The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-08
THE DOCTORS SOUND
A NOTE OF WARNING
Continued from Page 81

DR.. Mori: Il would suggest that a
special hospital be provided for the
more satisfactory diagnoses of fever
patients. At present it is difficult TO
make a proper examination Of suspects.
often lying in dark. close rooms, and
the abnormal number of pneumonia
and typhoid cases prompts a more close
diagnosis than can be done under ex-
listing circumstances"
DR.. Raymond: Il would like TO men
ton the question of the necessity of
urging upon the proper authorities a
modification of the laws relating to
buildings from sanitary point of
view. This matter requires early at
tentiOn. as the Chinese will be obliged
TO build new quarters and It is not to
be expected that the plans proposed
will meet with the approval of the ma
jOrity. The Chinese will scatter, and
if the building laws are modified the
same result will be attained, no mat
ter where they may build, provided
they are obliged to conform to the
rules of sanitation
DR.. Alvarez: Il would urge for the
fftieth time the establishment in the
city of a proper disinfecting plant. In
England and. / think, Germany the
reason that quarantine has been dis
continued is because owing to the eX-
cellent sanitary laws and the manner
in which they are applied there is no
necessity fOr them. In every city or
importance you will find a disinfecting
plant. which. whenever a case Of con-
tagious or infectious disease is report
ed, is Immediately wheeled 10 the
house in which the case occurs and the
whole place, together with its contents.
subjected to a thorough fumigatiOn. In
cases Of consumption this plant would
also be called into use. | know OF
house in the city today in which two
persons died of recent date through the
fact that the place was not fumigated
after the death of a cOnsumptive, and
| think il high time the plant was
forthcoming. in view of its necessity.
"The question in regard to SANTA
ton is, what is the prevailing disease
lust now. During the last three
months typhoid and pneumonia have
made great inroads among the citizens
and my opinion is that pneumonia is
the prevailing sickness. / would sug-
gest that the physicians report at our
next meeting their experiences in this
regard. 1t is possible that we shall
have to face a typhoid epidemic in the
near future. With regard TO the plague
trouble. I am of opinion that the 10
cality at Kakaako in which the deten-
ton camps have been erected are quite
unsuited TO the purpose owing 10 its
low. swampy situation. and believe an
outbreak there would be found exceed
ingly hard 10 deal with"
DIR. Raymond, in answer 70 ques-
ton: Il would recommend the remOv-
al by fire of every building in China
town whether of brick OF wood. /
would sweep il clean"
DR.. Alvarez: Il do not think a
building in the vicinity of or adjacent
to a house from which a plague pa
tient had been removed. should be de-
clared infected and burned. IF I were
upon the witness stand / should say
did not think il should be destroyed"
Dr. Raymond: Would you take
your wife and family and live in a
house in Chinatown next to one in
which plague had appeared. and con-
slider il safe TO do so. no matter how
well it had been fumigated?"
Dr. Alvarez: Il would not"
Dr. Day: Il consider DR.. Ray
mond's idea an admirable one. and
would suggest that the committee re-
port back 70 the society at a meeting
on next Saturday night