The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-09-20

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Wood, Emerson, Cooper and Smith
members Lansing, Waterhouse, Kt
liipio, and Minister Hatch, Hack
field, Rev. Serene Bishop, McChes
ney, Crowley, Heron, W. F. Allen
Wight, Rev. Birnie, Lowrey, Con
salves, Willis, A exander, Nc
Candless, Gear, Kinney, Dilling
ham, Henry Wate.house, A. W
Carter, DR.. Nichols, Capt. Camp
bell, J. F. Brown, L. A. Thurston
Austin, Atherton and Rowell.
The meeting was opened by Pre-
sident Smith reading the following
report of the Citizens SANITARY
Committee regarding a genera
cleaning up of the city:
HONOLULU, H. l., Sept. II, 1895.
w. o. SMITH, President Board o
Health;
SIR:-At a meeting of the Board o.
Health held on Sunday the 18th inst
the subject of taking further measures
TO stamp out the cholera was dis
cussed.
There seemed TO be a unanimity
of feeling that, while the cholera was
now well in hand, so long as the
sources OF infection remained, there
was danger of renewed outbreaks at
intervals, which would continue the
necessity for quarantine aud IDspec
ton and the injury TO business and
menace to life. 1t seemed also to be
agree that the two main sources of
probable cOntagiOn, now existing,
were a the water In certain locali-
ties; and ~ infected clothing and
buildings.
One reason for believing the latter
to be a source OF Infection Is. that
among the large number of cases con-
cealed until after death, the clothing
and personal belongings of the de.
ceased have in most instances been
concealed, manifestly for the purpose
of preventing their destruction. The
fact that this clothing has been scat
tered about the town is undoubtedly
one Of the causes of the isolated and
otherwise unaccounted for cases in
Localities entirely separated from any
infection.
The method of neutraliZing these
two sources of Infection was referred
to two committees for consideration
and report by way of suggestion to
the Board.
The committee on infected clothing
and buildings, consisting of the under
signed, report, that they have con-
suited the Citizens Sanitary Commit
tee, and the inspectors acting in con-
Junction with them, a. well as others,
and this report has their approval.
Amoug other matters which have
come to the committees attention, is
the fact that during the past two
weeks, a Large majority of the cases
have originated west OF Nuuanu street
and makal of the line OF Schoul street;
and, with exceptions, all uf the cases
during the last five days have five
days have originated in the Palama
and kaliti section of the town.
Under these circumstances, there
has been considerable discussion of
the prOprfety of strictly qu.rantin-
ing that section and allowing no one
to come out for given period.
The conclusion was reached, how |
ever, that this had better not be at !
tempted, for three reasons, viz:
~ The Board of Health has already |
either destroyed or thoroughly disin |
fected all buildings ami remises in |
which any cholera patients have been |
located, aud quarantined all other oc. |
cupants of the buiIding-; and, in Wal. |
pilopilo, has removed from the district |
and placed iD quarantine the entire |
settlement, amounting TO over sixty |
people.
~ The Palama section is the most |
difficult of any in town to effectually |
quarantine. 1t is divided by only two
main streets, Liliha and King streets,
while il is iuter-ected with numerous
narrow, crooked lanes and blind al
leys, with large portions intersected by
swsmps, springs and bitches, and hav.
ing no means of communication eX-
cept loug, narrow, rice and taro patch
banks.
The cholera cases have been on both
sides Of King aud Liliha streets. The
IuarantiniDg of the infected locality
would therefore require line having
40 natural boundary, or else one in
,luding large portion of uninfected
.erritOry. In either case it would be
iifficult to effectually carry it out. II
he disease should increase in the
uture it may be necessary to further
reconsider this subject, but, under ex-
sting circumstances, the committee
Ices not see its way clear to recon-
mend such step NJ present.
(3) A third reason for not taking so
'adlcal step as qusrantining this
arge and populous section of the town
s that for the last iour or five days all
" the new cases have come from two
'r three buildings, Indicating that the
general source of Infection is not so
.rtive as IL was, aud that other meas
lr-s msy sUffi.'e to crush it out.
The committ-e are informed on
nedlcal suthOrity that the cholera
.erms caunot survive more than few
louis If sunlight nor more than
wenty-four hours of absolute dryDess,
md that the application of consider.
bly, diluted solu ion of lime or other
isiufectauts is sufficient TO destroy {;
''e germ
In lieu of the quarantine the COM
nittee recommended that DAY be set /,
part for universal house cleaning
nd cunning OF the contents of every
~elling IN the city, aud the disinfect-
ny, by the u-e of lime aud other dis
nfectants, Of the infected portion of
he cit, aud 20 much of the remainder
hereof as disipfectauts at the disposal
the Board will reach.