The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-23
DIPHTHERIA CASE
Reported at Meeting Of Board Of
Health.
CHILD DIES UNDER OPERATION
Three Cases tuberculosis
Discovered at Dairy.
DR.. Day May be Sent to Japan on
Mission VIII Go over Ground
Taken by Smith and Wood.

W. o. Smith, Dr. Day, T. F. Ian
sing, C. 4. Brown, Mr.. ReIiipio, Ex-
eeutve Officer Reynolds, DIS. Howard.
Alvarez. Monsarrat and Wood were
present yesterday al the meeting of the
Board Of Health. Secretary Wilcox
read the resignation of Minister Coop
e as president Of the Board OF Health.
ton was accepted. and W o. Smith
was elected 10 I'll the place.
The minutes Of the previous meeting
were read and placed or file
Mr.. Lansing asked il anything had
been heard from the contractor regard
ing cattle furnished the leper settle
menJ after the contract had expired.
Receiving 8 negative answer, Mr..
Brown thought The board should be
lenient in this case. rs the contractor
had kept the supply Of beef AT the set
Element The matter, Mr.. Smith
thought. merely resolved itself into q
matter Of price The difference be
tween the old and new price was
cent 2 pound. No action taken.
Mr.. Smith related the substance Of
an interview he had in Washington
with Surgeon General Wyman. regard
ing the necessity for the United States
10 appoint 8 medical inspector ar Ash
attic ports 4 letter was read from Dr..
Wyman 10 Mr. Smith. informing him
that he had decided 10 appoint q mem
Der OF the corps 10 visit China and
Japan who would stop in Honolulu
Mr.. Smith also gave 3 description OF
the appliances 81 Angel Island. San
Francisco. for disinfectins garments
One or TWO suggestions were made by
Nj Smith regarding changes here. Re
tsrring 10 the remarkable case of
smallpox here. Mr.. Smith thought Dr.
Graham. al Kobe. did his work well.
and believed that the microbes were
in the clothing OF the crew or the quar-
anJine there was not as strict as il
should be. He believed if our qlaran-
tine regulations were strictly carried
out there would be no danger. Refer
ring again 10 the matter of the United
States officer going through here, Mr..
Smith thought IL advisable TO have
some one from here 20 with him He
would suggest DR.. Day. from the fact
that his experience as port physician
would make him the most desirable
person 10 send. Compared with the
cost Of quarantine. even in the pres
ent case. the expense Of the trip by Or.
Day would be small He consid-
cred II probable that cholera would
make its appearance in Hong Kong. as
well as II japanese ports. this sum
mer. and We should do everything nos
Sible 70 prevent the disease from COM
ing here.
Mr.. Smith did not believe il would
Be necessary 70 take action JOdsy-he
had stated 10 The Executive MS inten-
ucn OF making the suggestion. He re
lated circumstances OF inspection az
Hong Kong. and in spite Of II. several
cases Of smallpox had broken ont on
the veSsel before reaching Kobe DR..
Eldre6se was strict-he had 20 be
He said. also. that If he had been here
he would have had an officer OF the
hoard 80 70 Japan on the Rio. and
with Dr. Eidreige- investigated Dr.
Grsham'S action and learned exactly
what the latter had done. If be had
neglected his duties then il was the
business Of The hoard 70 find II out
Reports Of DIS. Myers and Monsar-
rat Mr.. Keliipio and the supezinten-
dent Of Mauialani Hospital and Ma
terni-y Home were read
Dr.. Howard reported the case OF :
child brought TO the dispensaTy with
threat trouble He suspected diph-
iberia. and decided that an operation
Woods Office 10 have II performed. but
: -
under circumstances which lead The
PHYSICIANS 10 believe the case was one
q 6iph1heris- Some OF the secretion
had been given Dr.. Alvarez for micro
scorical examination He had reported
that the examination had been made.
but while he was not certain Of II and
could n0I tell definitely until tomorrow
81 ? N He believed II is really thar
disease Dr.. Alvarez stated thai he
had been called upon 10 make exsmi-
nation OF membrane several times, but
until this case appeared there had. Is
YET. been 10 diphtheria here Dr.
. Howard assured The board that the
throat Of the child had been 6isinfecc-
ed as vel as everything about the Of
fee He would visit the house. where
TIE child had lived and So that proper
attention + psid 10 disinfec1ion there
The report OF Mr. Nyers OF the leper
settlement vas read
Three large gin bottles. full O water.
taken from NzEiliEili stream. Kauai.
were exhibited as showing how The
water vas being contaminated by the
nolssSes dumped into the stream BY
the sugar plantation companies One
sample rsSzmbled water imPregnate6
with charcoal. smother had decided
golden Cinse and the third looked ike
stale beer The odor resenbled that
which h0F5rs around the ercaEs1or
cart O. busy day
Complaints had been received. and
he samples were furnished By Sheriff
Garter Mr. Smith remarked that some
wars ago the pIznEsIion companies had
been prosecuted ECr maintaining Z Hui-
sanee. and after these suits il vas
sbeVsd- The SsG@sry vas instructed
70 ask see physician OF the district 10
make chemical ANALYSIS OF the water
and report
The matter 81 appropriation for il