The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-07
THE NAN|NA 5 CLOSE Gall SAYS We ARE PROTECTED
DIR. BROOKS ORIENTAL TRIP FOR
PUBLIC HEALTH.
Admires the Way in Which Hawaii's
Health Department is Acting-The
Modern Quarantine System.

DR.. and Mrs. S. ID. Brooks, of Bos-
ton, are staying at the Hawaiian llo-
tel. They arrived from Japan and
China last week, where DR.. Brooks
has been on a mission for the United
States government. They are booked
to sail for San Francisco next week.
| DIR. Brooks is identified win the
marine hospital corps and was dele-
gated by the chief of his department
to visit Japan and China for the pur-
| pose of examining into the quaran-
tine system.
! He spent four months in this work,
a good part of which time he was ac-
companied by DR.. +. r. Day, who was
in the Orient looking after the inter-
asts of Hawaii in quarantine matters.
"The feeling has been amohg us in
the marine hospital service for some
time past" said DR.. Brooks this fore
noon, that the Pacific coast ports of
! the United States were not sufficient
| ly protected from the diseases that ac-
company Oriental immigration. My
experience during my recent tour of
these countries are in accord with this
policy. Upon my return | will rec,
ommend to the department that some
changes in the present method N
vogue be made.
They will be somewhat in the line
of the recommendation made by DR..
Day to his government. The inter
ests of the United States and Hawaii,
as far as japanese and Chinese tmni-
grafton is concerned, are identical. l
admire the health department of Ha-
wall for the serious manner, extreme
care and intelligent deliberations
which it is giving this vastly import
ant proposition of public health.
From what | can learn the Island Re-
public need be far more cautious than
the United States because of the mild
tropical climate and the susceptibility
of the Hawaians to disease"
What about modern quarantine,
idoctor?"
| "In 1898 the United States establish
ed a system of quarantining Europe
an immigration which probably is the
most modern system today. 1t was
attempted by Uncle Sam first of all
other countries, and has proved to be
"A great success. Immigrants, before
they are allowed to leave any Europe
an port are held in quarantine for
period sufficient for any disease to in
cubate. Those who are healthy at the
expiration Of the quarantine are per-
mitted to embark, while those who are
not must remain behind ~
'Dr. Eldredge, who is sanitary in
spector for the United States and Ha-
waii, with his deputies, carefully eX-
anime every immigrant coming from
Japan or China. The majority of inn
migrants are inspected at Yokohama.
while some are expected at Kobo and
Nagasaki. During ordinary times the
inspection is made on shipboard, and
when there is an epidemic raging, the
examination is invariably made on
land"
DR.. Brooks has been giving consid-
erable attention to the commercial and
shipping interests of the Pacific. He
finds that within the past few years
trade has practically doubled on this
ocean. The doctor does not think that
the commerce of the Pacific will equal
that of the Atlantic for many years
to come. He states that the Pacific
ocean trade is exciting attention in
the States.