The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26
ONCE MORE THE PLAGUE



its belief that these two cases of today
are cases of plague"
DR.. Day: 81 second the motion
There is no doubt in my mind tina,
these cases with hemorrhagic buboe:
are cases of plague. | think that We
will have the confidence of the commu-
nifty, and of all other communities as
WELL if we state the whole truth. A
great mistake has been made time and
time again, of the Board of Health
trying to smooth over matter until 1t
got beyond them"
Mr.. Smith: Il think that is the
proper way to look at it. 1t is false
economy to look at 1t otherwise"
Pres. Cooper: Il think, myself, that
we ought to follow implicitly the be-
lief of the medical members. The mo-
ton has been made and seconded"
Upon vote the motion was carried
unanimously.
Mr. Smith: DR. Cooper told me to-
day that he had been called by a
Chinese doctor, telling him that there
was a suspicious case in Chinatown"
Mr. Reynolds: The Chinese doctor
ldu tut piLltHJ ItluONtu " 'lilt Cillu-
csc hospital"
Pres Cooper: "One of our physi-
clans will be sent out there TO see
him
During the discussion it was brought
out from reports that there are many
cases of sickness in Chinatown which
have in some manner escaped the vigil
lance of the inspectors; some of them
have been sick for over two weeks and
were not brought to light by the house
toulouse inspection. Many cases were
spirited away and kept in hiding, as
was evidently the case of the Chinese
who died at Pawaa yesterday, as he
had formerly been quarantined in
Chinatown.
1t was also suggested that the old
Citizens Guard might be called out to
aid in ferreting out cases of sickness
and making complete house-to-house
visitation in other sections of the city
in the residence portion of Honolulu.
President Cooper presented some res
olutions for the consideration of the
Board which he had prepared during
the afternoon and which will be
seen in the BY Authority column of
three or four health cases thrown out
of court lately, and considered that the
regulations now in force were INSULT
cient to prosecute an offender upon q
land quarantine. AS for maritime reg
ulations, the Health Department had
absolute authority. The resolutions in
the form of regulations were accepted
by the Board and ordered printed.
1t was stated by DR.. Day as singu-
lar fact that all the cases reported in
Honolulu since the plague began two
weeks ago, with the exception of the
woman Maria, have shown inguinal
buboes, and that it was logical TO as
sumo that the infection came through
the lower eXtremities, because the in
guinal gland was nearest the seat OF
the infection. 1t was apparent to him
that the infection must have come
through the feet The bookkeeper at
Wing Wo .Tai's and the victim on Maui
nakea street both were barefooted. Eth
ell Johnson was also barefooted, and it
seemed that they must have taken the
infection from the ground.
DR.. Day quoted DR.. Kitasato in re-
gard to cases of Japanese barefooted
men, where the inguinal glands were
swollen, and in the women who wore
the aXillary glands under the
arms were infected.
Mr.. Cooper: II think it would be
very wise to advise people here not to
go barefooted, and put 1t out as an Off
cial statement of the Board of Health"