The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-05
TO EXAMINE COWS
Dr.. Wool Talks to Board Of
Health on Subject.
IMMEDIATE ACTION NECESSARY
What the United States is
Doing Today.
President Cooper Thinks Law is
not Sufficient-Dr. Wood Says
Make Another Law.


er, Drs Day, Wood, Monsarrat; Messrs.
c. B. Reynolds and D. Keliipio. Min
utes of the previous meeting read and
approved.
Under the act to mitigate, DR.. Mon
sarrat's report showed rs examinations
for the week ending March Sd.
The monthly report showed 112 on
the list.
Fish Inspector Keliipio's report for
the week ending February 2Sth, showed
80. 765 fish received at the market.
a letter from W. o. Smith, and dat
ed from Ogden, Utah, was read before
the board.
DR.. Thompson of Kohala, Hawaii,
wrote, asking that four-months' leave
of absence, beginning May 18th, be
granted. He asked that DR.. Archer
Irwin be appointed temporarily in his
place. Petition granted.
President Cooper reported that he
had looked into the law relating to the
examination of stock. He was not fully
convinced that the law would cover the
proposed matter of destroying animals
found to be affected with tuberculosis.
The committee, however, had not held
a meeting yet.
DR.. Wood stated that he and Dr. Day
had prepared a table showing the death
rate from consumption in Honolulu
since 1886. No perceptible increase was
shown, but the death rate was very
steady, the majority of deaths being
among Hawaiians and Asiatics.
DR.. Wood stated that he had exam
ined some veterinary and medical
journals in regard to the matter of tu-
berculosis, with the idea of preparing
sCme data for the benefit of the Board
OF Health
The United States had taken up the
matter of tuberculosis in cattle, and
had come to the conclusion that the
only way to stamp out the disease was
by killing the affected animals The
other facts, as stated by DR.. Wood,
were as follows:
The tuberculine test is almost infal-
liable. In late investigation in YER
mont AL cattle were condemned after
having been tested with tuberculine,
and 439 out of these were proven to
have been affected with tuberculosis
In another place 473 were condemned
and All found to be affected by post
mortem examination.
In France all the tests are made
with tuberculine. If an animal is found
to be tubeTculous it is either not adj
mitted or killed at once.
So far as tuberculosis is concerned
meat is more dangerous than milk.
1t has been learned that IA per cent
of the deaths in the United States are
due to consumption; 20 to % per cent
to tuberculosis in some form; 35 to 40
per cent of the premature deaths to
some form of tuberculosis.
The tuberculous bacillus has been
found in milk. This has been actually
demonstrated. Milk affected with ba-
cilh and taken into the stomach may
produce tuberculosis.
In recent examination of the milk
of large number of cows, 40 per cent
showed no signs of tuberculosis on the
udders, but the bacilli were present in
the milk, nevertheless. In a great
many cases the characteristic will not
show on the udders.
In Wisconsin it was found that %
out of 80 of very choice herd of COWS
were found to be diseased They were
Immediately destroyed.
In an examination of 63 COWS by Dr.
Bang, none were found to have LESSONS
of the udder, but they were neverthe-
less tuberculous. Nine gave milk with
baccilli
DR.. Ernst, another authority, found
that u out of SO cows affected with
general tuberculosis produced milk
with bacifli
The matter is now receiving very
serious consideration in San Francisco.
tuberculosis is practically unknown
among wild herds. It exists in cattle
inbred and used to being housed up.
These are the conditions that exist in
diaries.
tuberculosis may be communicated
directly through milk and beef.
Where cattle are few or absent, tu-
berculosis is not common.
In Norway, Sweden and Lapland,
where reindeer are used, this disease
is almost unknown. The same may be
said OF Hudson's Bay and certain ISL
ands of the Pacific tuberculosis does
not increase in Algiers, although that
is place to which consumptives flock.
The cattle are not kept in the city.
In Italy, where the cattle are housed,
the disease is prevalent.
Dr. Wood stated that he and DR.. Day
had held a meeting and had come to
the conclusion that it was important
and necessary that the Board of Health
find out and exterminate tubereulous
cattle. There was TO question what
ever that human beings may become
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tie.
Upon being asked by Minister Coop
er if he thought it worth while TO con-
slider the segregation proposition. DR..
Wood replied very emphatically in the
negative. If the law did not allow the
Board of Health to destroy diseased
cattle, then the law should be changed.
DR.. Day reported on the condition OF
the Quarantine Station and the immi-