The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-14
General Discussion About Leper
Settlement Matters.
AGENT MEYER REPoK1s IN PERSON
Action OF the Board Concerning Petitiors
from Would-be KOkuas-Lettersa and
Recommendations Considered No
Ava to be Sold at KaIaupapa.

Al the regular meeting OF the board
Of Health held yesterday afternoon
there were present: President w. o.
Smith, II. +. Lansing, DIR. n. B. En-
erson, J. T. Waterhouse, DR.. Wood,
DR.. Day, John Ena, Health Officer
Reynolds and R. w. Meyer, agent of
the Board at Molokai.
The minutes of the previous meet
| ing were read and approved.
President Smith reported in relation
to the matter of the expiration of DIR.
Goto's engagement that he had writ
ten 10 DR.. Goto and also to DR.. Nor
itz and DIR. Oliver, asking that the
| Board be furnished with report on
the cases treated by DR.. Goto and
which were the subject of two former
reports.
DIR. w. T. Monsarrat's report of ami
mails slaughtered during the week
showed 139 bullocks, 81 calves, and
12O sheep, of which 81 bullocks and
calves had fluke liver, while one bull
lock was affected with duke abscess.
From the report of Agent Meyer, it
appears that the expenses of the Leper
February 2Sth were SS41.55.
In the matter Of the applications Of
Kulia, Kale Kaulia, Kalama Kanae
aud Kealalaipa to be allowed to go to
MolOkai as kOkuas, the Board granted
the two latter, but refused the others.
These applications brought up the
whole subject of the advisability Of
allowing kokuas at the settlement,
and long discussion ensued, in which
sll the members of the Board took
part.
A report from Ambrose Hutchinson,
acting Superintendent of the Leper
Settlement, in regard to evening per
fOrmances at Beretania Hall, was read
and filed, rs was also a letter from
Father CoRrady about marriage Ii
censes.
A numerously signed petition was
received, asking that a license to sell
ava be granted to some one at the
settlement. The board denied the
petition.
The petition OF LaheIa (w) to have
her seven-year- old sister placed in the
KapiOlani Home was granted, upon
proper proof being made to the eX-
ecutive officer.
A communication from Gulstan,
Bishop of PanapOlis, was received,
stating that the cost of bringing four
Catholic Brothers for the Boys Home
at Kalawao from France to the ISL
ands would be $1,000, which amount
was voted by the board for that pur-
pose.
Referring to the subject OF drawing
up set of rules for the government
of the Home for Boys and Men at the
settleme.t, President Smith stated
that he had discussed the matter with
Mr.. Never since his arrival, and that
duril e his two weeks stay in the city
a set of rules would be formulated
and presented to the board for consid-
Grafton.
Mr.. Reynolds reported that 100
tubes of vaccine virus was being re-
ceived by each steamer from the south
and that it was sufficient for all pres
ent purposes.
A letter from DR.. Warren Meiners,
at Freeport, Maine, received by Presi
dent Dole and referred to the Board OF
Health, was read and filed. The letter
clans i'll Honolulu, and presented a
long list of accom- plishments and refer
ences posse ssed by the gentleman.
DR.. Wood, as a member of the Ex-
amining Board at the Kalihi Receiv-
ing Station, reported in favor OF adopt
ing rules for the guidance Of the board
in making examinations Of supposed
lepefS. lie StaEeu CnaC at present. 10
rules were in force except a resolution
of the Board of Health that no COM
mitment should be made without the
consent of three physicians. He was
in favor of Increasing the number of
examiners to five, of whom four
should be fully agreed on the case.
DR.. DAY stated thst it was the in
tentiOn Of the local physicians to hold
their proposed first annual conference
in this city in the month of May, aud
suggested that the bOard send an in
vitatiOn to all Government physicians
to attend. Secretary Wi'cnx was in
structed to send typr-wrIiten copies
of such an Invitation to each physi-
ciau in the Government emilOy.
President Smith notified The board
that he would probably be absent on
Maui next week on official business,
and that in Sucu case there would be
no meeting Of the board next week