The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-27
THE BOARD Of !. HEALTH.
DISCUSSION HELD ON n COUPLE
OF bitches.
Board Wary of Open Waterways
Leave of Absence for DR.. Herbert
Naccination-Re Received.

chair Present were Drs. Wood, Day, |
Emerson, Mr.. Lansing, Mr.. Keliipio,
Health Agent Reynolds, DR.. Monsarrat
and DR.. Aiken of laia, Maui. Charles
Wilcox was present as secretary for
the first time in several weeks.
Mr. Keliipio reported 4s,7s4 fish in
spected during the week.
DIR. Herbert's report of the insane
asylum for the quarter enulng March
81, was read. 1t showed a total of 90
patients at the time of report. a sec
ond report up to June 30 gave 102
patients.
asylum lately for the reason that "a
member was absent. President Smith
urged that visits in future be more fire.
quent-
Mr.. Lansing presented some figures
by Mr.. Cutter on wiring and repairs
at the asylum.
Reports from DR.. Howard of the
first six months work of the dispen-
sary were read. Among other matters
it reported the vaccinations made and
also SAG school inspections.
Letters from Mr.. Meyers were re-
ceived.
An application from DR.. S. Brown
of Kealia. Kauai, for license to prac-
tice medicine was read. The applicant
will be notified to present his creden-
tials to the Board and to come before
the medical examiners.
y letter from DR.. Eldredge of July
II to DR.. Wyman of the L. D. Hospital
Marine service was also read. 1t gave
the usual list of ailments in Japan.
y second letter was from DR.. Jor-
dan, Hawaiian medical inspector at
HongIong, bearing date August /. He
reported 26 cases of plague within the
twenty days preceding, out of which
there had been 20 fatalities. One of
the deaths was of a European sister in
a hospital. Weather was reported ex-
ceedingly bad. Thermometer was up
to 100 and los, and several fatal cases
of sunstroke had occurred.
/ A further report from Annoy was
quite favorable, health being normal.
: A petition from Henry Waterhouse,
w. w. Hall, S. NJ. Damon. =. c. Jones,
f. \. Jones and Mrs. Mist, asking that
the famous ditch in Nuuanu valley be
declared nuisance and be closed for
two years was presented. Mrs. Foster,
it will be remembered has brought
suit to have the ditch reopened. The
petitioners represent that if reopened
the ditch would be constant meance
to public health. Concensus of opin-
ion was that the ancient ditch was not
a nuisance because it was closed; if
reopened and it should then become,
the duty of the Board would be to
close it again. Mr. Lansing thought
the ditch open would always be a men
ace to the public health, and thought
Mrs. Foster could get all the water
she desired from the city pipes.
President Smith stated that he had
offered, on behalf of the Board, to lay
a pipe Mrs. Foster might procure tC
her premises. This proposal had been
made to Chief Justice Judd and ac
cepted. The ditch was not nuisance
now. The question was whether il
would become a nuisance if reopened
1t was decided to notify Mrs. Foster
that if the ditch is reopene,. and main
tanned as before it will be considered
nuisance, and the Board will take
immediate steps to have the nuisance
abated.
Attention was called to another
ditch. which runs through the prem
Uses of j. o. Carter, Mrs. Along and
others, and crosses School street al
Nuuanu. 1t was the opinion of the
Board that this matter should bt
DR.. Herbert requested a leave o
absence for September and October
Granted. DIR. Wayson was appointed
to fill the vacancy at the insane as
YUM.
\ letter from Manager Lowrie o
Eva plantation requested that DIR
] Weddick be appointed agent of thu
Board at that place. Postponed.
Father Clement asked to be allowed
to hold religious services in the re
ceiving hospital at Kalihi in the SAM
way as at Kapiolani Home for girls
Referred to DR.. Alvarez.
a letter from DIR. Alvarez on the sub
ject of vaccination and how TO ge
!, people to vaccinate was referred to tn
physicians for investigation and re
port.
, President Smith announced that DR.
;; Jennie Hilderbrand had been appoint
f.. l.. A., n