The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-07-28

LEWIS q CO.,
Agents, Honolulu. Fl. I.
DR.. G. R. NJ. Graham at Kobe, Japan.
DR.. NJ Paul at Nagasaki, Japan.
Dr. Gregory P Jordan, at Hongkong, |
China.
DR.. Hugh Mac Dougall at Annoy,
China.
It seemed to us that the Inspector at
Yokohama should be made Inspector
General Tor Chief Inspector) for the
Japanese ports; the others to be sub
ordinate TO him; and in China the In
spector at Hongkong to be Inspector
General for the Chinese ports, so as
10 insure uniformity of action. And
furthermore, the inspection at Maya
saki and Kobe, of ships in transit, to
be dispensed with excepting in special
cases.
The question of the scale of fees to
be charged was matter to which we
gave much consideration-the work is
important and deserves proper com
pensation, and yet the charges should
not be made burdensome to the ships.
Our conclusions were embodied in
circular letter which was sent to each
of the Inspectors and to the agents of
the Pacific Mail S. S. Co. at Yokohama
and Hongkong, of which the following
is copy:
Yokohama, Japan, July 10, 1896.
Sir:-Until further instructions, the
following schedule of fees is estab-
| lished for the compensation of the
Sanitary Inspectors for Hawaii, for the
execution of the sanitary inspection of
vessels and passengers required by
the Hawaiian law upon this subject,
viz:
For each ship, crew and cargo in
spected, $500.
For first 100 passengers for Hawaii
S1.00 each additional.
For all passengers over 100, % cents
each additional
In case of INSTRUMENTATION quaran-
tine, SIS per diem OF detention addi-
tional.
And further, the inspection of ships
and passengers, bound from Chinese
ports to Hawaii, via Japan, is discon-
tinued at the ports of Nagasak and
Kobe, unless under special instruc-
tons from the Sanitary Inspector for
Hawaii at Yokohama.
1 am. sir, etc.
FUIIGATIoN AT HoNGKoNG. AND
Annoy.
There are no proper facilities for
disinfecting the clothing OF passengers
at Hongkong or Annoy. There is a
small plant for disinfecting with heat
ed air and steam at the Civil Hospital
in Hongkong but it is not available
Under the circumstances we instruct
ed the Inspectors at those ports that
until further order fumigation with sui
phur for twenty-four hours might be
substituted.
We did not insist Tor the present
upc1 qua! IN in ing of passengers prior
to eInbarhation al Hongkongp chiefly
because of the facts OF local sanitary
inspection being enforced by the Vic.
torian Government. and CT the fact
that at Hongkong and vicinity the
plague had diminished 10 very few
cases.
But we instructed the Inspector al
Amov that five days quarantine before
embarkation must be enforced, because
of the entire lack C sanitary meas
ures on the part of the Chinese gov
eminent. and the great prevalence Of
plague in that neighborhood.
ACT TO MITIGATE.
While at Toxic Dr.. Yamane afforded
, us opportunity TO observe the working
of the regulations relating to licensed
, women, OF whom there are about 5000
in Toxic. Toxic is a city of abou
| 400, 900 permanent residents, and {
floating population of about 100000
: 1t is divided into divisions" or wards
2 under the supervision Of. special off
t GERS. DR.. Yamane took US to the head
quarters of a division where $50
( women are required to report weekly
g A corps of physicians and nurses ar,
D employed at the large examination
: building and at the hospital connected
with it. DIR. Wood will touch NOR
/ upon this subject.
CREMATION.
DR.. Yamane took us also to one o
r the crematories, where We witnessed
the process OF cremation. This ere
: matory has thirty furnaces arranged
t in two rows with passage-way be
! tween them-the bodies are placed il
the compartments through doors open
r ing into the passageway; the fires ar,
4 built upon CRATE surfaces in small fur
: naces in the rear-wood is used TO
fuel. About twenty pieces of Woo
two feet long and from four to sil
inches thick are required for each OPP
Grafton, and the fire is maintained TO
about three hours.
The cremation is perfumed at nigh
r and the ashes removed the next day il
S the presence of the relatives of tn
deceased.
The smoke and gases from the fur
naces pass through hue to a larg
chimney, but just before reaching tn
e chimney they are subjected to furthe
combustion The gases and smok
, come up through a circular apertur
around which a hot FIRE is burning