The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-21
BOARD OF HEALTH
of Treasurer 2of
Maternity Home.
investigating tuberculosis Re-
ports of Various Depart
mentS Submitted.

At the regular weekly meeting of the
Board of Health, held yesterday, there
were present the following: President
Smith, Drs. Day, Wood, Monsarrat and
Emerson, Messrs. Brown, Reynolds
and Keliipio. Minutes of the previous
meeting read and approved.
Fish Inspector Keliipio's report
showed 45,45S fish received at the mar
ket for the week ending Sunday, Jan
uary 10th.
President Smith read the following
statement of the Kapiolani Maternity
Home for the month of December, 1896:
RECEIPTS.
Dec. L. By balance 1,12O 40
Dec. II. By Government ap-
preparation for September
and OCTOBER. .... 1913 90
Dec. "a. By Christmas dona-
ton from Mrs. w. G.. Irwin. 500 90
By one pay patient. ........ % 90
By donations from patients. 9 90
Premium on gold. .... 2 20
Total. 9s6 90
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR YEAR END
ING DEC. 81, 1896.
Total receipts for above date. S., OBS SO
Total expenses for same date 1852 90 !
Total cash on hand Jan.
L, 1897. Observation-Disclosures ,6S5 80
IN MATERNITY HOME
FOR DECEMBER.
of confinements for month
of December. Observation-Disclosures. 3 |
Total number of patients cared for
during the year ending December
81, 1896. |
EMILE MACFARLANE,
Treasurer Kapiolani Maternity Home.
Honolulu, Decem Der 81, 1896.
The total expenses for December
we're S300.70.
DR.. Walters of Lihue, Kauai, was
granted a six-months' leave of absence
A letter from II. Hackfeld & Co. gave
lotice of the shipment during the lat
er part of December, 1896, of the fu
nigating plant to be placed in Hong
Kong for the Hawaiian Government
A communication from Japanese
Consul General Shimamura asked that
specified list of Japanese mortality
or the year 1896 with the respective
auses, be furnished him. as his inten-
ion is to make a report to his Govern
nent for the year named.
Referred to Executive officer Rey-
lolds to make as complete a report
is possible.
Dr. Monsarrat was called upon to
make a statement regarding tubercu-
osis in the city of Honolulu.
He stated having made a call at Il
ertain dairy in town and of having
sked the manager to be allowed to
est nine or 10 of the COWS for tubercu-
csis This he refused to allow, say
ng that a discrimination was being
,racticed. He would go to law first
efore allowing such a test, unless all
he COWS of his dairy and all those Cf
he rest of the dairies be tested.
More tubeculine had been sent for,
ut at the present time there was
rough for nine or 10 COWS.
1t was the intention to test all The
ows at dairies in the city.
DR.. Monsarrat further stated, for he
enefit of the board that there was a
NV in a certain town of Massachusetts
mere a ~
ne milk from each dairy was made,
nd in case any symptoms of tubercu
isis were found, these dairies were
by law to make their own
.sts.
DR.. Day gave it as his opinion that
4 the dairies furnishing milk to the
ty ought to be compelled by law to
famine their own COWS for tubercu
isis. There was, in his mind, no
lestion of the spread of tuberculosis
l the Islands.
Drs. Emerson and Monsarrat were
etailed to call on the manager of the
airy in question and to confer further
it'll him. I
At D. m. the board went into exec
i've session.