The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-02-22
Report Of the Period Presented to.
Legislature.
THE GENERAL HEALTH is GOOD
recommendations Made - Steam
Launch Needed for Boarding
Vessels Outside.

Acknowledgement Smith, as Presi-
dent of the Board of Health, has pre-
scented an exhaustive report covering
nearly 200 pages of printed matter.
He reports on Public health in gen
eral, and takes up the question of
quarantine regulations and the conta-
gious and other diseases. The heads
reported on are, in addition, leprosy
and the settlement and the two homes
and the department work at Molokai
Under this head came also the Kapio-
lani home for non-leprous girls and
the Kalihi station. The preliminary
report of Dr. Alvarez is incorporated.
He reports on hospitals, Kapiolani
Maternity Home, the Insane Asylum,
the act to mitigate, fish and slaughter
useinspection, and inspection of food
supplies and sanitary inspection and
removal of garbage, tuberculosis in
cattle, port physicians report, vacci-
nation and health certificates, opium
condemned, sewerage and filtration and
cemeteries.
The report on sanitary inspection at
The ports of China and Japan is a de-
tailed account of the methods en-
ployed at the several ports OF those
countries, their quarantine regula-
lions, their treatment of leprosy, fish
and water and sewerage systems. The
report of F. NJ. Day, NJ D., of his
special mission to Japan and China,
already published in the Advertiser, is
also incorporated.
During the period, 256 persons have
been sent to the leper settlement
There have landed at the quarantine
station 16, 40S persons, from Ga vessels,
90 of which were in good sanitary con-
dition.
The need Of a sewerage system Of
Honolulu is emphasized and compar-
alton table of towns in England is
given showing the value of the systems
and the mortality percentage before
and after the Establishment of the sys-
tenn. During the period 1882 persons
have died in Honolulu. In the IS
months since the new law went INTO
effect 120 deaths have been reported
from Hilo and Y from Wailuku, Maui.
The total number of births for the Is
months in Honolulu, Hilo and Wailu-
kU is 779, and marriages 503
Recommendations are made for bet
Ter facilities and improvements at the
IN, ic hot
for the building of a breakwater, and
new water system, the estimated cost
Of which is $4,000. The water would
be brought $4,000 feet
During the two years, SO patients
nave been committed to the hospital
for the insane. There have been SO
discharged and 10 have died. This
leaves an increase in the number Of
patients and it is recommend by The
superintendent to enlarge the wards.
There are at present 112 inmates.
The port physician has examined
259 steamships and Is sailing vessels
from foreign ports. steam launch
10 cost $4,000 is recommended. I'm
der the act to mitigate there are 12S
names on the register At the Gov
eminent Dispensary 20,417 persons
have presented themselves for treat
ment, 6S16 health certificates have
been granted, 2,2S5 persons have been
Yaccinated.
The Inspector at the Slaughter House
has examined 1916 cattle, 9,129
calves, 14,469 sheep and 1860 swine.
The carcasses of 81 COWS and Is steers
we're condemned during the period af-
fected with tuberculosis, the sheep
swine were condemned. Of the 1916
bullocks examined 1856 had good
Iivers; 1880 out of the 1923 calves
examined had good livers.
In the Honolulu district 56S neat
cattle have been tagged and numbered,
SO were tested and 1876 condemned and
killed. Under this head the question
of payment for cattle killed is dis
cussed Prevailing conditions in
many of the United States are detailed
as well as those of other foreign conn
tries on the subject. The inspector
quotes a resolution presented at the
Veterinary Medical Society at Nash
vile. Tenn, to the effect that the
private employment of the teubercu-
line test is fraught with danger.
At the Malulani Hospital 351 pa
tents have been treated. There were
So deaths and 65 surgical operations
The reports of the different Govern
ment physicians to the Board of Health
contain the detailed accounts of the
health and sanitary conditions in theil
several districts as we'll as recommen-
dations and suggestions for improve
ments in these conditions. Specia
attention is paid to school houses. The
almost universal report is that dur
ing the period the general health of the
districts has been good. In the Hama
district of Maui there has been a great
call for the physician. There were
252 deaths at the Molokai settlement
and of the births, "a survive.