The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-05
'KUSATSU BATHS"
Will Be Tried Soon at Expert
mGnt Station.
UNDER DR.. DAYS SUPERVISION
Board of Health In Favor
of It.
Considerable Business Transacted
at Yesterdays Session-Reynolds
and to Wilcox Visit Molokai.

At the regular weekly session of the
Board of Health, yesterday afternoon,
there were present the following:
President Smith, Drs. Wood, Day, En-
erson, Monsarrat, Messrs. Reynolds
and Keliipio. Minutes of the previous
meeting read and approved.
The following letter was received and
read before the Board:
Honolulu, H. l., August 4, 1897.
president and Members, Board of
Health:
"Gentlemen:-Your inspectors re
spectfully submit report of tuberculine
inspections at the Honolulu Dairy,
Nuuanu, owned by J. [. DOwsett. Work
was commenced on the 18th of July,
1897, and rested on the Sd inst. One
hundred and nineteen 119) cattle were
tagged This includes two bulls.
"The tuberculine test was used on
ninety-eight (9S) cattle-ninety-six
(96) COWS and two CD bulls. Of this
number but thirty-two (32) cows and
one Cd bull gave the reaction and
were condemned. On post-mOrtem, all
showed LESSONS of tuberculosis.
Thirty (3O) COWS were handed over
to Mr.. F. F. Porter after slaughter, and
were disposed of according to his agree
ment and under our supervision.
"The bull condemned was slaugh-
tered at the dairy, as we thought it
not safe to bring the animal to town,
being OF vicious nature.
''Twenty-one CID COWS are still to be
tested. Our not testing them at the
present time is due to the fact that
most of them are pregnant and in no
condition to receive the test.
For further particulars Of the post
mortems. We refer you to the records
kept at the Board Of Health office.
Respectfully submitted,
''J. R. SHAW, D. V. S.,
"W. T. MONSARRAT, V. S.,
inspectors, Board of Health"
President Smith read Fish Inspector
Keliipio's report for two weeks ending
August 1st, as follows: First week,
39,314; second week, 41,776.
President Smith explained that In
spectOr Keliipio had brought in two or
three mullet, about which he was very
much puzzled. The vascular parts of
the gills were all eaten away, leaving
the bony parts white and most un
healthy-looking. The physicians of the
Board examined the fish, but were un-
acquainted with diseases of fish, if such
it was Mr. Keliipio reported that he
had, never in all his experience, seen a
similar case.
1t was the opinion of the Board that,
since the number of fish affected was
small they should be thrown away,
and that the inspector be instructed to
watch for any more of the kind. In
case the affected fish should come in in
great numbers, then something should
be done.
The report under the Act to Miti
gate, showed 100 on the register up to
the end of the month Of July.
President Smith read the report Of
DR.. Hugus, Government physician at
Hanalei, in answer to questions put by
the Board of Health, regarding a GER
tain piece of ground in that place
which had been asked for by Chinese
residents as a a place for burial of their
dead. The report was substantially as
follows: That the piece of ground is
an acre and a half in extent, that it is
on a hillside and that to the east are
rice plantations, that 220 feet away is
a water ditch used by one family and
40 feet from that is another, used by
the rice planters, that the drainage is
good. DR.. Hugus finished his report by
recommending that the petition of the
Chinese residents for the piece Of
ground be granted.
1t was moved and carried that the re-