The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-26

THE PLAGUE
IN JAP AN
A Few Cases Occur in
Kobe Daily.
A SCARE At NACASAKI
The Kobe Outbreak Has Seriously
Affected the Revenue and Bus-
ness Of the City,

buildings in the Ftiklal district was
s.umpleted ON the 27th inst, and opera
lions were commenced in the Kobe
district on the same day. The work is
now completed in one-third of the So
to least of the Minatogawa), and Sosei
jwest of the river) districts, and the
authorities expect to complete the
cleaning of the whole city before the
2Oth inst.
The Kobe City Office has purchased.
for use in connection with the plague
outbreak, a microscope magnifying
1900 times, for which the sum of go
Yen was paid.
The 5000 Yen recently voted by the
Kobe City Assembly for work in con-
nection with the prevention of the
spread of the plague is almost ex-
hausted, only 40 Yen remaining The
Assembly has, therefore, voted
further appropriation of 1851 Yen for
the same purpose. A sum of 1851 Yen
has also been added to the fund from
public subscriptions.
A case Of suspected plague was found
on the Yokohama-maru which arriv-
ed at ShimonOseki on Tuesday from
Formosa. The steamer was quarantin-
ed, but the case being afterwards de-
clared not to be plague, the vessel was
released, and left for Kobe.
Friday, December LIST.
AS cotton is believed to be means
,f cnnvayinu ,,la Ure o,nrnu thn foctorv
at Hyogo of the Kanegafuchi Spinning
Company is taking strict measures for
prevention. A disinfecting room has
been established on the premises OF the
factory, on which 1t is stated that over
5000 Yen has been spent. All the
goods arriving there by rail will be
paf in the room for a certain time in
order to secure thorough disinfection.
Unfortunately, however, the pre-
cautions have apparently been taken
too late, for a case of plague has oc-
CURED among the employees of this
factory. The patients name Is Otake
Toranosuke, a fireman in the kanega-
fuchi mill. He was only taken i'll on
Wednesday, ana on his case being eN-
amined yesterday morning it was pro-
nounced an undoubted case of plague
Steps were at once taken to isolate q
part of the factory, and a district COM
prising 105 houses with about 900 peo-
pie. The houses, which are mostly
occupied by factory employees, were
isolated while the latter are still in the
mill, and they could not therefore re-
turn to their homes. Arrangements
f. have been made for accommodating
them on the mill premises, so that
work will proceed as usual.
There is also another suspected case
in Fukiai-maru, where boy of about
ten years died after twenty-four hours
Illness. His younger brother is also
ill, with suspicious symptoms.
Both the suspicious cases reported
have proved to be plague, The boy
who first died was years old, and
the oth'r, II years, succumbed yester-
day. The father, named Hirai Mata-
kichi, was declared infected with the
plague on the following day. The
house is situated at Isobe-dori, 5-cho-
me, Fukiai tOno), and the necessary
steps for isolation of the d4strlct have
been taken.
Several families in the block isolat-
ed at Benten-hama have applied for
public relief. Another family of six
members in the same block has been
receiving relief since the Goth ult.
The term of isolation expires on the
End inst, when this family will be
given 4 Yen out of the public doaa-
ti0ns.
A telegram from Wakayana states
vnuOp oi1l Oonnb Npuaca'.i
Kiwa, aged Is, who was employed as 4
maid in house at Sanbancho. Nina
mi-Horie, Osaka, on her return home
to Wakayama in the steamer Ogon-
maru became i'll on the night of the
2Sth ult. and died on board. On the
29th the steamer was medically in
spected at Wakayama, and upon ex-
animation of bacilli from the body the
case was declared to be genuine plague.
The remains of the deceased We're ere
mated, and the steamer was quaran-
tined
Saturday December 2nd.
This morning another case was re-
ported, the patient being woman liv-
ing at Aratamachi, 3-chome, u poor
s%oaNy vi lut
Nanko Temple. The case Is declared
as Enthusiastically plague.
The second child, IL years of age,
affected by plague at Fukiai-mura,
snceumbed on Friday. This makes IL
cases OF undoubted plague since the
hrst outbreak of the disease, all the
patients but one having died
The case at No. ll9 in the former
settlement has been finally declared
not 10 be plague. One child was suf-
fering from diphtheria and the other
from a form of tuberculous disease.
both have now been discharged from
hospital.
Since plague broke out at Higashi
Shiriike, Hyogo, Mr.. Narutaki has is
sued notice that the rats caught or
killed in the district west of the Nina
togawa will he purchased at the same