The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-08-03
TYPHOID IN THE
KAPIOLANI HOME
One Girl i, Dead an Five
are in u Official
Condit on.

| Typhoid fever OF malignant type
has broken out among the Inmates ~
the kapiolani Home tor the chil reh o..
ieJers. adjacent to the Kalihi receiving
station. one giri of eight years died on
Tuesday from the disease, aud 1--WE oth-
,rs arr. now la a critical condition.
The epidemic was brought 10 the at
tention of the physicians last week,
when Elizabeth MARIA Needham was
taken ih and her disease pronounced
typnoid She fingered for nine days
and uied on July 81, and on wed .es-
day was buried In the Catholc c-me-
terry after a pust-mortem examination
had been helu by DR.. Hoffmaan' ne
| lite girl was born at haiaupapd, MO-
lokai of leprous parents, ana has be n
an Inmate of the Home for some Time
past.
The Kapiolani Home is specially set
apart for the use of girls b Jrn or
ieprous parents. 1t Is uhder the
supervision of the Government, and
in charge of three Sisters of the order
of ST. Francis. A fe.ce separates the
Home from the receiving station for
lepers The latter are brought there
from all islands of the group. The Hone
is directly connected with the latter
station through the office quarters.
DR.. Hoffman, says that hitherto no
contagion of this kind has ever APP
peared among the inmates. Where the
infection came from he Is at loss as
vet to determine. The water supply. Is
the same used by other portions of Ho-
nolulu, and 1t Is doubted that the germs
came through that source, as typloid
has not become prevalent in other
PAGES using the same water he says
the infection comes through milk or
other liquids, and a thorough investi-
cation will be made in this instance TO
support such a suspicion. There Is no
sewerage at the Home, and other ply
sicians believe that the Infection arose
from this cause.
On Wednesday Jack" McVeigh thor
oughly disinfected the premises, the
clothing of the children and everything
that would be likely to carry the in
lection. At the same time corps OF
workers was sent to the old kalihi de-
tention camp hospital used during the
plague epidemic and made the quarters
ready to receive the inmates of the
Home.
This decision was reached by the
Board OF Health officers as the next
best method to meet the contingency.
Yesterday the sick and healthy ones
were transferred to the hospital, where
they will be detained unit the crisis is
passed. A trained nurse was sent out to
the hospital, and will take charge of
the sick ward.
The Board of Heath took up the mat
ter at its meeting yesterday afternoon,
and 1t was there stated that the sick
ness certainly arose from insanitary
conditions in and around the station
and Home. There We're twenty one
girls all Hawaiians, in the Home in
charge of the three Sisters. The ply
sicians do not believe that others will
become infected, but every precaution
will be taken to prevent the disease
spreading to the receiving station
near by
Dr. Wood stated to the members OF
the Board of Health yesterday that the
| matter had first been called to his at
tention by DIR. Hoffman,. and he at
! once made personal investigation of
the Home and its condition. II found
sanitary conditions of which the Board
has no reason to be proud" he said,
1.-The water from the bathrooms drained
to the ground under the house, and
we fourd a veritab'e swamp existing
there The house Is old and we de-
clded that considering the conditions
which had existed there it was little
wonder that typhoid was prevalent.
The only thing we felt that we cou'd do
I was to remove the children at once.
and this was done"
According to DR.. Woods theory the
infection did not arise from the water
from the mains. but from the bilge wa
ter that collected under and around the
house after having been used for var
ious purposes