The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-26
ONCE MORE THE PLAGUE
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ed 10 take up these cases and report
/ them?"
DR.. Hoffmann DIR. Carmichael u .
/ convinced. and | personally am too, {
that the cases are Of the same type a.
the other ones. They were reported
as cases of plague, and l think / cad
say the same with these.
Pres. Cooper: 1T is for you medical
men to decide. AS for the consuls they
only recognize the officially reported
gases
| DR.. Weed Il think it would be
cowardly 10 call it anything but plague,
Ii il is plague. II the Board should oe-
dare them as suspicious cases and 1t
carries any danger to the community, /
think it would be cowardly not TO pro-
nounce il plague. | believe the board,on
) DR.. Hoffmann's report, should declare
its belief that these two cases OF TO-DAY
are cases of plague.
DR.. Day: 4 second the moeloh.
There is no doubt in my MIND that
these cases with hemorrhagic buboes
are cases of plague. | think that We
, will have the confidence of the commu-
nity. and of all other communities as
we'll if we state the whole truth. \
great mistake has been made, time ana
} time again, of the Board of Health
irving to smooth over matter until II
} got beyond them.
Mr. Smith: Il think that is the
nroner wav to look at it. 1t is false
} economy to look at it otherwise.
{ Pres. Cooper: Il think, myself, that
5 we ought to follow implicitly the be-
lief of the medical members. The mo-
) ton has been made and seconded.
ITpoa vote the motion was carried
unanimously.
: Mr. Smith: DIR. Cooper tod me to-
{ dav that he had been called by
; Chinese doctor. telling him that there
{ was a suspicious case in Chinatown
8 Mr.. REYNOLDS: The Chinese doctor
. had the patient removed TO the Chln
x csc hospital
8 Pres. Cooper: One of our physl
q clans will be sent out there TO SCI
. him
During the discussion it was brougn
out from reports that there are IMAM
cases of sickness in Chinatown Wnlcl
have in some manner escaped the Vlgl
lance of the inspectors; some OF then
have been sick for over two weeks an
were not brought to light by the mouse
toulouse inspection. Many cases Wer
spirited away and kept in hiding, d
was evidently the case OF the Chlles
who died at Pawaa yesterday, as u
had formerly been quarantlheu
Chinatown.
1t was also suggested that the OF
Citizens Guard might be called out [
old in ferreting out cases of sicknes
and making complete house-to-hous
visitation in other sections OF the Gil
in the residence portion OF HonOlul
President Cooper presented some re-
Olutions for the consideration or II
Board which he had prepared durln
the afternoon and which Will
seen in the By Authority column
This issue. He stated that he had ~
three or four health cases thrown o.
of court lately and considered that u
regulations now in force were lhsuh
cient to prosecute an Onendef upon
land quarantine. AS Tor maritime e
ulations, the Health Department III
absolute authority. The resolutions
the form of regulations were accept
nv the Board and ordered printed.
IT was stated by DR.. Day as sing
lar fact that all the cases reported
Honol7;lu since the plague began "
weeks ago. with the exception OF l
woman Maria, have shown lngulh
buboes, and that it was logical TO
sume that the infection came throu'
the lower extremities, because the
guinal gland was nearest the seat
the infection. 1t was. apparent TO III
that the infection must nave COZ
through the feet The bookkeeper
-, Wing Wo Tails and the victim on Ma
nakea street both were barefooted Ell
y ell Johnson was also barefooted, ana
q seemed that they must have taken |
= infection from the ground.
Dr. Day quoted DR.. kitasato In
- gard to cases of japanese barefoot
= men, where the ingulnal glanos we
swollen, and in the women VINO VIC
sandals. the axillary glands under t
arms were infected.
Mr.. Cooper: Il think it would
very wise to advise people here not
. go barefooted, and put it out as an o.
. cial statement of the Board OF Health