The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-02
NO TUBERCULOSIS
To Run at LargG in Local
Diaries.
ACTION OF BOARD OF HEALTH
First Step Toward Pure
Food Crusade.
Animals 10 be Examined-Those At
fected to be Slaughtered-Re
garding Opium Fiends.

At the regular weekly meeting of the
Board of Health yesterday, there were
present the following: President Coop
er, Drs. Day, Emerson, Wood, Alvarez
and Monsarrat. Messrs. C. B. Reynolds
and T. F. Lansing Minutes of the pre-
yious meeting read and approved.
Under the act to mitigate, the exam
lining physicians report showed 356 eX-
aminations during the. month of
March.
Fish Inspector Keliipio's report
showed &c, 102 fish received at the mar
ket for the week ending March 2Sth.
OF this number $4,000 were mullet.
Mr.. Meyers, of the leper settlement
at Molokai, reported that number of
people there were suffering from eye
troubles. They had made request
that a specialist be sent up TO treat
them. Mr. Meyers stated that most If
those complaining of eye troubles were
foreigners.
DR.. Day asked why it was that DR..
Oliver had not been consulted on the
matter. DR.. Emerson moved that the
secretary be instructed to call for a
special report from Dr. Oliver on the
subject Carried.
One of the residents of the leper set
Element, who has regularly written to
the board regarding water for her
premises. writes now that she desires
to be supplied with two donkeys to be
used as pack mules. The matter was
ToFprrn1 m tho cI1nprir1faT don't
DR.. McConkey, an applicant for Ii
cense to practice medicine, having
passed the required examination, will
now be allowed to practice.
An application from 7. T. French,
NJ D., for position as physician under
the board, was filed.
Bids for supplying beef cattle to the
leper settlement were as follows:
Dressed
w. H. Cornwell 4 $40
Trustees Parker Ranch.
Contract awarded to Mr.. Myers.
a vote of thanks was rendered DR.
Day for having taken the board 10 the
new cemetery plot on the o. R. & l.
Ry.
The following regulations regarding
beef cattle read by Dr. Emerson and
on motion of T. F. Lansing were
adopted.
REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF
HEALTH IN REGARD TO TU-
BERCULOSIS IN NEAT
CATTLE
Section l. The presence of tubercu-
losis in any animal, the flesh of which
is likely to be used as food or from
which milk is obtained for use or sale
is hereby declared to be cause Of
sickness and menace to public health
and safety.
Section 2. All persons who shall have
in their possession any neat stock
shall, when requested so to do by ar
Inspector of the Board of Health, per.
nit such animal to be examined fol
the purpose of determining whether OF
not it is affected with tuberculosis
and allow all necessary experiments OF
operations to be made or performed fol
such purpose.
Section 8. A suitable number of In
spectors of the Board of Health. for the
purpose of examining all neat stock
suspected of being infected with tuber.
cullosis, may be appointed by the Pre-
sident of the Board when so authorized
by the Board.
Section a. 1t shall be the duty of such
Inspectors to examine all stock sus-
pected of being infected with tubercu.
losis, and TO make such experiments OF
perform such operation. as may be
necessary to determine whether or moi
the animal is so infected.
Section s. All animals which shall
show symptoms Of tuberculosis shall
be condemned by such Inspector and
destroyed; and no part of the carcas:
of such animal shall be used for foot
or disposed of in any other manner
likely TO endanger public health.
Section s. In any case of doubt the
inspector shall forbid the further use
or sale of the milk of said animal, ant
shall cause it to be kept separate from
other non-infented animels; and before
condemning such animal, shall sum
mon for consultation with him one
or more of his fellow Inspectors, ant
their decision in the case shall be final
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Animals shall keep a record of all ami
mails inspected by them, and their de-
cision regarding the same: and shall
make weekly reports CT their doing!
to the Board of Health.
Section s. Said Inspectors of Ami
mails shall receive such pay as shall
be voted by the Board of Health.
A letter was read from the Chinese
Commercial Agent announcing the ex
Dected arrival in Honolulu by the Gae
lie of the newly appointed Chinese
Minister to the United States. AS the
quarantine regulations may interfere
with the landing of the Minister anc
his suite for the purpose of paying
their respects Mr. Goo Kim asks that
if the port physician investigates and
issues a clean bill of health a commit.
tee from the United Chinese Society
be allowed to visit the Gaelic during
the As hours that vessel is in port Il
was decided to await the arrival Of
the vessel and the Board meet on thai
day and decide what may be done.
A letter from doctor asking permits
sion for a Chinese to smoke opium fol
medical purposes was read. The per