The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-22
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
ecutive officer Reynolds, Drs. Howard,
Alvarez, Monsarrat and Wood were
present yesterday at the meeting OF the
Board of Health Secretary Wilcox
read the resignation of Minister Coop
er as president of the Board of Health.
On motion of C. A. Brown the resigna-
ton was accepted, and w. o. Smith
was elected TO fill the place.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and placed on file.
Mr.. Lansing asked if anything had
been heard from the contractor regard
ing cattle furnished the leper settle
ment after the contract had expired.
Receiving negative answer, Mr..
Brown thought the board should be
lenient in this case, as the contractor
had kept the supply of beef at the set
Element The matter, Mr.. Smith
thought, merely resolved itself into 2
matter OF price. The difference be-
tween the old and new price was a
cent a 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
to appoint a medical inspector at Ash
attic ports. A letter was read from DR.
Wyman to Mr. Smith, informing him
that he had decided to appoint a mem
Der of the corps to visit China and
Japan, who would stop in Honolulu
Mr.. Smith also gave a description OF
the appliances at Angel Island, San
Francisco, for disinfecting garments
One or two suggestions were made by
Mr.. Smith regarding changes here. Re
ferring to- the remarkable case OF
smallpox here, Mr.. Smith thought Dr.
Graham. at Kobe, did his work well
and believed that the microbes were
in the clothing of the crew or the quar-
antine there was not as strict as II
should be. He believed if our Quaran-
tine regulations were strictly carried
out there would be no danger. Refer
ring again to the matter of the United
States officer going through here, Mr.
Smith thought it advisable to have
would suggest DR.. Day, from the fact
that his experience as port physician
would make him the most desirable
person to send. Compared with the
cost Of quarantine, even in the pres
ent case, the expense of the trip by DR.
Day would be small. He cOnsid
cred it probable that cholera wOul'
make its appearance in Hong Kong, a
well as at Japanese ports. this sum
mer, and we should do everything pos
sible to prevent the disease from com
| ing here.
Mr.. Smith did not believe it woulc
| be necessary TO take action today-h
| had stated TO the Executive his inten
| ton of making the suggestion. He re
| lated circumstances of inspection a
| Hong Kong, and in spite of it, severa
cases of smallpox had broken ont OF
the vessel before reaching Kobe. DI
| Eldredge was strict-he had to be
| He said also, that if he had been her
| he would have had an officer of tn
board go to Japan on the Rio. and
with Dr. Eldredge. investigated Dl
Graham's action and learned exactl
what the latter had done. If he ha
| neglected his duties. then il was tn
| business of the board TO find it out.
Reports of Drs. Myers and MOnsaI
rat, Mr. Keliipio and the superinten
dent of Maulalani Hospital and Ma
ternity Home were read.
DR. Howard reported the case OF
child brought 10 the dispensary wit
throat trouble. He suspected dipn
iberia, and decided that an operatio
was necessary. He took it 10 ID
| Woods office to have it performed. BIZ
the child died under the operation an
under circumstances which lead N
physicians to believe the case was on
OF diphtheria. Some of the secretio
mad been given Dr. Alvarez for micro
scopieal examination. He had reporte