The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-21
BONUSES
|. CUT OFF
Territorial Physicians
To Suffer.
WILL Be NO EXTRA PAY
They Must Do All the Work Required
For Their Salaries
Alone.

p Territorial physicians will hereafter
be required to do whatever medical
, practice is required of them at the
4 salaries now being paid to them under
, their commissions from the Board OF
Health. They will be required to treat
not only the INDECENT patients of their
districts as they are accustomed to,
but will also be required to treat pris-
oners in the jails, perform autopsies
and post -mortems in all cases of un-
attended deaths, and act as registrars
of vital statistics.
At first glance these manifold du-
ties would seem to be crowding the
physicians outside of the district of
Honolulu with too much work, but
the Board of Health does not share
that opinion. President Raymond ex-
pressed his disgust yesterday at the
death certificates and other documents
of that character which are sent in by
the country physicians. They are alb
solutely devoid of all semblance of
statistics which are required in max
ing up tabulated health statistics of
the Territory.
President Raymond did not believe
that the physicians would be over
worked, as he knew something of their
duties himself.
Attorney General Dole said it was a
matter of concern to his department.
He was continually besieged with bills
for professional services from Terri
torial physicians who had treated
some person or persons in the jails.
In the past the attorney generals de-
partment had endorsed such bills, and
they were paid by the auditor. Since
he had been in Office not single bill
of the kind had been endorsed by
him and would not be while he was
in office. He could not see under the
law that the Territorial physicians
could ask for pay from the treasurer
in addition to the compensation they
received from the Board of Health.
President Raymond saidsthat every
department of the Board of Health
had to be modified and it mattered
not what concessions of medicines or
compensation had been made in the
past.
I'VE will not consider that at ALL"
said he. ut is what they shall have
in the future under the new condi-
tions. | believe the doctors are public
Scators will agroa WITH tbis boord that
II 10 imrerative 70 raduce evnansas
Tba noyernmart nbysicians ora as :,
rnIe emnIovad hy tbe nlanta+ions
q "Ono nf tbesa reductinns mnst tal,,
n,.ca IN tho sunnIvine of druos to tbe
TerritoriaI nbvsicians II l., r. tham
az itan, opd oIsn r. tho hoard
haiiave n or urban tbe,, +aka +Ia nat+er
nndar conside,otion tbev will agraa
with nc that n is ahso,utaIv neces-
sarv for nc to keen do,vn evnanses and
ask thero to do Inora nyorl,
"rha traatment of nrIsnners IN the
district i,iIs whore II T.. renuirad in
additiop r. tbeir othor drties is T
heIiava in tho line of thair work and
,ba nov sbouId he mo Tarritoriai col
arv alone
- will sngsest that II If 10 consis+ant
with tho movers of tho hoard that tho
nbvsicianS giva dea+h oortiscatas ond
whero II is necessarv amtonSiss hs
nerforn,ed fran of cbarse
NJ DoIa soid tbot wbanoyor , Tar
ritoriai rbvsician treated Snrisoners bo
u,as sn,,a 10 hora hil fnr tho traat-
ment come to his Office
- kicled :" said tho attornev gan
oral and tbev have not heen nail
since ! have haen IN ofiice helieve
the nrincin,e is nnsound to nav them
salaries for indefnita services and
have Them charga for definite sarl
vices rendered in other denartments of
the TERRITORY, 7 have declined to audit
charges for attendance on nrisoners "
President RAYMOND said something
should he done about the death Ger.
tificates The hoard was having about
sIO a month for nostore On death GER
tificates which were labelled with the
ta"onI ,rnt,no",, >, Tba nbvsic,ans
should he amounted registrars of vital
statistics
Mr. Dole nresented a motion which
possed that the Territorial nhysicians.
eXcept those Of Honolulu be REQUIRED
as a mart of their duties 10 attend sick
prisoners without compensation other