The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-09-30
Crops in the Infected Area 10 be
Dried and Burned.
HEEE COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
hunawai Spring Will be Fenced in at
once-WaiPiIOpiIo Stream Diverted.
Erection OF Ten-feot Fence Along
Both SIDES of Nuuauu Stream. Etc

At a meeting of the Board of Health
held Sunday morning there were
present President Smith, President
Dole, Ministers Damon and Hatch,
Drs. Day, Wood, Smith, Emerson and
Rodgers, members Kiliipio, Water
house and Lansing, and Messrs.
Rowell, II. Waterhouse, J. A. Low,
J. s. Brown, Potter, Dodge, Nc
Intyre, Reynolds, Camara, Gonzalves,
Alexander, George w. Smith, Mar
shall Brown and others.
President Smith spoke OF the case of
cholera at the Insane Asylum.
Paahao, the victim, had been working
with others in the taro patches near
by. Water from these patches was
drunk by him while the work was
being carried on. y careful eXami-
nation had been made to ascertain
the source of the water which con-
veyed the infection. This did not
come from Kunawai spring. The
water from the two sources mixed to-
gether below and contaminated an
area of about sixteen acres above and
five or six below the Asylum road.
Mr.. Dodge pointed out on a map the
course of the supposedly contaminated
water.
DR.. Wood wanted to know what
was to be done with the contami-
mated water. He thought the water
should be made to flow into a ditch,
allowing it to run from there into the
sea under protection of guard. The
entire area supposed to be infected
should be dried up.
President Smith said every precau-
tiOn had been taken at the Insane
Asylum. Water taps had been cut
off. Paahao, the patient, had been !
possessed of a mania for eating filth. |
He had eaten more filth than he could |
digest. DIR. Herbert saw the man |
about a. %. September 2Sth. He !
had been vomiting, but was better. |
The doctor did not think it was chol- /
era. Between and a. M. he was |
called to the Insane Asylum again |
and found that the man had develop |
ed typical case of cholera. He was
removed to the hospital, where the |
agreed with DR.. Herbert
that the case was undoubtedly chol-
era.
Dr.Wood thought the matter should
De referred to Mr.. Kluegel or some
other engineer for examination and |
of proper measures
% be taken.
Mr.. Dillingham; pointed out the |
langer of disease germs being taken
o other places by conveyance of tops
or planting purposes.
j. T. WaterhOuse was in favor of
la ~,
Ocality personally of the danger
President Dole suggested that the
aro crop be disinfected in order to
ave some of it.
President Smith thought the taro
'atches should be treated as if it were !
certainty that infection existed !
here. He was in favor of pulling up
IL the taro, and after drying thor
ughly, setting fire to it. He thought
he first point to be considered was
he removal of the infected water.
The medical men of the Board were |
IL OF the opinion that the water was
Effected.
a motion was carried to divert the
'ater. ,
Another motion that the taro crops
/ the Infected area be destroyed was
arried.
DR.. Emerson thought some of the Y
.ro could be steamed and thus saved. {
his suggestion did not seem to meet l
ith favor.
Three committees were appointed I
Y President Smith, as follows:
to divert the IN +
cted water, to consist of Mr.. Kluegel,
r. Wood and w. T.. ROwell. Work
lust begin Immediately. 5
to estimate value of t
no in infected district and destroy a
me, TO consist of Deputy Marshal :
itchcOck, DIR. Smith and w. L.
IilcOX.
to survey area, to e
insist of NIessrs. Dodge and kleugeI. t.
In regard to KunaWai spring, DR.. =
Tood thought that the drainage from :
" lying ground above the pond
Ould be diverted TO avoid the posi-
lity Of contamination.
Minister Damon thought Kunawai I
rings should be fenced In and no one Il
allowed TO go near the place. 4 ! q
lard should be posted at the place to ! o
e that such rule be carried out. Is
a motion that the water committee Il
instructed to attend 10 the immed- o
te fencing in OF Kuuawai springs ( T
rs carried.
President Smith was in favor Of di- a
rting the WaipilOpilO stream so / +
at the condemned rice patches ! t
ould dry up, as suggested by J. y. ii
w, who was appointed committee n