The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-09-07

ease. The cases that were allowed to
run for some time were most danger
Gus. The history of the epidemic
could be traced to that cause. AS
suming that the man on the Belgic
was stricken with cholera, his dis
charges may have been and very
probably were, thrown into the har-
boF. When he was seen no cholera
symptoms seemed to be present. He
was taken to the quarantine station
and again his discharges were Ger
tainlv communicated to the harbor.
There was a direct cause of contain
inatiOn. Lono who was taken sick
with cholera and fed up Nuuanu
Valley, was i'll for some time. The
water supply of Nuuanu Valley may
have been contaminated It was alb
solutely necessary to take the disease
in its earliest stages if it was to be
effectually stopped.
President Smith asked DR.. Wood
about the cases at Lunafilo Home.
Had heard fish had been eaten.
DIR. Wood said the direct cause OF
cholera at the Home could not be
determined. The persons taken sick
had been within the limits of the
place since the beginning of the cpl
demic. The first suspect was taken
sick Friday night. Excessive diar-
rhOea was developed. This was very
common with old people. In fact
deaths occurred often among the aged
from that very cause. No traces of
cholera seemed evident. Next day
another man was taken with what
appeared to be the same disease. Not
until toward the end did the character
of the discharge show anything like
cholera. Even then it was not typi-
cal case. This man died before the
first. A woman was taken i'll yester-
day. At first there was no vomiting
or purging. The symptoms changed
and appearances were those OF
cholera, but not so decided as in the
case of another woman, who was
stricken about the same time. 1t was
found upon examination that raw fish
had been eaten last Friday morning
before the fact that it had been pro-
hibited was generally known. Three
packages of dried fish were found in a
closet of the room occupied by one of
the old women. Every precaution
with respect to the thorough disinfec-
tion of Lunalilo Home had been taken.
Most everything suspicious had been
burned. All the cases spoken of had
been treated as cholera. it was
thought by DR.. Wood that all those
w liz "S1O bdhSh SACh h1O OObNl AOlCh
the disease at the same time.
DR.. Wood thought if all cases could
be found and discharges prevented
from getting into water, the disease
could be stamped out in very short
time. The quarantine scheme was
thought to be anexcellent one. The
only question in the way was whether
it could be carried out effectually.
President Smith spoke of the Nuu-
., -
quarantining the valleys generally
had been taken in hand. Bona fide
residents were glad to cooperate with
agents of the Board of Health to keep
people from Honolulu gaining access.
People in the valleys were dependent
on surface water. The matter of
quarantining the whole city should be
considered and carried out
with as little hardship as
possible to people. 1t was believed
by some people that If the quarantine
were placed on the city Sunday morn
ing, the city would be free from chol-
era by the following Saturday night.
L. +. Lansing wished to know if the
was to close up business
houses.
President Smith answered that the
quarantining process would certainly
take away a great many employees
from business houses, which would be
q serious hindrance. Was there not
great hindrance already? Would IL
not be better to Introduce measures
for the total suppression OF cholera
than to have it linger on?
DR.. Emerson thought the plan of
luarantiniDg the city an excellent
1ne. 1t was none too early to start.
He preferred TO have the word Gin
,pection" used instead Of "quaran-
5ine." While the same thing was
meant still the latter might be mis-
lOmer.
L. A. Thurston was of the opinion
hat such quarantine as had been
could be carried out. I'm
ioubtedly great many people would
volunteer for the work. He then
Ipoke of the quarantine which had
ust been established on Nuuanu
valley. The whole had been
divided into seven districts and
IN inspector with assistants placed
,ver each. A census of the valley had
,een taken and every man, woman
md child recorded. People entered
heartily into cooperation with the
and wished to give every
lid they could. A very heavy ex-
,ense and a great deal of hardship
would be incurred by holding people
IL C0elF houses. a mousse 10 mouse III
pection could be carried out very
asily.
G. L. Wight thought the quaran-
lining measure was necessary, but
allied to see how the thing could be
arried out. People with telephones
we're usually intelligent, and an in
pection of their premises would be
hardly necessary. Those without tele-
,hones should be inspected. The
Citizens Guard could be assigned that
Iuty along with others.
II. F. Lansing said the Citizens
5uard would have very little effect
lpon Hawaiians.
President Smith thought the quar-
.ntine plan not only feasible, but alb
necessary. House to house
should be the plan. Dis.
would not do. Every
louse should be inspected without
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