The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07
HITS FOREIGNERS
Europeans Now Stricken
With Bubonic Plague.
AoVices 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:
.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. [
have also to add that during the last
two days three men from the regiment
have been struck down with the fell
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 18th 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. 1t 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 special to report, be-
yond the fact of there still cropping
up an occasional case of smallpox
The Waikiki petitioners will have
their grievances fully investigated
: later. Meanwhile Mr. Reynolds is
having some of the most fragrant nui
sances abated.
Inspector Keliipio returned ALA
:. fish on the market for the week end
ing May %, and 1880 for the follow
: ing week.
3 Dr. Rokaku, from Yokohama write
that plague" is greatly on the in
crease in Formosa and that about tn
usual amount of off season. choleri
is reported from couple of cities il
Japan
1 DR.. Day reported the extra attention
gives the Belgic Storage passengers
The suspect" placed in the hospita
at Quarantine is now well. 1t was no
a case of varioloid.
f Quite bit of consideration was Civ
2 en- once more the subject of the hold
ing of autopsies in Government insti
tutions. A set of regulations intro
duced a couple of months ago had bee,
= amended. The rules were not yet en-
: tirely satisfactory and further chang
t 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 work for the Board. Such pre-
position will be made to him and mos
4 likely he will accept the condition
named.
D There were present at the meetin
y of the Board, President Smith, Secre
. tary Wilcox, Drs. Wood, Day an
Emerson, Mr.. Keliipio, Executive Off
z Ger Reynolds, DR.. Alvarez and d.
y Monsarrat.