The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-05-06
OF MANY MATTERS
LARGE Amount Of Business Hand
Led By Health Board.
IA LETTER ON KINDERGARTENS
Valuable Work Being Done-Hos
pital Wanted at Hana-M
kai Matters.

a very large amount of business was
handled by the Board of Health yes
terday. There were in attendance
President Smith, Secretary Wilcox,
Geo w. Smith, DR.. n. B. Emerson,
Theo. F. Lansing, DR.. w. F. Monsar-
rat. Inspector; Executive officer Rey-
noIds, DR.. /. F. Alvarez, DR.. c. B.
Wood, Dr. F. R. Day.
DR.. Monsarrat reported slaughtered
here during the past weeks: 144
beeves, 80 calves, 90 sheep and 158
hogs. One COW with tuberculosis, from
an Oahu ranch, was condemned
Mr.. Keliipio made an unusually
heavy showing in the fish trade line.
In seven days 56,216 fish of all kinds
were brought to the market. Several
consignments came from other ISL
ands.
President Smith, referring to the
"Act to mitigate" said he thought he
would urge that the women licensed
should be compelled to have quarters
off a street. Mr.. Lansing believed this
privacy would encourage the business.
So did DR. Emerson. Inspector Mon
sarrat said it would be difficult to force
the traffic to back places. Geo. w.
Smith agreed with Mr.. Lansing that
the evil would be fOstered rather than
lessend if driven into less public quar-
ters President Smith had the mat
ter deferred after explaining that it
had been brought to his attention by
Mr. F. w. Damon and Rev. Kihara.
Kapiolani Maternity Home was voted
the regular monthly subsidy.
Gree from tuberculosis is the YER
dict on the Diamond Head Jersey dairy,
after examination by DR.. MOnsarrat
The establishment is in good sani-
tary condition.
DR.. McGettigan, of Hama, Maui,
sends numerously signed petition for
the setting up of a hospital at that
place. The representation is made
that there is urgent need for the 1nstl-
tuition, especially since the increase
of population by opening of the Mani
ku lands to settlement. The people
offer to contribute 5000 for furnishing
President Smith believed there was
merit in this application, but that 1t
was rather late in the day to ask the
Legislature for the money. Mr.. Lam
sing said there was also to be con-
| sidered the matter of maintenance art
| err the hospital was opened Perhaps
the enterprise could be carried on with
reasonably modest allowance. DR..
Wood said that if it appeared there
would be patients, there should be no
hesitancy in giving the hospital. Or.
Emerson suggested that inquiry be
made as to what extent plantations
would support the institution. Geo. W.
Smith made a motion to this erect
Carried with the understanding that
DR.. McGettigan supply full 1mtOrma-
ton. President Smith wished to go
on record as of the conviction that the
plantations throughout the ISLANDS
should do more in the way of assist
ing lin the establishment and support
of hospitals. Some of the big corpora
lions were really niggardly in this re
spect. and as a matter of fact often tC
their own loss.
Miss Lawrence supervisor for the
Free kindergarten Association, in
forms the Board Of the thorough anc
effective work of Mrs. Thompson, the
Associations sanitary agent. MISS
Lawrence said that Mrs. Thompson
had reconciIed the parents tC
vaccination of their children. Fur
Their facts regarding little ones
needing minor attention for phy
steal ills. have been given it. Since
the establishment of the KindergarteI
Sanitary Bureau, in five months, 76'
children have been treated. The AsSo
citation asks for slight aid from tn
Board in the way of official endorse
ment or cooperation. This is tn
correspondence:
Honolulu, H. L, May 4, 1898.
TO HON. w. o. SMITH, President
the Board of Health, Republic o
Hawaii:
Dear Sir:-As supervisor of the Ere
Kindergartens of Honolulu, beg Ieav
. tn submit to the attention of you
honorable board the accompanying let
ter and report of Mrs. Alice H. ThomI
son. Superintendent of the Sanltar
Department of the Free Kindergarten
: OF. Honolulu, showing what inValuabl
work is being done by that department
would respectfully urge and reque'
YOUR earnest consideration OF the Ju
tice of your honorable board takln
official action to aid in such work,
view of the very limited means at tt
). command of the kindergarten, in sue
ways as your honorable board wou
deem meet and just and within II
n scope of the purpose of the board ar
of the kindergarten department.
Your early attention is most respec
- fully invited to this matter.
ResDectfully submitted,
(Sig.) FRANCES Law ftE-NCE'
superintendent of Kindergarte
III TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH Q
HONOLULU:
Gentlemen: ladies of the FIR
y kindergarten Association finding tn
49, many of the children were suHerll