The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-18
ON ASYLUM NEEDS
Board FaVOrS a Fire-PrOOf Gen.
tral Building.
A PROPOSAL is CHANGED
Against Large Frame Structure.
For Inspection of Food and Milk.
Low Lands.

Judiciary Building yesterday after
noon. There were in attendance Presi-
dent Smith, Secretary Wilcox, Members
Emerson, NJ. D., Day, M. D., Brown,
| Keliipio, Lansing, Executive Officers
Reynolds, DR.. Geo. Herbert, Superin-
| tendent Of the Insane Asylum, DR..
Monsarrat, live stock Inspector.
Reports Of DR.. Monsarrat on slaugh-
ter house operations for a fortnight.
Food meat is now quite clean.
During the two weeks last past Mr..
Keliipio, Superintendent of the market,
had inspected 36,45S fish. None were
condemned
Malulani, Hilo and other hospitals
and Kapiolani Maternity Home man
ayers made reports without any un-
usual items or features. Hilo hospital
has just secured it's first supply Of
drugs
Mr. Smith presented to the Board
the plan Of the Sanitary Committee of
the Senate for a new main building
fkor the Insane Asylum on this Island.
There are contemplated 200 rooms or
cells in large wooden structure to
which additions could easily be made
Mr.. Smith expressed the objection that
fire might easily or readily find food
in such a structure. He believed in a
brick or stone building and until there
was money to afford such a house he
would favor getting along with slight
additions to the present group of sepa-
rated buildings. Dr. Emerson, Mr..
Lansing and Mr.. Brown also felt that
every precaution should be taken to
avert even the possibility of fire in
one large central house of combustable
material. All agreed that there should
be a main fire proof structure The
estimate on the cost of the plans from
the Senate Sanitary Committee is
100000. Mr.. Smith suggested it would
be better to begin on a brick or stone
asylum with say $4,000. DR.. Herbert
recognized fully the caution that should
be exercised against making a fire trap.
He urged the necessity of providing
at once further accommodation and
pointed out the falling condition of
some of the buildings now in use.
There are 112 patients, with rooms for
but SO. He wanted space for so more
for the ensuing two years. 1t was the
judgment of the Board that the
erecting Of a frame building would
be inviting holocaust. Floors
and room partitions must be of
wood, but walls and main parti-
tions should be of brick or stone.
1t would be entirely safe to have kitch-
ems and dining rooms of wood. The
Board voted unanimously that perma-
nent asylum dormitories should be of
fire proof materials. The Board will
ask fer $4,000 to the construction Of
wing or wings or the center for
brick or stone structure. Messrs. Rip
ley & Dickey will make some changes
in the plan they have submitted.
Superintendent Herbert presented
the tender of the Hawaiian Electric
Company, Ltd, by Manager Hoffman,
| " pIdCG d lighting anu power plant
| at the Asylum. The sum total men
toned is $4,000 Superintendent Her
| bert recommended that the proposal
be accepted. Approved by the Board.
| President Smith gave an account Of
| the Belgic's arrival with the yellow
| flag flying. There had been smallpox
aboard at Yokohama, but no disease
was left at the port. Upon the advice
| Of DR.. Day the Hawaiian Board CT
Health took extraordinary precautions.
The ship was quarantined at the wharf
here. No one could go aboard The
saloon passengers and captain were al
| lowed ashore. There is now no sick
ness amongst the immigrants The
cabin passengers for this place have
reported daily and are all well. Mr..
| Brown said he saw a dozen Honolulu
people go aboard the Belgic and
thought this was wrong. Mr. Reynolds
said his guards was instructed to allow
no town people on the steamer. The
president remarked that hereafter
quarantine from visits of town people
must be strictly enforced 1t is likely
that a pass system will be adopted by
| the Board.
| Dr. Jordan writes from Hong Kong