The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-03-09

tuIe our horses o. suitlule huu large
enough place for on I've stock, to he
quauntiucd'
smiths motion was here voted upon,
three OF the mem HeIs agreed tn 30, the. q
were two dlssenters.
An application 10 ON Hyman Bros. Tor
permission to ship paddy TO koolau
was then read, the Board coming to the
conclusion that the paddy could be
shipped providing upon it, arrival that
the chan and old bags We're burned and
that new bags We're substituted.
Cooper Talks OF Kauai.
Cooper: Il have one or two rather
important matters relative TO my trip
to Kauai which | would like to bring
before the Board, In the first place
the Waimea Hospital is in need of fur
ther help, nearly all of the work there
being done at present by one nurse. ]
suggest that the Waimea Hospital be
granted another allowance. The peo-
PIE OF Waimea have raised $500
among themselves for the erection of
a surgery ward and think we should
that 500 a month be allowed the hos
pltal for the pay roll instead Of $50 as
heretofore Carried
the other matter is concerning
a very serious condition of affairs on
Kauai in relation to the meat supply.
have laid a letter from DR.. Waughop
on the table reporting tubercular beef
on that island: this letter was written
mi, hnra a
the time the plague broke out in Homo
lulu In some way the letter came in
my mail and has been lying pigeon
holed in my Office ever since. | was
reminded of the matter while on Kauai
and hunted up the communication on
my return. 1t is considerably delayed,
but of very great Importance as the
condition on Kauai needs immediate
attention and has already been let
alone long enough
DR.. Wood read the letter from DR..
Waughop, which is published in full in
another column.
Cooper: 1T seems to me that the
situation is so grave that the people on
Kauai should not eat the meat"
DR.. Wood There are two horns to
the dilemma. either we should an
nounce it to be dangerous for people to
eat the meat or prohibit 1t altogether.
1t is universally recognized that the
drinking of tubercular milk or the eat
ing of tubercular meat is in great pro-
portion of cases the cause OF tubercu-
iosis in human beings. This Is too ser
ious subject to be dealt with lightly.
Cooper: "The proportion of diseased
beef on Kauai is gigantic, fifty, sixty or
even seventy per cent of the cattle haV-
ing tubercular trouble. Destroying the
diseased animals would mean the loss
of nearly all the cattle there
Smith: I'VE did not hesitate to
destroy twenty-five per cent of the
buildings in Honolulu on account of
the plague; l see no good reason why
we should stop at killing diseased cat
tie on Kauai"
DR.. Wood: THE matter should be
submitted to special committee. THIS
condition does not exist only on Kauai,
but in the islands generally. 1t re-
quires careful consideration and thor
ough investigation"
The Doctors suggestion was put in
the form of a motion and the matter
was unanimously carried.
Cooper: There is another matter
| wish to speak of; the doctors on
Kauai would like very much TO have
plague slides and want the Board to
prepare them some
DR.. Wood Il will see to it that the
slides are sent"
Mules Before tho Board.
DR.. Wood: The matter of sending
mules to Kauai is still on the table"
Smith: 1.-The funny part of the mat
ter is that the people there are willing
to receive them"
Cooper: "The mules, in my opinion,
should be clipped before leaving"
Hatch: How about skinning
them?"
Cooper: IF they were clipped, the
work of disinfection would prove more
effective. II they were quarantined
here for a sufficient time and then eX-
amined / should think it would be all
right to allow them to be shipped. 1t
is a very hard matter finding pasturage
here for live stock"
DR.. Wood: 81 know all about that;
I'm feeding four horses on hay and
oats for want of pasturage."
Permission was finally granted for
shipping the mules. The animals will
go into quarantine for fifteen days in
an outlying district and will be clipped
and disinfected and examined before
shipping.
Cooper: Il wish to ask for two days
leave of absence" No action taken.
DR.. Wood read a notice submitted to
him by Jack McVeigh, superintendent
of the Kalihi detention camp, for APP
prevail No action was taken on the
matter.
The notice reads as follows:
KALIHI CAMP