The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-30
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President Wood of the Board of
Health last night addressed a final re-
ply to Mr.. Loebenstein, who yet re-
mains on the Kilauea Hou in the har-
Dor. relative to HIS several communi-
cations which have been read before
the Board. His status. as we'll as that
OF us co-workers on the Hilo HeeG,
Committee is clearly defined. and tfie
Especial agent" has, in this last com
munication from the Board, been noti-
he'd that he is not recognized as far as
the general health matters of Hilo and
the island OF Hawaii are concerned.
Instead of a central committee at Hilo
the Board Of Health has seen fit to
designate residents OF different dis
trlcts to represent the latter in enforc-
ing and upholding the health regula-
tions imposed by the Honolulu Board
of Health. Mr.. Loebenstein's position
is defined in the following terms:
Honolulu, January 29th, 1900.
A. B. Loebenstein, Dsq.,
On Board Steamer Hilauea Hou.
Dear Sir:-Your communication of
the 9th instant was read at the meet
ing Of the Board OF Health today.
In the opinion of the Board, a COM
mittee consisting of the residents of
Hilo, even though nominated from diff
ferent districts of the Island of Hawaii.
cannot act for those districts in local
sanitary matters. Furthermore, the
Board does not consider that all vessels
n1t.1V. l. IL t~4I -
heath and carrying only freight which
the Board has permitted. or passengers
who have never been ashore in Homo
lulu, or who have undergone a quaran-
tine satisfactory to the Board previous
to departure from this port. should first
proceed to Hilo and submit to further
quarantine before being allowed to
proceed to other ports OF the Island of
Hawaii. If Hilo were provided with
a modern disinfecting plant, there
would be some force in the argument
that all vessels from Honolulu for the
Island or Hawaii, should first call at
Hiio' Dut, to quote your own words,
mere Is not a building at any of our
ports where immigrants could be iso-
lated. Ihere are no disinfeeting Cam
Ders or disinfectants, neither steriliZ-
ing appliances, nor steriliZers The
whole island is practically without
te-guard, or defense of even the most
primitive nature, while public nui-
sances are apparent on every hand"
And yet, you consider that without ap-
plianees of any kind you can render
safe such dangerous merchandise which
has been carefully selected and disin-
fected at Honolulu, and then placed in
clean steamers with clean crews. Be
lieying that more good could be ac-
complished for the whole island by ap-
pointing agents for different districts
from among the actual residents OF
those districts than by appointing a
central committee from among the resi-
dents OF Hilo, the Board has commits
stoned the following named persons,
Agents of the Board of Health for the
Island OF Hawaii.
r. r. Hind, North Kohala: W. G..
Walker. Hamakua: A. Lydgate. North
Htlo; c. c. Kennedy, South Hilo; F. B.
McStocker, Puma: John Holland. Md.
kau; John ID. Paris. South Mona; Alex.
G.. Cockburn. North Kona.
These gentlemen have been appoint
ed for the purpose OF assisting the
Board in carrying out its regulations,
and they will be so instructed.
Very sincerely yours
c. b. WOOD.
President Board OF Health
The Board of Health Meeting.
At yesterdays session OF the Board
of Health there were nraseut. Prpsi-