The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-08-06
KUSATSU BATHS
will Be Tried Soon at Expert
mGnt Station.
UNDER DR.. DAYS SUPERVISION
Board of Health in Favor
of 1t.
Considerable Business Transacted
Yesterday Reynolds and
Wilcox to Visit Molokai.

At the regular weekly session of the
Board of Health, yesterday afternoon,
there were present the following:
President Smith, Drs. Wood, Day, En-
erson, Monsarrat, Messrs. Reynolds
and Keliipio. Minutes of the previous
meeting read and approved.
The following letter was received and
read before the Board:
Honolulu, H /, August 4, 1897.
President and Members, Board of
Health:
"Gentlemen:-You inspectors re-
spectfully submit report of tuberculine
inspections at the Honolulu Dairy,
Nuuanu, owned by ]. /. Dowsett. Work
was commenced on the 18th Of July,
1897. and rested on the Sd inst. One
hundred and nineteen (119) cattle were
tagged. This includes two bulls.
"The tuberculine test was used on
ninety-eight (9S) cattle-ninety-six
(96) cows and two % bulls. Of this
number but thirty-two 1922 cows and
one ID bull gave the reaction and
were condemned. On post-mortem, all
showed LESSONS of tuberculosis.
Thirty 800 COWS were handed over
to Mr. F. F. Porter after slaughter, and
were disposed of according to his agree
ment and under our supervision.
''The bull condemned was slaugh-
tered at the dairy, as we thought il
not safe to bring the animal to town
being of vicious nature.
"Twenty-one CD cows are still to be
tested. Our not testing them at the
present time is due to the fact that
most of them are pregnant and in nc
condition to receive the test.
For further particulars of the post
mortems. We refer you to the records
kept at the Board of Health Office.
Respectfully submitted,
~. R. SHAW, D. V. s.,
'FW. T. MONSARRAT, V. s.,
inspectors, Board of Health"
President Smith read Fish Inspector
Keliipio's report for two weeks ending
August LIST, as follows: First week
39,3l4. SeCOnQ week, fl, { 10.
President Smith explained that In
spector Keliipio had brought in two or
three mullet, about which he was very
much puzzled. The vascular parts OF
the gills were all eaten away, leaving
the bony parts white and most I'M
healthy-looking. The physicians of the
Board examined the fish, but were I'M
acquainted with diseases of fish, if such
it was Mr. Keliipio reported that he
had, never in all his experience, seen a
similar case.
It was the opinion of the Board that,
since the number of fish affected was
small, they should be thrown away,
and that the inspector be instructed to
watch for any more of the kind. In
case the affected fish should come in in
great numbers, then something should
be done.
The report under the Act to Miti-
gate, showed 1O9 on the register up to
the end of the month of July.
President Smith read the report of
DIR. Hugus, Government physician at
Hanalei, in answer to questions put by
the Board of Health, regarding a GER
tain piece of ground in that place
which had been asked for by Chinese
residents as a place for burial of their
dead. The report was substantially as
follows: That the piece of ground is
an acre and a half in extent, that it is
on a hillside and that to the east are
rice plantations, that 220 feet away is
water ditch used by one family and
30 feet from that is another, used by
the rice planters, that the drainage is
good. DR.. Hugus finished his report by
recommending that the petition of the
Chinese residents for the piece Of
ground be granted.
1t was moved and carried that the re-
quest of the petitioners for the setting
apart of the piece of ground be ap-
proved upon their filing suitable de-
scription Of the land.
The next business taken up was the
communications from the leper settle
ment on Molokai. The principal items
were these:
That the skeleton of a man was
found in a cave in Waileia Valley. By
the side of it was a pipe, which was
identified as that of a kokua who had
been missing for long time. The cave
was walled up with rocks, the skeleton
having been left inside.
That Poi, leper, who, for long
time had been insane, calling out that
the Queen was sure to be restored and
other rambling talk, had disappeared,
and could not be found.
That last week the authorities raided
the premises of certain swipes makers
and destroyed the liquor, the drinking
of which had caused acts of brutality.
Health Agent Reynolds reported that
he would be able to go to the leper set
Element at the end of the week, pro-
viding he could get a steamer.
President Smith suggested that, in