The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-03-20
A PLAGUE CASE
Young Street Native
Succumbs.
LIST Of Board Of Health officers
Authorized 10 Contract and
Approve,


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One case OF plague appeared in Ho-
solulu yesterday. A telephone mes
sage was received at the Board OF
Health Office early in the afternoon "a
1he effect that native living on the
Waikiki end Of Young street had died
suddenly. unattended by a physician
Dr. Peterson answered the call at
once
The deceased, Edward Haiakalani
KahOohano, aged 80, had supposedly
been suffering from pneumonia. The
ease was considered sufficiently suspi-
cious for the body to be removed TO
the morgue at the pesthouse. Under
taker Williams was telephoned and
the body was taken away about the
middle OF the afternoon. DIR. Hoff-
mann performed an autopsy but would
give no opinion until he had examined
slides prepared from the juices of the
body. He completed the examination
early this morning, when he announc-
ed the presence of bubonic plague. The
body of the native will be cremated to-
day.
1t is reported from the pesthouse
that II. NJ. Levy, the Hawaiian Hotel
clerk, Is much better, and that Seu
KAN, the plague patient from I. Guam
, Yee's stables, Iwilei, is also consider
ably improved in his condition.
The Plague Prophylactic.
Dr. lobe was busy yesterday, as he
mas been for the last few days, inocu-
Eating intending travellers with the
plague prophylactic. Eighty-six per-
soDs have received an injection Of the
preventive up to date. Half dozen
passengers by the Aorangi were evil
IDENTITY very much surprised when they
landed in Honolulu that they would
he unable to leave the city for seven
days and that they would have to take
she prophylactic to get away in that
time. They were bound for Maui to
work on a plantation there and con-
slider Honolulu as a trap laid especially
for their benefit They applied at head
quarters for the serum and DR.. Jobe
1nOculated five of them. after which he
announced the fact of the serum hav-
Ing given ont. He said 1t was stored
away in the meteorological laboratory
and that Dr.. Hoffman, and DR.. Camp
had gone away with the keys in their
pockets, leaving him short. The sixth
man was determined that he would
mot be left and insisted that some
means be found for procuring him the
serum. At last DR.. lobe permitted the
applicant to scale the partition be-
tween the Board of Health Office and
che laboratory and find the fluid for
himself. The traveller found what he
wanted and came back over the parti-
tion with a score of the little serum
bottles, and received his injection, go
ang away happy.
Authorized Bill Contractors.
The following is a list of the Board
of Health officers authorized to con-
aract and approve bills on the bubonic
plague account: c. B. Wood, Md, c..
u. Reynolds, Chas. Wilcox, j. d. Nc
Weigh, DR.. w. Hoffman,, w. II. Hits,
Geo. w. Smith, the Finance Commit
tee, G. M. Cooke, chairman; Geo. r..
Carter, f. b. Damon. Kahului, Maui:
Il. M. Baldwin, C. l.. Garvin, MD, j.
w. l.. Zumwalt, A. l.. c. Atkinson. Hi
10. Hawaii:-C. C. Kennedy.
Board of Health Meeting.
President Wood and Messrs. Hatch,
Lowrey and Smith were present at
the Saturday meeting of the Board of
Health DR.. Wood stated that there
was very little business before the
Board and proceeded to read letter
which he had prepared, addressed to
DIR. Garvin of Kahului. The letter is
hs follows;
March II, 1900.
Dr. C. l.. Garvin, Chairman Kahului
Sanitary Committee, Kahului,
Maui.
Dear Sir: The matter OF the dispo-
sition of the merchandise in the Ka-
hului store and warehouses, was before
the Board of Health today. The Board
voted TO recommend the following line
OF procedure. In the case of the store,
a building should be erected outside of
abe rat-proof fence, preferably at some
distance from the infected center.
This building may be either a new
store to be permanent, or a warehouse.
1t should have adjoining 1t fumigat-
ing house. The goods in the old store
should then be removed in suitable
quantities from time to time, taken d.
rectly t. the fumigating house and I'M
smediately disinfected by fumigation or
other suitable means, and then placed
IN the new warehouse or store.
It would be well to have this ware
house or store so constructed as to be
rat-proof. This procedure could be
continued until the old store was emp
tied. The work should oe thoroughly
done. Any merchandise incapable OF
fumigation or disinfection should be
destroyed. Goods in original unbroken
packages should be sprinkled or spray
ed with per cent solution OF sulphur
&c acid. Broken packages, bales. bum
dies, crates, dry goods on shelves, SUI
gar bags, hardware. etc.. to be fumi-
gated in a tight room by sulphur fumi-
cation for twenty-four hours.
After emptying the stores. the build
ing Itself should then be dealt with. II
after careful consideration, II Is con-
sidered safe and feasible to preserve
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