The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-25
ON MANY TOPICS
Summary Of Board Of Health Work
for the Period.
GENERAL HEALTH is GOOD
Filtration ConSidered-The Settle
ment-Inspection of Food-Hos-
pitals-Crematory-At kalihi.

A special meeting of the Board of
Health was called for o'clock yester-
day afternoon Those who attended
were President Smith, Secretary Will
cox, Executive officer Reynolds, Mr.
Keliipio, Mr. c. A. Brown, Mr. Lam
sing, Dr. n. B. Emerson and DR.. c. B.
Wood
President Smith presented the case
of Miss Marks, matron of the HilO
hospital, who has been ill., from an in
jury sustained by a fall. Her condi-
ton, the Hilo hospital authorities re-
port, is now quite serious. She has
required close and constant care for
in charge of the Hilo hospital and Miss
Todd, an English nurse who is willing
to come out, have been mentioned for
the position of head nurse. The Board
voted to make Miss Grubb matron and
| to arrange with the Methodist Society
of California for another nurse. Miss
Marks will be brought to the Queen S
Hospital at once for treatment. A
| lady will be sent from here to escort
Miss Marks to the city.
Collector General McStocker, who is
an agent of the Board of Health, re-
ported that he was holding for the
Board balance of 177S seized tins of
opium. In May, 1896 there had been
| $500 tins destroyed. DR.. Emerson
moved that Agent Reynolds secure the
opium from Mr.. McStocker, destroy all
of it entirely and report to the Board.
| Messrs. Lansing and Brown thought
| the Government should make some
thing from the stock Mr. Smith ex-
planned failures in the past in attempt
ing to realize money on opium. Then
Mr.. Brown seconded Dr. Emerson S
motion and the vote for it was unani-
nous.
A petition came in for the appoint
ment of DR.. Carter as physician for
| the Board in KOOlau. DR.. Hubert
Wood had already been given the
place.
Chas. Motley, in answering a direct
question, declared he had no interest
in the coffee shop at KalawaO Motley
was denied permission to establish a
third coffee shop at Kalaupapa.
Mr.. Smith, speaking of his report as
president of the Board of Health to
| the Legislature, said he was rather
averse to making a recommendation
on f1ltering. If a new pumping plant
with artesian wells goes in at Palama
or KaIihi relieving the valley reser-
yoir, filter system will not be imper-
| atively needed. In the expert analy-
sis Mr.. Herring rather takes this view.
The cost of the filtering plant will be
| 100000, with $4,000 a year for support
and a capacity of 100000 gallons d
day.
Mr.. Smith spoke of prospective
heavy expenditures and of the posi-
bility Of a change in the disposition OF
customs receipts
Mr.. Brown said some money should
be used in providing fire proof vaults
for survey and court records. DR.
Emerson said the town should have 6
food inspector Mr.. Brown mentioned
oleomargarine. Mr. Smith asked il
'oleo'' was unhealthy or detrimental
He did not think so. 1t had appeared
to him that anti-oleo regulations were
on behalf of the dairy interests. DR.
Emerson admitted that good "oleo" wa!
better than second class butter.
In President Smiths report he say!
the general health has been good dur
ing the period. Small pox has beer
here three times, but has been readil!
| suppressed and confined in each in
stance. The Legislature will be asked
to appropriate the amount for small
pOX quarantine expenses which tht
Council of State refused to vote Al
account is given of the tours into
China and Japan of Mr.. Smith anC
Drs Wood and Day. Mention is made
of important improvements at Quaran
tine Island here. There will be a rec
OmmendatiOn for a crematory fo
Quarantine Island. The cost will b,
not over $1,000 There is commenda
ton of the services of the late Superin
tendent Myers of the MolOkai Settle
ment. From reports of physicians tn
, Board goes on record as stating tina
leprOsy is decreasing and that tht
death rate at the Settlement is lessen
] ing. The Boys Home, under Brothe
Dutton is doing effective work Th'
Girls Home is being more than salts
factorily conducted. Mr.. Chas r