The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-07
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DR.. Monsarrat Tells Of Tuberculin
Test in One Dairy = A. A.
Montana Protests.

At the regular weekly session of the
Board of Health yesterday afternoon
there were present the following:
President Smith, DR.. Monsarrat,
Messrs. Lansing, Reynolds, Keliipio.
Minutes of the previous meeting read
and approved.
The following report from DR.. Mon
sarrat was submitted:
President and Members Board Of
Health, Honolulu, H. l.,
"Gentlmen:-Herew respectfully
submit report of your inspectors of
tests with tuberculin to detect the
presence tuberculosis in the dairy of
the Woodlawn Dairy & Stock Co. situ-
ated at Punahou, Kona, Oahu. One
hundred and sixty-nine (169) head Of
stock were tagged and numbered. OF
these one hundred and thirteen Q13)
were tested with tuberculin. The re-
naming were not tested owing to be-
ing with calf and in our own opinion
an accurate test could not be made.
Forty y-three (43) animals, including
one % bull, were passed as being free
from disease.
"Seventy-three (73) animals, includ-
ing two (2) bulls, were condemned and
killed by your inspectors in the pres
ence of Drs. Rowat and Carr. All ami
mails presented satisfactory evidence Of
tuberculosis infection.
'sThe dairy has been thoroughly dis
infected and whitewashed, and all ad-
- o>,s~ ale al n
apart from the tested
The following communication from
A. A. Montana, dairyman, under date
of October 1st, was read:
"To the Honorable, the Board of
Health, and to It's Agents and Ser
wants: =
You and each of you are hereby
notified that protest against each and
all of your acts and doings, both at
the present time, and in future, with
regard to my cattle and other property,
and all matters and things pertaining
to and concerning the same, in your
so-called examinations for, or regard
ing tuberculosis, or other disease or
diseases.
"And l further hereby notify you,
and each of you, both in your public,
as well as in your private capacities,
that 1 shall hold you responsible in
damages for such acts, and for the
consequences of the same in all re-
spects, whether such damages are di-
rect or consequential
Under the Act to Mitigate, the re-
port showed 110 on the list at the be-
ginning of the month of September and
116 at the end.
In response to communication from
the Secretary, reports from Waimea
Hospital, Kauai, for several months
past were read. On June both, the time
of the last report, there were 20 pa
tients in the hospital.
The Board ordered the discharge OF
IL patients from the Insane Asylum.
A letter from DR.. Walters, formerly
Government physician at Lihue, Kau.
| al, announced his resignation. Pre-
vious to departure he had signified his
intention of returning to Lihue, bu
painful circumstances had caused {
| change of mind. DR.. Walters asked
that his resignation be made to dat,
from November 1st. Resignation &C
cepted and Secretary instructed to re
ply to the communication and to thanl
DIR. Walters for his past services.
President Smith announced that tw,
applications for the appointment t.
Lihue had been received One wa
from DIR. B. F. Burgess. Other appli
cations were read as follows: DR.. A
N. Sinclair for position under tn
Government; DR.. E. F. King for ply
sician's license; DR.. John w. Waugho
for position under the Government,
communication from Mrs. Flor
Jones, treasurer of the Kapiolani Ma
ternity Home, announced the accept
ance of the resignation of Mrs. Lemon
as matron of the home and the ap
pointment of Mrs. Clarke as her sue
cessor and asked for the appreciation
of the Board in the matter
The Board was in doubt as to wheth