The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-10-25
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Dr.. Alvarez Gets KaIihi Receiy-
ing Station.
QUARANTINE OFF IN MAUI.
DIR. Oliver Sends Interesting Report.
Claim for Fish Destroyed Is Not
Allowed by the Board-Order in
Regard to Mall Is Rescinded.

one or two members were present.
Minutes of meeting held October
21st read and approved.
Expenses for quarantine at Hilo
$500 ordered paid.
Mr.. E. c. Winston, owner OF
some tenements in the district af-
fected during the cholera seige,
asked permission to lease his
houses to tenants other than Ha-
waiians.
Referred to Sanitary Com
mittee to report on buildings over
hanging water and to find out
whether refuse is dumped in the
river or not.
Notice to rescind certain regula-
tions in regard to mails carried.
Residents of Nuuanu street sent
communication to the Board that
they had been deprived OF certain
water rights by the closing of a
certain ditch in the vicinity. DR..
Day suggested that the ditch be
opened as soon as the residents
sever connection between the ditch
and their cesspools. Motion to
rescind the order of closing said
ditch carried.
DR.. Wood said that the commit
tee on leprosy unanimously recon-
mended DIR. Alvarez to take charge
of the meteorological experiments
at Kalihi. Motion to indorse recon-
mendation of committee on leprosy
and to appoint DR.. Alvarez as ply
stefan in charge of Kalihi Expert
ment Station upon condition that
he 90 abroad to study bacteriology
six months and prepare himself for
the work, carried.
DR.. Alvarez's resignation as ply
stefan at Waialua was accepted.
President Smith suggested offer
ing the position at Waialua to DR..
Wayson. Put in the form of mo-
ton and carried.
An application from a certain
Chinese company at Kalihi for
claims due them through fish de-
stroyed by regulations of the Board
was received. 1t was decided that
the Board did not feel justified in
paying such claim.
A motion to allow Lee Mung &
Co.'S ducks to 90 into the pond on
the premises was carried.
The following letter from S. F.
Chillingworth of Waikiki, Maui,
was read:
SIR:-At meeting of the commit
tee of the Board of Health for the
Island of Maui, held at Kahului this
afternoon, the, following resolution
wa passed
Whereas, No cases of cholera have
occurred in Honolulu since October
%, and further spread of this disease
appears TO be effectually checked aud
under the control of the Board of
Health; therefore be it
Resolved, That so loug as this con-
ditiOn exists we, the committee of the
Board of Health for the Island Of
Maui, will not oppose the landing of
passengers and freight from Honolulu
on the Island of Maui at ports under
our control and jurisdiction, provided
such passengers and freight have been
allowed to leave Honolulu under the
regulations of and by permission of
the Board of Health.
DR.. Oliver sent the following
communication relative to affairs at
the leper settlement on Molokai:
herewith present my report for the
quarter ending Septemo Der 80, 1895:
In the first two months of the quar-
ter, the general health of the settle
ment was good, but in September
stomachic and intestinal disorders
were very prevalent, attributable gen
orally to the change of diet-tbe sub
stitution of -four and rice for poi. |
Now, however, the sick list is daily
growing smaller. The natives are not
only becoming accustomed to the
change, but they are Tearing to cook
their hour III b DelUcf tudUueT. AL Tue
same time they are anxiously looking
forward to a return TO the old order of
things, when they may again get their
poi.
In consequence of this sickness, the
bathing has, in a measure, been in
terrupted, as also have the various
lines of treatment with the exception
of the creasote. Here, instead
of q falling off in the number taking
ereasote, there has been an
accession to the usual number. From
three patients who had been taking
ereasota regularly at the beginning of
the quarter the number has increased
TO ten. And this not by any persua
sion on my part. In fact, L was rather
astonished at the number OF appi1 |
cants. received fifteen new applica-
tions for this treatment, but many OF
them who applied were not suitable
cases. Those who were accepted were
told distinctly that on the first irregu-
larity, either in taking the creasote or
In their manner Of living, they would
be struck of the list, unless, myself,