The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-22
BOARD Of HEALTH MEETS
CASE OF DIPHTHERIA REPORTED
BY. DIR. HOWARD.
President Smith Takes His Seat-Re-
ports Upon His Hygienic Observa-
lions i'm the United States-Bad Water.

The attention of the Board of Health
was called yesterday afternoon to the
case of a young native child which
died while an operation was being per-
formed by Drs. Howard and Wood in
the latter's office. The circumstances
under which the child died had every
appearance of case of diphtheria.
Some of the secretion in the throat IS
now under the microscopical eNamina-
ton of DIR. Alvarez. The Board in
structed DR.. Howard to visit the
house from where the child had been
taken and see that everything was
properly disinfected.
President Smith stated that Surgeon
General Wyman, of the United States,
has realized the Importance of APP
pointing a medical inspector at Asia
tic ports. DIR. Nyman haa> inforiued
him while in Washington that he
would send member of his corps to
Japan shortly and that he would pass
through Honolulu. The president
suggested that the Board send rep
resentative from Hawaii with him. He
believed it advisable because cholera
would very likely be prevalent in
Hongliong. Kobe, Yokohama and other
japanese ports this summer and Ha-
waii could not be too careful in
guarding against this dreaded disease
Mr.. Smith believed that DIR. Day could
do the best service for the Govern
ment inasmuch as he is port physician
and has had considerable experience
with cholera.
The matter was allowed to remal
over until the next meeting of the
board. Mr.. Smith stated that he had
informed President Dole and the Gtb-
met of the suggestion he had made.
Complaints are coming in from the
residents and health authorities of the
water flowing in Nawiliwili stream on
Kauai. Three large gin bottles con
tanning samples of the water were be-
fore the board for its examination
Sheriff Carter had sent these down.
President Smith informed the Board
that the Nawilwili stream had given
trouble before and the plantation had
been prosecuted for maintaining a
nuisance. He advised the Board to
have the Government physician of the
district test the water, and if found to
be impure, to notify the Board. The
plantation could then be reached again
as it had been before.
DR.. Howard was notified to submit
report to the Board by the next
meeting upon the condition of the
children who had been vaccinated
under a recent order of the Board.
DR.. Monsarrat was given permission
to kill three cows, one at time, for
the purpose of making a postmortenN
to ascertain if tuberculosis was prey
alent in their bodies. \ man was en-
ployed by the Board to gather up the
infected COWS, at $1.35 a day.
There is but $500 left in the appro-
priation to conduct the general eX-
penses of the health department Tor
the next nine months.
No action was taken in regrrl to
the meat contract for the Molokal
leper settlement. The difference be-
tween the old and new price was n
cent a pound.
w. O. Smith has now succeeded II.
Z. Cooper as president of the Board of
Health. Those present at yesterdays
meeting were: President Smith. DR..
Wood, DR.. Howard, DR.. Alvarez, DR..
Monsarrat, DR.. Day, Fish Inspector
Keliipo, Executive Officer Reynolds,
Messrs. Lansing and Brown and Secre-
tarV Wilcox