The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-16
NOT SMALLPOX BUT
SIMPLY YARIOLOID.
Gases at Quarantine Station
Yesterday.
EARLY MORNING DISCOVERY.
Substitute Resolution Regarding the
Schools Adopted-Who FootS the
Bfn.-Dr. Thompson Appeals to
Board of Health-CattIe Disease.

At the regular meeting of the Board
of Health yesterday afternoon there
were present President Emerson, Drs.
Day and Monsarrat, Minister Cooper,
Messrs. Keliipio, Reynolds and Lans-
ing
President Emerson stated that he had
put down as the first matter to be con-
sidered the question of health certifi-
Gates in the examination of children in
the public schools. He then read the
resolution relating to the matter as
adopted by the Board of Health, and
pointed out defective places in the same
ing carried out on every occasion:
President Emerson next presented
the following substitute resolution:
"It is hereby resolved that the schol-
ars and teachers in all public and pri-
vate schools throughout the Republic
of Hawaii shall provide themselves,
within fourteen days after the opening
Of the annual school term, with GER
tificates signed by some duly licensed
and competent physician, as to their
freedom from contagious and infectious
sicians are instructed to visit the sew
eral public schools and make the nee
essary examinations of those not pro-
vided with certificates, free of charge,
during the period above specified.
''The possession of said certificate is
required as a condition of connection
with or stay in the schools. Said GER
tificates shall be renewed each year"
Upon motion of Mr.. Lansing the same
was adopted.
Copies of this resolution will be sent
to the Bureau of Public Instruction
DR.. Day was called upon to make a
statement regarding the sickness at the
quarantine station, and spoke as fol-
lows:
''The steamer China arrived here ear
ly Monday morning, about nine and a
half days from Yokohama, with the bill
of health showing the existence of a
case of smallpox between Honk Kong
and Yokohama, and the removal of the
patient Ca Chinaman) at the latter
place.
81 received a letter from w. o. Smith
under date of July 4th, in which he
spoke of the case of smallpox, and rec
commended in the event that no other
cases had appeared, the cabin passen-
lowed to go ashore, but that none except
those having business, and custom
house officers, be allowed upon the Pa
cific Mail wharf and aboard ship.
"a letter from DR.. Eldredge under
date of July Sd referred to the same
matter, with the additional information
that the steamer had been fumigated
and the passengers vaccinated.
Il examined every one aboard the
China, and saw no evidences of any
thing suspicious. Nearly eleven days
had elapsed since the smallpox patient
had been removed at Yokohama. The
period of incubation had not fully
elapsed
The Chinese and Japanese passen-
gers were landed in quarantine on the
same morning, and two inspectir
have been carried on daily.
'At about a. m Wednesday, July
18th, J. D. McVeigh telephoned to me
that he had discovered two suspicious
cases among the Chinese passen ngers.
l reached the quarantine station about
an hour later and found the two men
affected with varioloid, and another
case just developing. 1t is, then, only
varioloid we have to deal with, and not
smallpox.
The sick men have been isolated and
the remaining immigrants recleansed."
In closing his remarks DR.. Day dwelt