The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-10

| trade. From our insular position,
| which made perfect quarantine possi-
| BILE, from the fact that it was not
| necessary, nor did the people of Kauai
| want to have any intercourse with
! Honolulu while cholera was epidemic
| there, as no trade or industry of any
consequence on Kauai suffered there
| by, and as with little adjusting of its
| food supply Kauai could hold out for
long time. We maintain that we
| were right in asking for q period of
quarantine that would cover eXcep-
tiOnal cases of incubation and act as q
bar to traffic, more particularly pas
senger traffic. That there was no dis
| tinctiOn drawn between cabin pas
sengers and deck passengers in the
matter OF quarantine, lies rather with
the lay element of the community
than with US. 1t was thought that if
any difference in treatment were en-
acted it would be construed as q racial
difference, and that it would engender
more bitterness between the natives
and the whites.
We do not admit that the irreduci-
BILE minimum of five days quarantine
adopted by the United States authori-
ties has any bearing on, or was at all
applicable to the situation here. Five
days quarantine is sufficient to inter-
cept most cases, not all but it would
not pay the United States to inter-
rupt their traffic to be sure that they
catch all cases. Here it was not ne
cessary for time to have any
traffic at all so that there was
no justification for mourning the
least risk. We do contend that
the temporary period of twenty days
quarantine ordered by President Har-
risOn in 1892 has bearing on the situ-
oFi ilr, - f.oII &c
alton was evidently meant not only to
cover cases of cholera with a long
period of incubation, but also to act as
a check to traffic in the form of immi-
grafton, the equivalent of our deck
passenger traffic. If anything, we
required the longer period of quaran-
tine more than they did in the United
States, as they have facilities for COM
batting cholera; we have not.
That we at first opposed establish
ing a quarantine station on this island
was owing to the we'll know n fact that
land quarantine is a. failure. 1t has
been we'll described as an elaborate
system of leakages. 1t was condemned
at the International Health Congress
at Vienna in 1874 by all the powers
except France, and in the Congress at
Rome in 1885 it was condemned by all
the powers. In conclusion, sir, we
beg humbly to maintain that the
advice we gave as to quarantine and
traffic was, under the circumstances,
the best possible. We are,
Yours respectfully,
ID. CAMPBELL.
ST. ID. GYNLAIS WALTERS.
JOHN WEDDICK.
+. 5. GOODHUE, NJ. ID.
Forty-three lepers were ordered
sent to the settlement. Two Of the
number were afterward allowed to
remain at the receiving station for
a few days longer in order to tran
sact some business matters.
A letter was read announcing
that several lay brothers would
soon arrive from France for work
at the leper settlement.
A communication filled with en-
dearing terms regarding mercy to
the afflicted, was read from A. J.
Filing, of Georgetown, Washing
ton. He wished to come to Hawaii
and look after the lepers was will
ing to do so without compensation.
The letter was placed on file and the
writer will be informed that there
is no opening at the present. In
this connection President Smith
that another party was
desirous of going to Molokai and
devote all her time to the lepers.
While the request was given due
consideration and the spirit which
sanctioned the proposal recognized,
it was concluded not to grant the |
request, owing to their being a
of ladies already at the |
in connection with the |
different homes.
On recommendation Of DR.. Day |
the Kamehameha school had been |
granted permission to isolate for !
period of five days six scholars |
from one of the infected districts |
that desired to enter school.
The physicians favored some
notifications being made in the
matter of children from infected |
districts attending school. Presi-
dent Smith and other members Of |
the Board inclined to the belief |
that the children would be better
off attending school than running
around promiscuously. Professor
Alexander said children in the
locality of Maunakea street was in
the habit of associating and play
ing with those from other places.
He saw no good reason why the
children should not attend school
there would be no more danger by
so doing than allowing associa-
ton.
The MOTTO be downed question of
Nuuanu stream came up for con-
sideration. An examination had
been made by Drs. Wood and Day.
A verbal report by the former
.avored Withdrawing guards from |