The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-04
TO EXAMINE COWS
DR.. Wood 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.

AT meeting of the Board of Health.
held yesterday afternoon, there were
present the following: President Coop
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
sarrats report showed IS examinations
for the week ending March 3d.
The monthly report showed 112 on
the list.
Fish Inspector Keliipios report for
the week ending February 2Sth, showed
SO, ,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 a 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
meeting yet
DR.. Wood stated that he and DR.. Day
had prepared 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 tuberculous il is either not ad- |
mitted or killed at once.
So far as tuberculosis is concerned, |
meat is more dangerous than milk
It has been learned that IA per cent |
Of the deaths in the United States are |
due to consumption; 90 10 25 per cent !
10 tuberculosis in some form; 80 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- |
,ill and taken into the stomach may
produce tuberculosis.
In recent examination Of the milk !
IF a large number of cows, 40 per cent |
showed no signs of tuberculosis on the !
ldderS. Dut the Daclln were present IN /
he milk. nevertheless. In a great |
many cases the characteristic will not .
show on the udders.
In Wisconsin it was found that % |
1ut of 80 of a very choice herd of COWS
we're found to be diseased. They were
destroyed.
In an examination of 63 COWS by Dr..
Bang. none were found to have LESSONS
If the udder, but they were neverthe
ess tuberculous. Nine gave milk with
)accilli.
DR.. Ernst. another authority, found
hat II out OF 36 COWS affected with
general tuberculosis produced milk
With bacirli.
The matter is now receiving very
serious consideration in San Francisco. i
tuberculosis is practically unknown
lmong wild herds. It exists in cattle