The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-07-25
HEALTH BOARD IN SESSION.
DR.. Lindley Says KahunaS More
Dangerous Than LeprOSy.
Availability of Dividing Roma Di.trict
and Appointing Additional Physi-
cian-Kubbish in Chinatown.

President Smith occupied the
chair at yesterdays regular weekly
meeting Of the Board of Health,
there being present with him Drs.
Day, Wood, Emerson, members
Waterhouse, Keliipio and Execu-
tive Officer Reynolds.
Reports of DR.. Monsarrat record
ing number of animals slaught
cred and registrations under Act
to Mitigate were read and filed.
Letters were read from Agent
Meyers at the Leper Settlement.
Notice was received from Toxic,
Japan, that a consignment of DR..
Goto's medicine had been shipped
by City of Peking.
DR.. Lindley wrote from Kona,
Hawaii, denying charges made
against him by natives residing in
the North and South districts. He
cited several instances where and
when he had made special trips to
benefit natives. He thought if the
natives would assassinate the kahu-
mas and pay more attention TO the
resident physician they would get
along better. Kahunas were greater
enemies to the Hawaiians than lep-
rosy. An investigation of the
charges was asked. President
Smith explained that DR.. Lindley
received the highest salary of any
Government physian, as the terri
tory under his control was proper
tionately larger. The possibility
of dividing the two Konas and APP
pointing another physician would,
perhaps, be beneficial to the resi-
dents. If this was done the salary
of 1925 paid DR.. Lindley would
have to be divided.
DR.. Day thought the complaints
eminated mostly from the inability
of DR.. Lindley to cover both dis
tricts of Kona.
A general discussion resulted re-
garding general instructions to
Government physicians as to
charging natives. DR.. Wood
thought the matter should be made
clear about treating Hawaiians. If
Government physicians were al
lowed to charge Hawaiians who
were able to pay, printed notices to
that effect should be posted in the
Office of the physician. 1t was not
fair to the Hawaiians to be treated
as paupers if they were able to
pay, then physicians should be al
lowed to charge them. Either do
this or make ruling clear that all
Hawaiians should be treated free.
The matter of making North
and South Kona separate districts
was laid over till next meeting, so
as to allow further information to
be gathered regarding it.
A petition was received from All
Nee, a Chinaman, asking for the
privilege of removing rubbish and
garbage from the sidewalks of the
streets of all that portion of Homo
lulu known as Chinatown for three
years from July 1st. The petition
er offered to purchase horses, carts,
ETC., to properly carry out the work. |
Agent Reynolds explained that |
rubbish from Chinatown was now
being carried away by Government
carts.
President Smith said the matter |
of sewerage system for Honolulu
had been discussed by many. He
thought if additional excavators
were added, sufficient to do all the
work required, it would, in his
opinion, be the best way of settling
the matter.
AS regards the Chinese petition,
Agent Reynolds said the individual
could go around and make con-
tracts the same as other people.
Referred to Executive Officer and
Sanitary Committee.
Agent Reynolds asked that the
article in a recent issue Of the AID
vERTIsER regarding action of the
Board in refusing to allow report
ers to go aboard the City of Pc
king be read. Laid over till next
meeting.
The Board then went into execu-
tive session to discuss the matter
of DR.. Armitage.