Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-03-19
IT WAS ASlATIG CHOLERA
PHILOSOPHICAL arp ,RATUs FOR
LEPER ENPERIMENEAL STATION.
Sewerage system Recomm en- d ded-.In
spec,ion oC Meat Doctor wants
a Place.

AT yesterdays meeting Of the
Board of Health there were pre-
sent; W. 0. Smith, president;
Drs. Emerson, Wood and Day,
Messrs. I. +. Lansing and David
Keliipio, members; Chas. Wilcox,
secretary; Q. 3. Reynolds, oxecu-
tive officer; Drs. Mousarrat and
Wayson, inspectors; L. $. Dodge,
surveyor: Representative Winston
and other visitors.
The report Of DR.. Monsarrat
showed most Of the liver huke
among cattle to be on Oahu.
Mr.. Winston was asked about
reports of disease in hogs, also as
to the hours for slaughtering. He
answered that there was no con-
tagious disease among the hogs.
The slaughtering atnight was due
to the conditions of climate and of
the trade.
Conversation was had on the
question of hours.
President Smith thought it was
unfair to the Board to be required
to send inspectors at night if the
slaughtering could be done as
well by day. The Board
insisted on having the meat in
spected Immediately on being
killed.
DIR. Day asked if there had ever
been any trichin@ or tapeworm
discovered in hogs here, and Mr..
Reynolds replied in the negative.
The president asked how it
would do to notify the butchers
that they would have to pay for
inspection of slaughtering done at
night.
DIR. Emerson moved that Drs.
Monsarrat and Wayson be ap-
pointed to make arrangements
with the butchers for inspection
either day or night. Carried.
Reports of the mitigation act
and the sales of fish were received.
Mr.. Keliipio stated that he had
to condemn fish nearly every day.
The president stated that he
had invited Mr.. Arthur Johnstone
to be present, in connection with
apparatus for microscopical in
vestigations at the leper expert
mental station.
DIR. Day said the apparatus was
of a superior kind. Mr.. John
stone produced the invoice, show.
ing the price to be about $500 and
charges $75. 1t was agreed to
accept the apparatus.
DR.. Day read a letter from Dr.
Herman NJ. Biggs, psychological
director of the Board of Health of
New York, giving an opinion up
on the slides of cholera germs
from the Honolulu epidemic. 1t
was in effect that the diagnosis Of
its having been Asiatic cholera to
which the germs belonged was
undoubtedly correct.
Printed copies of Mr.. Dodge's
report on the Sewerage of Homo
lulu were distributed to the
members and reporters. A letter
from Col. Waring, the celebrated
sanitary engineer of New York,
was also read.
After an informal discussion it
was decided, on motion of DR.,
Emerson, to submit the documents
to the Minister of the Interior
with recommendation of early
action in the matter.
Several discharges of patients
from the Insane Asylum were au-
thorized.
Superintendent r. w. Meyers
weekly report on the Leper Set
tlement was read. It was occu,
pied with unimportant details.
A letter was read from DR.
Mark A. Rodgers of Tucson, Ari
zon, asking for information witt
view to settling i'll Honolulu. j
was addressed to Samuel b
Dole" whom the writer supposei
to be President of the Republic
The secretary was instructed t
properly acknowledge receipt o
the letter.