The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-10-06
japanese Charities
Fully Reported Upon
The Benevolent Society and Japan
csc Hospital in 3 Prosper
Gus Condition.

A mos dattering condition OF affairs
Is Indicated by the semi-anauzl reports
/ 81 the Japanese Beasyoient society.
Taieh we're submitted before q meeting
OF that organization last evening al
ire japanese primary school house CT
SGuanu street The reports Of the Jap
aEese Charity hospital were also con-
! sifered II that time
! That the society is accomplishing i
| sIea. work among the japanese pee
pie in this city was evidenced by the
! statements submitted BIZ Secretary 5.
Mas1da- who briefly outlined the OBJ
iects ard future ambitions OF the So
ctety. Since the early part of the year
OF 1899 the society has seen the neces-
sity OF building a permanent hospital
N order TO carry out its work OF char
ity among japanese people. II was
realized the need OF the hospital and
decided to erect one at his OWE e1-
penSe. With this end in view a tenn
pcrary hospital was built on leased
around on Liliha, near School stree.
s. tisf2ctory arrangements were made
FOR the time being with the hos pitAl
and the Benevolent society whereby
Us patients were 10 be received and
treated al special and reasonable rates
This place was closed Immediately at
the beginning OF the plague, and again
/ the Japanese were left destitute for
place for the care OF their sick
After 4 time a temporary hospital
WAS erected at kalihi. but because OF
the limited quarters many were turned
away and denied treatment
The idea OF erecting the present hos
rital was not proposed until along the
nrst Of April After general canvass
among themselves, the japanese start
ed out subscription paper and they
Immediately met with most encourag-
ing responses all along the line. In
the very short space Of time s5,324.70
was raised. With this sum pledged
the society selected suitable building
site ut Palama and the completion of
the building followed two months lat
er. In his report the secretary took
subscribed TO this fund and TO those
wLo labored for the cause. All the
Papers of the Hawaiian Islands came
in for their share of thanks for favors
received. With the cooperation OF all
interested they were enabled to accom-
plish their object. The Japanese doc
tors were warmly commended for the
al 10 ~ aG,1 % ,l
Since the last report fifty-three jap
aness have received aid from the Be
neyolent society. or these forty-nine |
were men and four women. Nine per-
sens were assisted in returning to their
country. Four were furnished with |
provisions. One applied for medicines,
which were furnished. The funeral ex-
penses OF seven were paid out of the |
funds of the society
The Japanese hospital has admitted |
81 self-supporting patients, of whom a |
were men and were women. Out of |
this number % men and I woman died. |
The comparatively large percentage of |
deaths is largely due to the fact that !
TIE patients were brought to the hospi-
tal in a critical and dying condition.
At the time of the closing of the report |
the hospital was sheltering 80 patients,
&c of whom were self-supporting
Treasurer Yasumari's report for the |
six months showed a cash balance ON
the right side of the ledger. The gen
eral hospital expenses, including cost OF
building and lot, aggregated s9,26S.96;
the cost of the building alone was
1886. The sum of S1,3S750 was
received from self-supoprting patients
during the term. Subscriptions to the |
japanese Benevolent society during the |
past six months amounted TO $499.05, |
OF which $240.40 came from the Island |
of Hawaii and $164.55 from Maui. The |
new hospital was erected through the
generous donations Of some eighty
eight subscribers, who gave sums vary
ing from $500 to 80 cents The total
subscription for this fund amounted
To s5,32470
The membership OF the Benevolent
society showed healthy increase Two
life and seventy ordinary members
have been admitted since the last re-
port. The society at present comprises
a membership OF SO life and 156 ordin-
airy memberships. Since September 1,
1891 has been subscribed TO the society
funds
The meeting throughout was an en-
thusfastic one and from reports sub
mitted the society has a prosperous
year ahead, in which it hopes to ae-
ecmplish much good.