER NJ. BoNAvENTURA,
Matron of Malulani Hospital.
The usual letters from Mr..
Meyers, the Superintendent of the
Leper Settlement, were read. Moth
ing of special Importance was
touched on.
The following letter from Lee
Chu & Co, who furnish paiai for
the Leper Settlement was read.
The lepers have complained that
the palai is old and not fit to eat:
HONOLULU, Jan. 90, 1894.
To His EXcellency w. o. SMITH, Pre- |
sident of the Board of Health.
SIR: A communication from the |
Board of Health of the Sd instance |
with reference to the paiai delivered by
us at the Leper Settlement was duly |
received.
In regard to the matter | wish to
inform you that the paiai which was
shipped on the Goth of December was
made ready for shipment on Monday
the 25th, as we had not been inform
ed that the steamer would not sail
until the next day until after the paiai
was made ready, this, of course, made
a delay of one day. OF that shipment
1S6 bundles were smashed in being
landed, the sea being rougher than
had been known for years OF these
bundles 120 were repacked by the
su perintendent, the remainder were
rejected. The steamer could not land
at the usual place and had to go to
with the paiai and in some
cases the sailors had 10 swim from
the boat with the paiai and great deal
Of it became wet in consequence.
The shipment of January I'd was also
to almost the same difficult
ties, the steamer leaving one day
later than we expected and great diff
Guilty being experienced at the land
ing.
In consequence of the rough hand
ling of the paiai and the wholesale re-
lection of it by the superintendent we
have been Obliged 10 appoint an agent
at the Settlement to watch out for our
interests. We wish to assure the
Board that any statement to the
effect that we have shipped paiai two
weeks old is false. We have under
taken to furnish this paial at great
expense and cannot certainly afford
to incur the displeasure of the people
at the Settlement or the Board by any
such practices as you allege.
We are willing and should be in
Iced pleased TO have the paiai inspect
ed before it leaves Honolulu, either at
our works before it is packed in bum
lies or at the wharf.
We propose to fulfill our part of
his contract up to the very letter.
Hoping that the Board will receive
10 more complaints,
We beg to remain,
Very respectfully yours,
LEECHU & Co.
Coy.r.i ,,,n1;oa+inpC NV. ~