The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-09
DIR. Waughop's Report.
Ko!oa. Kauai. Dec. 3. l,


To the Board of Health, Honolulu II. I.
Gentlemen: In accordance with
your request | have visited all the
places on this Island where cattle are
killed for food, and examined the ami
mails both before and after the killing:
also examined the herds from which
the cattle were taken.
The places visited We're: Two at
kOloa-One on the Koloa plantation
and one at Quong On's; one at Wahi-
ava on the McBryde plantation; one
at Francis Gays, near Maxwell; one
ut \. Knudsons; one at Kealia; one
az ktlauea; one at Kalihiwai, near
Hanalei; and one at Lihue, where |
inspected the meat tri-wekely for a
period of nearly four months.
Besides my own inspection l inquir-
ed of the stOckmen and butchers about
the condition Of the cattle and the
meat, and believe l am fairly well in
formed on the subject. At Lihue, as l
previously reported, fully 80 per cent
OF the slaughtered cattle had abcesses
of the lungs, some assesses contained
bacilli Of tuberculosis, as shown by
the microscope, and all the livers had
nukes.
The Koloa plantation are at present
slaughtering from a herd bought of
Mr.. Gay at Makaweli, and those killed
showed no lung disease, and those not
yet killed are in good condition. Flukes
were found in the liver.
Quong On, in Koloa. has good cattle.
which he bought in Hanalei. Exami-
nation showed the lungs healthy, but
the liver contained fiukes.
Mr.. Gays herd was in good condi-
ton. One of the two cattle inspected
after slaughter had a small spot OF
tuberculosis in one lung. The other
had healthy lungs. Both had liver
Gukes.
l visited Wahiawa twice. On the
first visit the two cattle killed were
healthy, with the exception Of the
tukes. \ second inspection. at which
there We're two cattle slaughtered.
showed abCesses of the lungs in both
and tubercules generally distributed i'm
the bowels. All the livers had fukes.
Mr.. knudsOn's stock are in good con-
dillon. Only one was slaughtered on
the day OF my visit. This one had
sound lungs, but the liver had hukes.
Both the stockmau and butchers said
ihey had never seen anything wrong
with the lungs. but always found
hukes.
A. kealia the cattle are thin from
drouth. flies, lack Of pasturage and dis
ease. Two separate examinations were
mace. On the first occasion two cat
tie were slaughtered. They were thin
out had no lung disease. but had an
abundance of liver flukes. On a sec
ohd examination two were slaughtered
Both had assesses Of the lungs as well
as fukes.
At kllauea the herds Of cattle are in
good condition, but l was able 10 in
spect only one after Strengthening. This
one was in good order and free from
lung disease. but the liver was fun of
Huhes. Mr.. Perry. the stockman at this
plantation. who is a we'll Informed
man about stock and their diseases in
formed me that he had never seen Iung
trouble IN any Of the cattle slaughtered
aJ mat place. but that liver fukes were
always present
1T kalihiwai. in the HanaIef district
is Chinese butcher. He buys wber-
ever he can. The one / saw az his
slaughter house had sound lungs but
the liver was almost wholly DESTROYED
1y nukes and by fatty degeneration
mere was no liver substance to be
seen. NC
everyone offered me every facility
LOT investigation. and seemed inter
ested in the problem of the beef sun-
ply. 1i sup
MT. McBryde is closing out his stock
on account Of using some of the graz
ing lands for plantation purposes and
also. as he expressed It "on account of
tuberculosis, liver fiukes and horse
Mes. Mr.. Gay is largely reducing his
stock for the same reasons. Mr.. Knud-