The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-06-19
GUARDIANS OF
HEALTH MEET.
And Decide Upon Important
Questions.
LETTERS FROM DIR. ELDREDGE.
Japanese Druggist islRefused Permis-
sion to Open lal Store-Black Plague
Prevalent in China-Dr. Alvarez
Made Secretary of Leprosy Board.

| AT the regular weekly meeting OI In
Board of Health held yesterday after
noon there were present President EN-
erson, Drs Day and Monsarrat, Messrs
Lansing, Reynolds, Keliipio and Myers
1t was decided that all freight com
| ing to this port from China shall b.
disinfected before delivery to the va
rious consignees.
Letters from DIR. Elderdge, Sanitar,
Inspector for Hawaii in Japan, tt
Minister Cooper, reported the progress
of the black plague in China, together
win other matters of interest to the
Board of Health.
The case of black plague aboard the
the P. M. s. S. Peru, which left Hong
kong for San Francisco May Sd, proved
fatal The case was discovered on
the 9Th, and the man died after fif-
teen hours
the o. & o. S. S. Coptic, at Nagasaki
upon the arrival of that steamer OF
May 18th. The vessel was immediate
ly put into quarantine.
DR.. Eldredge states that all reports
of official nature which had reached
him were to the effect that the plague
in Hongkong was more severely; cpl
demic and much more malignant and
infectious than in 1894, and that all
the ports of Southern China are in
fected.
Another letter from Dr. Eldredge
under date of Yokohama, May 21st, re-
ported one fatal case of cholera in the
city of Osaka on May Sth.
The following letter from the same
source, under date of May 18th, is as
follows: Steamer Toyo-Maru, which
leaves here today, was inspected both
in Kobe, where the bulk of the passen-
gers were taken on, and here The
reason of this double inspection was
the presence of smallpox in Kobe, DIR.
Gardner, as he writes me, thinkingiit a
wise precaution to overhaul the ship
before leaving Kobe.
There is, with the exception Of the
few cases of smallpox in Kobe, no epi-
demic disease now present in Japan.
From time to time a sporadic case of
cholera is reported, but the authorities
seem to be very successful, so far, in
preventing the spread of the malady."
Another communication under date
of May Both reported the existence of
relapsing fever in Japan. The disease
is entirely new to the country. 1t is
perhaps probable, however, that the
disease, being entirely new to the coun-
try, has only been clearly recognized
and differentiated within this period
the disease, it seems likely, was
brought from the seat of the recent
war in Northern China and has al
ready appeared in the district of Japan
enumerated below. Says DR.. Eldredge:
Although exact returns of the cases
are not yet available, the remarks /
have appended will afford some idea of
the prevalence of the malady which is
Undoubtedly the true relapsing or spi-
rilum fever, and has been met with in
the following places: Tokyo Flu, many
cases; Osake, many cases; Chiba Ken,
many cases; Hiogo Ken, very many
cases; mortality, about 20 per cent.
A few cases have been reported from
Gifu Ken and Kanagawa.'
Fish Inspector Keliipio's report
showed Al 900 fish received at the
market for the week ending June 18th.
Mr.. Keliipio reported that pig sent
to the fishmarket for sale after having
been roasted was found upon investi-
cation to have undergone the roasting
process after having died a natural
death. 1t was condemned Immediate
ly.
Health Agent Reynolds asked as to
the people authorized to look after the
matter of fishing in the harbor. Fish
ing was going on indiscriminately