The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-04

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The Board of Health met at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon, Presi-
dent Smith in the chair. There
were present members Warehouse,
Lansing, Ena, and DR.. Andrews
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 / wrote to you. The
father is all at once unwilling to let
her go, unless i 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
a 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
Messrs. 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
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 written statement, signed by
him and two trustworthy witnesses.
Yours respectfully,
r. w. MEYER,
Agent of Board of Health.
It was explained that, in regard
to the young girl of whom he spoke,
Mr.. Meyer was laboring under
false impression. DR.. Woods only
objection was that he refused to
operate on the child unless with
the full consent of the parents.
It 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 81 Co. that if the
paiai for the settlement was not
improved in quality, it would be
a breach of their contract.
Two tenders for beef cattle
were read to the Board,
one from Godfrey Brown, as
trustee of the Parker estate, and
one from Mr.. Meyer, of the Molo-
kai ranch. The contract was
awarded to the latter.
A letter from Sheriff Williams
of Hilo was read. He reported two
new cases of scarletina in Hilo,
both at Wainaku plantation. A
quarantine was being strictly en-
forced.
A letter was read from DR.. ].
McGettigan, asking to be appoint
ed a Government physician when
a vacancy occurred.
Hurley J. Aiken, of Napa, CAL:
sent an application for the posi-
ton of Government physician. of
Makawao, Maui, in case a vacancy
occurred.
The matter of the application of
DR.. Robert P. Myers, for license
to practice medicine was brought
up. DIR. Andrews reported his pa
pers as correct, and, on motion, the
President was instructed to recon-
mend the Minister of the Interior
to grant such license.
The following letter was received
from DIR. G. M. Hyde:
HONOLULU, II. L, Jan. 5, 1894.
To the Honorable Board of Health.
GENTLEMEN:-On behalf of the Ha-
waiian Board (of the Evangelical
Association) / am instructed to ask
if the work done by your agent under
provisions of the Act to Mitigate, etc.,
cannot be transferred from Miller
street to the prison or to some other
part of the city.
Sufficient funds have been secured
to build a parsonage for the Portu-
guese pastor, and we should like to
secure from the Commissioners of
Crown LANDS lease of the lot now
occupied by you on Miller street.
We are of the opinion that such
change would be in the interest of
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