The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-01-14
Conference on Matters Touching
Public Health.
REPORTS NOW COMING IN
Fish-Port OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Various Hospitals - Recent
Changes at the Settlement.

A regular meeting of the Board of
Health was held yesterday. Business
was proceeded with promptly at 3
o'clock.
According to report fuke liver has
disappeared almost entirely from sheep
and hogs. Inspector Monsarrat is pre-
pairing data on cattle slaughtered dur
ing the past two years.
MIR. Keliipio noted 9,177 fish handled
at the public market during the past
two weeks.
Malulani CMauD, Waimea 0KauaD,
Koloa (KauaD, hospitals presented re-
ports which were read and filed.
DR.. Days report as port physician
for two years was referred to briefly.
There had been inspected 259 steamers
and Is sailing vessels. A recommends
ton for a steam launch was made.
A full account was given of disease
visitations The secretary was in
structed to again serve notice on those
government physicians who had so far
failed to send in reports.
Application was made by Dr. o. f. |
Paget, aged q, graduate of Cambridge
for license to practice medicine here. |
The usual course will be followed, the
board voting at once to recommend
license to the Minister of the Interior. |
This makes thirty-four physicians in
Honolulu.
Dr. French sent in his resignation
as government physician at Waianae.
This was accepted and DR.. Sinclair i'm
mediately appointed to the place. DR..
Sinclair has been plantation physician
at Waianae.
Inspector Shaw who has been detail
ed to look after milk, was voted a
badge to show his authority. DR.. Mon
sarrat suggested that milk vendors be
required to number their wagons. Mr.
Lansing thought the dairymen would
use numbers if they were asked. Mat
ter deferred.
Rev. o. P. Emerson of the Hawaiian
Board wrote to the Board of Heath on
behalf of a native pastor at Kalau-
papa. There seems to be a financial
quarrel between two native pastors.
Referred to officer Reynolds. The
affair will likely go into court.
A leper who is said to be in Koolau
mountains with a shotgun, sends word
he will go peaceably to Molokai if
permitted to first visit Kauai on bust
ness Mr. Reynolds will act for the
Board and settle the affair amicably
Two missionaries of the Brigham
Young Mormon church requested leave
to visit the Molokai settlement in
March. Granted.
The settlement forester made an eX-
cellent report for last year. His de-
partment is doing well, though there
have been some Encouragement. Re
QUESTION is made for more material
and labor. The work will double dur
ing 1898. Private parties will plant
trees so soon as water is at their SER
vice
DR.. ]. F. Tracy applies for a govern
ment post. Fled.
Hong Kong reports a couple of cases
of small poX and hoof and mouth
disease bad among the cattle in the
colony. Yokohama is comparatively
healthy. Dysentary has not yet been
entirely stamped out in Japan.
Officer Reynolds gave a statement of
the changes at the settlement whereby
Feary and Waiamau became acting
superintendent and assistant res
pectively in place of Hutchinson and
Motley. Motley had nit been entirely
attentive and besides the new superin-
tendent want Waiamau for his helper.
President Smith said it had been
charged in print that the changes had
been made with religious beliefs or
o1-+ Of 1oa &c
was not the case at all, Mr.. Smith said,
though there had been reason for call
ing a halt upon the interference of
Catholic church representatives in
managerial affair. Prisoners had been
told to refuse labor on church feast
days during the week. Mr.. Smith had
spoken plainly to Catholic church peo-
pie there telling them that their ser
vices in ministration were appreciated,
but that they would be required to
refrain from in any way disturbing the
direction of affairs by the Board of
Health at the settlement The place
was conducted on business lines with
out regard to religion or any of the
organizations at Molokai or elsewhere
Mr.. Lansing asked about the reference
to riot on account of Feary's ap-
pointment. Mr.. Smith said there was
not word of truth in the statement.
Feary, however, was to be made police
captain, vice Hutchinson. Mr. Rey-
nolds declared that Feary was well
liked at the settlement Mr.. Smith read
a Letter from a Molokai meeting thank
ing the Board for making the changes
in the offices of acting manager and
assistant
Executive session.
Those who attended the meeting
were President Smith, Secretary Will
cox, DR.. Emerson, Mr.. Lansing, Mr.
Keliipio, Officer Reynolds, Inspector
MOnSarrat DR. Wood Mr. Brown