The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-26
"Wednesday. Deeem Dor 9Th.

We regret to say that two eases OF
plague were reported yesterday The
first is lad of is years named lshii
Fukutaro, a student in the Kobe Com
mercial School, who was residing ~
No. 297. Motto mach, 3-chome The
case was first reported yesterday morn
ing, but the patient has been unwell
since the 2nd inst Within two or
three hours of his removal to the
hospital, the lad died. and examination
of the body being made the case was
declared to be undoubtedly plague. \
number of houses in the neighbor
hood have been isolated, the CONNER
cial School is closed, and steps have
been taken to prevent the students
from leaving Kobe for their houses in
the country until danger OF infection
Is at an end.
The second case was at Hamabe-
dori, Ono. where man named Takagi
Zenkichi, an employe in stable where
drays are kept, was found to be suf-
fering from plague. He has been i'll
since Sunday. Yesterday he was re
moved to the hospital. and the usual
measures for disinfection We're taken,
The stable is situated not far from the
spot where the first outbreak occurred.
DR.. Kitasato has been summoned
back to Tokyo, to consult with the
Sanitary Bureau on the measures TAX
en- in Kobe for preventing the spread
of plague. He left yesterday.
We learn from private source that
Governor 0hmori on the advice of
medical experts, has recommended to
the Home Department the advisability
of pulling down and destroying by fire
the block of houses at Ono, where the
plague first broke out. The recon-
mendation Is to be considered at con
ference of the higher officials in the
Home Department to be held today. II
is thought that this is the only course
likely to be successful in stamping out
the plague.
1t is said that DR.. Kitasato Is con
sulting with his colleagues on the bsst
methods of eXterminaung all rats in
Kobe, with view to preventing the
possible dissemination of plague
germs.
The outbreak of plague in Kobe is
likely to seriously affect the citys
revenue The taxes collected on the
theatres and other public performances
in Kobe generally amount to between
1000 and 5000 yen per month. All
these performances are now stopped
on account of the plague, and should
the prohibition continue long, the loss
in revenue firm this source will be con-
siderable.
DR.. Shiga, the Vice-President of Dr.
ktasato's Infectious Diseases Hos
pital. who has been in Kobe since the
outbreak of plague, recommends that
the inspection of the people and also
the destruction of house rats should be
more stringently enforced. Rats on
vessels coming from ports in Portugal,
where plague is prevalent, ought more
particularly to be prevented from get
ting ashore. DR.. Shiga also thinks
that the medical inspection which is
now being made of the passengers on
trains and vessels only, should be eX-
tended to foot-passengerS generaIy
health officials being stationed at inn
portant points of the city to make
such examination. Surely this is car
rying inspection to a ridiculous length,
Plague Scare in Nagasaki.
\ resident who has been absent for
day or so, says the NagasaN Press,
returned to town by the first train on
the morning the Both ult. On alight-
ing from the train he became faint, and
great excitement prevailed, as 1t was
at once concluded that he was suffer
ing from plague. The police and a
medical man were Immediately sum
moned, but an examination showed
there was nothing wrong, except a lit
tie faintness arising from long jour