The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-22
BOARD OF HEALTH
More Protests Received for Kill
ing Tuberculosis Cows.
REPORT RECEIVED FROM HILO
Action Taken on Two
Weeks Business.
Crusade Against Dirt and Filth in
City-Resolutiono on Death of
Jared K. Smith.
REPORT RECEIVED FROM HILo

AT meeting of the Board of Health,
held yesterday afternoon, there were
present the following: President
Smith, Drs. Emerson, Monsarrat, Day,
Wood; Messrs. Lansing and Keliipio.
The minutes of the previous meeting
read and approved
Inspector Keliipios report showed
77,224 fish received at the market dur
ing the past fortnight.
DR.. Monsarrats report on tuberculin
test of COWS in Montano's dairy, Ma
noa, was read, showing 81 cows and 1
bull submitted to the test, and COWS
killed on account of being affected
with tuberculosis
A communication from Paul r. Isen-
berg was read protesting against the
killing of two valuable COWS alleged to
have been affected with tuberculosis.
A very valuable black and white Hol-
stein from Germany was one of the
cows.s This Mr.. Isenberg valued at
fine California cow, valued at $50.
A demand on the Government to pay
all expenses was made.
Reports were received from three of
the hospitals on the other Islands,
showing receipts and expenditures as
we'll as the number of patients re-
ceived during the quarter ending Sep
tember 30th.
Under date of October 14th DR.. Oliv-
er of the Molokai leper settlement
wrote saying that for the quarter end
ing September 30th the health of the
settlement had been fair There had
been % deaths. Two clean children
had been sent away from the settle
ment. There had been 2,100 calls at the
dispensary and 1,640 visits paid.
The report of Dr. Emerson, now in
charge of the Kusatsu baths at Ka-
lihi receiving station, showed four
boys taking the treatment No per-
ceptible change had yet been noticed.
Dr. Emerson gave a detailed account
of the method of taking the baths.
Reports from the leper settlement
showed rs dogs killed up TO October
9Th. AS many again had been "ka-
luaed." Again, up to October 18th, 13
more had been killed. The last large
dog was killed at that time Only
poodles remained. There seemed to be
no objection against the killing of
dogs Work on the Waileia road was
progressing very favorably The work
of laying new pipes had been finished
Mr.. Reynolds was still on MolOkai.
A communication regarding the
nf
pital was read. President Smith said
that the carpenters had charged the
Board of Health So per day for "a days
for ordinary work. This seemed to
him to be too high, and he had writ
ten to that effect.
In a letter received from Sheriff An
drews Of Hawaii, that officer refused to
accept the position of business agent
of the Hilo Hospital on account of
duties in connection with his office.
| Senator Lyman was mentioned as a
good person for the office, in case
| Sheriff Andrews should persist in his
refusal to accept.
Applications from Drs A. H. Sin
clair and Hubert Wood for the posi-
| ton Of Government physician in Ko-
| loa Kauai, were read and filed
A letter from the Government ply
sician at Laupahoehoe reported on a
family on the plantation at that place
five Of the members of which had been
attacked with diphtheria. He asked
that some anti-toXine be sent.
The report of DR.. Eldredge of Yo-
! kohama, under date of October 1st
showed no really improved state Of af-
fairs in regard to the dyphtheria cpl
delnic in Japan. In one place there
had been over 1900 cases reported
within 20 days. Returns had been i'm
perfect, and the Government reported
a perceptible Improvement in the epi-
demic.
President Smith reported that DR.
Rohaka, recommended as Government
inspector in Yokohama, had been ap
pointed to that position by the Min