The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-03-09
BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
Reward of 800 offered for Every
Case of Plague Reported.

The Board of Health met as usual
yesterday afternoon. President Wood
DR.. Emerson and Messrs. Smith,
Hatch and Lowrey were present.
DR.. Wood: Il attended a meeting of
the Citizens Sanitary Committee yes
terday afternoon, when they passed a
resolution to continue the work of in
spection for at least two weeks longer.
In the meanwhile | have already start
ed the organization of a corps of paid
inspectors The Sanitary Committed
inspectors and sub-inspectors Will as
sist the new men in every way TO be-
come acquainted with the conditions
existing in the various districts which
will come under their control. Mr..
ed men who will be paid good salaries !;
they will work all day and cover the
whole city in their work of sanitary
inspection.
ut is Mr.. Towse's idea that we start
right in with a good force of men. 1t
is better to have thirty capable men,
who are receiving good wages and who
will do better work, than fifty men re-
ceiving IA small remuneration. The in
spection will prove more efficient
where there is more apparent reward.
Many of the volunteer sub-inspectors
became discouraged because they fail
ed to discover any cases of plague in
their apanas and turned their energy
and attention to discovering and re-
porting insanitary conditions and vio-
lations of the regulations of the Board
of Health.
Now, If the Board of Health would
offer a good reward for the discovery
of genuine cases of plague, the work
of inspection would be keener and the
inspectors would naturally become
more thorough in their work. / would
suggest that a reward of 500 be Of
fered by the Board to the individual
who reports TO this body a genuine
case of plague in Honolulu. | consider
that this mode of action would prove a
paying investment to the Board
"A hundred dollars spent in this way
would save the Board perhaps thou
sands of dollars in the end. Then the
plague cases would be reported early.
There are cases now going to be found
at different times in widely separated
places; sporadic cases which will still
continue to crop up notwithstanding
the fact that the plague situation is
practically under our CONTROL"
Mr.. Hatch: This reward ought not
10 extend to paid officers of the Board;
physicians. for instance"
DIR. Wood: mo, not to physicians;
but otherwise think 1t might be well
20 make it a sweeping offer, so that
anybody and everybody would have
the chance to earn the 800. In this
way the results would prove more sat
isfactory"
Mr.. Hatch: II move that reward
Of 500 be offered to anybody not paid
employe OF the Board of Health, who
reports genuine case of plague"
Mr.. Lowrey: wouldn't $40 do Just
as well as sl00?"
DIR. Wood: ~ don't think reward
OF $40 would be any good at all;
want to make 1t temptation, and $40
is not much of temptation"
Mr.. Smith: perhaps the Chinese
will now be induced to reveal any
plague cases which occur among
them"
DIR. Emerson here seconded Mr..
Hatch's motion. Carried.
Mr.. Lowrey: Would this reward
apply to the other Islands?"
Mr.. Hatch: II should think II
should apply to Honolulu only"
Wants Lady inspectors.
Mr.. Smith: 81 have received a letter
from Mr. King, inspector for one OF