The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-02
Edict Relating to Surgeon
Bowie.
SURGEONS MUST BE CAREFUL.
Heavy Fish spection-Chinamen Pre-
sent CIaIms-NativesW Want Nuisance
Abatsd - Hogs Condemned by In
spctor Mother Mariana Coming.

At meeting of the Board of Health,
held yesterday afternoon, there were
present President Smith, Drs. Day
Wood, Emerson, Monsarrat, Howard
and Waysoh, together with Messrs.
Reynolds, Lansing. Keliipio and H.
Hackfeld.
President Smith read letter draft
ed by him for the purpose of being
sent to the agents of the o. & 0. S. S.
Company in regard to the action Of DIR.
Bowie of the o. & o. S. S. Belgic.
The letter stated that in case DR..
Bowie was retained on aEy of the
steamers Of the o. & o. S. S. line touch
ing at the port of Honolulu the Port
Physician would be instructed to pay
no attention to his reports and to cause
the steamer upon which he happened
to be to anchor outside, pending prop
er examination.
There was some discussion about ac-
cepting the reports of the various doc
tors on the steamers OF the o. & o. S. S.
Company calling at this port. 1t was
the sentiment of the Board that the re-
ports in the past had been uniformly
reliable, with the exception Of DR..
Bowie, and that the Port Physician
would be able to judge Of the reliabil-
ity of reports from past experience.
Mr.. Hackfeld stated that ali the doc
tors on the o. & o. S. S. line could not
be judged by DR.. Bowie. If the letter
drafted was sent to the agents in San
Francisco they would certainly instruct
all their doctors to be very careful in
the matter of the condition of their re-
spective vessels.
On motion of DR.. Emerson the letter
was accepted and ordered sent to the
agents of the o. & o. S. S. line.
DR.. MOnsarrat's report showed two
hogs condemned during the past week;
also forty-seven examinations under the
act. This showed quite per-
ceptible decrease.
Inspector Keliipio's report showed
43, 300 fish received during the past
week.
Dr. Monsarrat was given authority to
buy an amount of tuberculine.
A petition was received from certain
parties with fishing rights to the eff
feet that they be allowed to fish within
the limits prohibited by the Board. The
petition called attention to the fact that
natives were daily fishing within the
prescribed limits without being stop
ped.
DR.. Wood suggested that it might be
a good thing to have police specially
TO patrol the harbor.
Pine, a native, brought in complaint
about certain vile hole on part of
the Lee premises rented by him. There
were three cottages on the place. Two
of these could be rented, thus furnish
ing his family with enough money for
food. AS the matter stood he was un-
able to rent the houses.
Mr.. Lansing was in favor of the
Board filling up the hole and abating
the nuisance.
President Smith said that bill would
soon be introduced in the Legislature
by which there could be provision made
for just such matters.
PinaO was asked to wait until the
Board could see it's way clear to abate
the nuisance.
A letter from Kalaupapa asked that
of some kind be made
for the transportation of Mother Mari |
AMI to Honolulu, for the purpose of see
ing two other sisters who were about
to leave for the States on account of ill |
health.
A report from Kalaupapa showed act |
I've OpeIdIIOuS III tnS matter OIL Tree
planting. |
A report of DR.. Emerson on burying
grounds within a radius of from two to |
,hree miles from the center of Honolu- |
u showed the condition of these re-
spective places. From the time of the |
irst burial, on July 2, 1877, up until Jan
larry %, 1896, there had been 2,637 buri-
ais in Makiki cemetery. Kawaiahao
vas dwelt upon as being a very well
Kept burying ground. 1t had been given
more attention of late. Nuuanu ceme-
cry was divided into two parts. The
vest side was about four and a half
lcres in extent. Of this there remained
bout one acre of unsold lots. The ma
ority Of sold lots were unoccupied.
The other side of Nuanu Cemetery was
pretty we'll used up. The Strangers
OF was we'll filled. Dr. Emerson stated
hat there were twenty-one burying
rounds within the limit described II
vas possible that there might be still
therS
The Board went into executive ses-
ion at 4:45.