The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-02

Europeans Now Stricken
With Bubonic Plague.
AdVices From the Hawaii Agent at
Hong kong-Sad Cases.
Local Affairs.

The Board of Health is concerned
over the following report from DR..
Jordan, Hong Kong agent, read at the
Board meeting yesterday:
l have to forward an unsatisfactory
report on the public health of this
Colony as far as the prevailing epide-
mic of Bubonic plague is concerned.
l regret very much to report that the
disease has now claimed among its
victims several Europeans and notably
two very sad deaths among the nurs-
ing Sisters of the hospital staff. Sis
ter Frances contracted the disease
while engaged at her duties and de-
velOped bubOnic plague which soon
proved fatal; while Sister Gertrude
must have contracted it in nursing
Sister Frances. Both died from the
same virulent form of the disease very
rapidly. The third European victim
was eldest son of the senior partner
OF Messrs. Lane Crawford & Co, the
leading tradesman in the Colony. 1
have also to add that during the last
two days three men from the regiment
have been struck down with the Ien
disease You will therefore readily
see that the condition of affairs is one
for grave anxiety in the Colony. The
following are the returns to hand:
Week ending 30th April, 119 cases,
ia deaths.
Week ending 7th May. 1874 cases, 112
deaths.
This shows an apparent large in
crease in the figures; but this is not
strictly correct, for this reason; that
the Chinese are now more readily re-
porting the occurrence of fresh cases
than they used to do, as they are al
lowed to go to a mat shed set apart
for them and under treatment of their
own quacks, but under European sup
ervision. It is probably not far from
the truth that as many cases slipped
away from the Colony as were discov-
cred and reported by the sanitary
authorities.
Cholera-Five cases of this disease
have been reported and were cases
that were landed from the S. S. Deva-
Wongse in quarantine and Imported
from Bankok.
On other diseases am glad to state
there is nothing specisl to report, be-
vOnd the fact of there still cropping
I'D an occasional case Of smallpox.
The Waikiki petitioners viii have
their grievances fully investigated
later. Meanwhile Mr.. Reynolds is
having some of the most fragrant null
sances abated.
Inspector KeIiipio returned 47,144
fish on the market for the week end
ing May %, and Al $50 for the follow
ing week.
DR.. Rokaku, from Yokohama, writes
that plague" is greatly on the IN
crease in Formosa and that about the
usual amount of ''off season. cholera
is reported from a couple Of cities IN
Japan.
DR.. Day reported the extra attention
gives the Belgic steerage passengers.
The suspect placed in the hospital
at Quarantine is now well. 1t was not
case of variolOid.
Ouite bit of consideration was CIV
on once more the subject of the hold
ing of autopsies in Government lnstl-
tutions. A set of regulations intro
duced a couple of months ago had been
amended. The rules were not yet en-
tirelv satisfactory and further change
or adoption was put over to next meet
ing.
Superintendent Feary of the settle
ment. will continue the taro farm en-
terprise he had projected privately
as a work for the Board. Such pro
position will be made to him and most
likely he will accept the conoltlons
named.
There were present at the meeting
of the Board, President Smith, Secre-
tarv Wilcox, Drs. Wood, Day anu
Emerson. Mr.. Keliipio, Executive ON
Ger Reynolds, DR.. Alvarez ana Ut
Monsarrat.