The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-11-25
Members Of bGCal Barrier BOD I
Meeting
A DtAIH CERTIFICATE CASE
Fault IN System Brought Home.
Recommendation Laboratory
Courtesy extended.
rmn Ilnnd.,-. AaIsl-.n

irregular or peculiar or unusual "yrr-
uhcate OF death" eases. keikie. au
aged Hawaiian, yell known AZ one 90,
The prominent native r,sldeLts % Wa
Xiii. appeared al the session % the
Board and asked f1r burial permit.
His wife had expired suddenly Ia the
forenoon, She had been lll the even
ing before, had taken some hone
treatment or remedy and al daylight
was better The pain was on the lett
side, which was vassd by loml-lOml.
There was no medical or profess ionsl
attendance. u the early morning the
woman sat GA the beach a. her sons
launched their canoes Tor fishing. She
was asked 70 come into the house
Then she complained that IA. wind
from the sea had become mixed with
her sickness and that she Was worse
The woman fell over on the floor. pre-
spring profusely and with few gasps
died before she a0I'd be carried 20 q
bed.
Mr.. Reynolds was instructed 10 !s-
SIZE the burial permit. with cause o.
death unknown, though Keikie had
suggested that the death certificate be
made out with fever as the cause. Tbs
intance was a typical one in showing
that IL Is the custom TO report. in I'M
attended cases, Fever as causi ng
death.
The physicians we're very outspoken
in this matter. They believed there
should be a coroner 70 whom all such
cases should BE- promptly reported
Investigation TO follow at Gnne.
There was disposed of by the Board
considerable amOunt OF Settlement
detail business, generally Oh report
from Mr.. Reynolds. A request for per-
mission 20 impo-. ava to MoiOkal was
rejected.
Mr.. keliipio reported fish receipts az
the public market during the past week
1899.
Beef consumption is on the increase.
DR.. Monsarrat mas recorded the slaugh-
tering Of pa UlllDOks, 80 Caiyes. 1883
hogs and 305 sheep in the last week.
The fiuke cases we're: Bullcclls 81,
calves 10, hogs Q, sheep y.
DIR. Wood suggested that th. Wal
kiki road for its entire length b. made
tabu for hog raising.
President Smith said thar he would
go with the sanitary committee for a
visit 10 the district in question.
DR.. Day thought hog farms should be
removed from the bOw-lying or marsh
district. The water Is standing and
there is on this point alone danger 10
the health OF the community.
President Smith suggested that
there be regulation forbidding the
keeping OF hogs within a certain dis
lance Of any public highway.
DR.. Emerson said such a rule would
work a hardship upon some Hawaiian
families. Drs. Wood, Day and Alvarez
agreed with this
Action was postponed until after
Board members had visited the dis
discussion.
DR.. Alvarez advanced a proposal for
system OF permits from the Board
Of Health TO the hog growers.
Mr.. Lansing, replying 10 an inquiry
believed that hog raising as conducted
on the wet lands near a public road
was Il nuisance Of which the BOard
could take cognizanCe legally.
Dr. Wood 1iycoated a special regu-
laion on the Waikiki road, keeping
| inc TduCI'S O'y lt<-I OF MOI. IIDH u.
| driveway.
President Smith commended the
work OF Mr.. Manson and it was agreed
that the Board should visit the hog
ranch reserve Saturday afternoon.
DR.. Il. c. Rhodes, the physician al
Eva, had applied for the same posi-
! ton at Waianae. The people most
interested wish a resident at Waianae
instead OF n visitor from Eva. IL was
, remarked by Or. Wood that Waiansf
was not an inviting place for a physi.
clan. II was voted 10 have Or. Rhodes
still at Eva, act pending another ar.
angenyent.
DR.. Watt OF Kauai, was appointed
| To examine animals killed at Lhuf
slaughter house. DR.. Monsarrat does
not believe there Is any considerable
! or dangerous amount Of disease
amongst cattle on Kauai. The com
| plant has been concerning tubercI'
! losis
The work for the odorless excavatol
| has piled mp till there Is too much fol
| the one plant. Another cart will b,
secured TO keep the single pump COINS
all the time. Mr.. Lansing said th'
plant should be enlarged. II may sooI
come TO the pass that the exsayatol
will be worked day and night.
President Smith spoke OF the sharI
requirement for further cemetery &C
commodation. II Is proposed that TIL
Board secure burial land through tn,
Oahu Cemetery Association. Ever.
member Of the Board fastened to pro
test at once against the utilization 0
Punchbowl crater for cemetery pur
poses.
DIR. Alvarez stated that he wa
asked by the physicians committee I.
place at the disposal OF the mllltar,
surgeons the Board OF Health labora
tory. This was willingly done on mo
ton OF DR.. Wood. His further recon
mendation that apparatus for bacter
biological work be brought to the Boar,
OF Health Offices was adopted.
Those who attended the meetin
were: President Smith. Secretary VIII
cox, Executive Officer Reynolds, ID
Day. Mr.. Keliipio, Mr.. Lansing. d,
Wood, DR.. Alvarez, DR. Emerson. In
spector DR. Monsarrat