The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-10

4 A whole week-seven clean days
mas passed since the last case of plague
in Honolulu. The health authorities
and everybody generally are expressing
the usual hopes that the record of free
days may this time be, extended until
the quarantine of the city is finally /
raised.
The doctors, however, while hopeful, |
are expecting more cases and do not |
look for the end just yet
Herman Levy, the Hawaiian hotel
clerk, is in a critical condition. His
temperature is 1O4 and his pulse 100.
DR.. Wood says that today it will prob
ably be determined definitely whether
or not Levy has the plague. The rab-
bit iHoculated on Thursday with ex-
creta from the patient, died yesterday
afternoon. It's death had been hourly
expected since the morning and several
members of the Board of Health were
present at the autopsy.
Microscopical slides were prepared
| by Dr. Hoffman,, stains being taken
/ from the spleen, heart and lungs in or
/ der to arrive at a definite conclusion
as to the cause Of the rabbits death.
| After the Board OF Health meeting,
/ DIR. Wood, DIR. Day, Geo. w. Smith and
other interested persons repaired to the
psychological laboratory and the
slides were inspected by the physicians,
each one reserving his opinion until all
had made a careful examination.
pr. Wood whilst looking at a stained
slide of the spleen calculated. There
is a surprise party in store for some
| one" and shook his head dubously.
An Advertiser reporter asked him what
were the results of his examination of
one of the slides which claimed his at
tention for a considerable period,
well. there are micro-organisms in
that slide which are not pleasant to
look al" was the answer.
Apropos of the commencement OF the
illness of II. NJ Levy, ii has been learn
ed that on Tuesday morning, February
9th, he complained of a sudden attack
of illness commencing Monday even
ing, and continuing until the next
morning. During the progress Of the
Hotel stables fire, Levy came out OF
the hotel office and approached
group of people seated on the YER
anda. He appeared at that time to be
i'll. and, in answer to an inquiry as to
the state of his health he said: well,
/ thought had the plague sure enough
last night, because felt so dizzy and
uncomfortable, and even now | am
shaking all over" His auditors at that
time. merely considered his own dag
nosis as a joke. However, two days
later when Levy was removed to the
plague hospital as a suspect, his state
ment assumed greater importance than
he bargained for.
Board of Health Meeting.
The Board of Health met rather lat
er than usual yesterday afternoon.
President Dole was not only an inter-
ested listener, but took part in the
discussion, making several valuable
suggestions. DR.. Wood took up the
matter of an application to use the
old Chinese theater as a warehouse.
On Thursday the following letter was
I. received by the Board, on the matter;
t in substance it reads:
Honolulu, H. l., March Z, 1900.
To the Honorable Board OF Health.
Sirs: Some two weeks ago re-
q ceived a letter stating that the Board
y, of Health would not permit me TO use
the old Chinese theater at Aala as a
e warehouse. As this place has never
q been infected, I presume il will not be
condemned to be burned. IL has been
reported to be in an insanitary condl'
ton; force of men have been at worn
upon the building and I submit ina
it Is now in perfect sanitary condi
ton, having been thoroughly reno
waited. I renew my application TO u.s.
the building as a warehouse, and asl
% your honorable Board to send one o
= your agents to inspect it as soon al
convenient.
Y. HIROSE.
L Chinese Theatre Insanitary.
4 The Boards sanitary engineer, W. b
If Couson, was instructed 20 iuvesl gat
the matter. His report, turned in yes
terday. is, in brief, as follows:
1 find there has been consideTaDi
work done in general repairs 70 "CoI
work; the building has also pee
whitewashed; all cesspOOis nave pee
cleaned out and filed up.