The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-09

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other rnse. Also a ChinAman that had
dipd on the evening nf the liih instant
waa also examined with The same re.
suit
"The symptoms previous Ia death
we're high fever. t0l' TO iOb' r.. rapid
pulse. i40 TO 100. headache. dellrlum
yomlting. and pain and swelling In tho
] inRnnal regions. The duration of tho
/ Illness In two Of the cases was IN, ee
days and from three 10 four days in
/ the other cases Specimens for bac-
THEOLOGICAL examination were taken
from the enlarged glands. blood. per
icardlal fluid and viscera, Stained pre-
parations from Juice expressed from
the enlarged glands showed the pres
ence In large numbers of short bacil-
lus rounded at both ends and closely
resembling that OF bubonlc plague.
Cultures from the first case show the
bacillus OF bubonic plague.
"A guinea pig was inoculated on the
18th instant, rabbit on the 18th, and
a rat on December Is. The guinea pig
and rat died December II.
THE first case was in the person OF
Yon Chong, Chinese. male, aged %
years, employed as a bookkeeper by
Wing Wo Tai. general merchant on
Nuuanu street, near the northeast cor
ner of King street He had resided in
Honolulu for more than one year; died
December ~. The other case examined
on the morning of the 18th was Taen
Kwock Yee, male, Chinese, age A
years. residence Maunakea street, two
blocks west of first case; died Decem-
ber II. The third case, Yuk Hoy,
Chinese, male. age, 40 years; residence
413 Nuuanu street; died December H..
The fourth case was in the rear Of
Ahe's Chinese furniture shop on Nuu-
anu street and Pauahi street, Ching wy
How, male, Chinese, age, as years; died
December II. The fifth case, South
Sea Islander, named Nakaualia, age,
rear of opera house: died December IL.
"A sixth case was reported on De-
cember IA on Pauahi street, near Nuu-
anu, Maria Hills, Hawaiian, age 2S
years. This case is considered doubt
full, as the bacillus has not been isolat-
ed In fact. what Is considered the
plague bacillus has been isolated in but
two of the cases-Yon Chong, the first
nan In aH Mo
although the clinical symp-
toms were much alike in the first five
cases reported. The bodies of the de-
ceased have been cremated. All OF the
places where deaths occurred have
been quarantined and disinfected. The
Hawaiian board of health surrounded
Chinatown by sanitary Gordon, and
the district was divided into sections
and a house-to-house inspection at
once begun. These measures were de-
cided upon by a special meeting Of the
board of health held on the 18th in
stant, at which / was asked to be pres
ent. No communication Is allowed be-
tween Chinatown and the rest of the
city save by the officials on duty.
"The Council of State for Hawaii
has appropriated the sum of $25 900 to
quired In Chinatown and elsewhere.
"A receiving hospital will be erected
at an early date and a crematory is
now almost ready for use.
Communication with other islands
except under quarantine restriction has
been prohibited, and all vessels plying
between island ports must undergo a
detention period of at least seven days
before proceeding to their destination.
vessels from the other islands are
not allowed to dock at the wharves,
but must anchor in the stream. All
of these measures are praiseworthy,
and show that the Hawaiian board of
health has the matter we'll in hand.
"The origin of the plague here Is OBJ
scure, but it Is supposed to be in some
article of food, clothing, merchandise,
or by rats from Oriental steamers.
Oriental food stuffs and freight have
been landed and distributed here with
in the past six weeks without disin-
fection.
"No cases have occurred among the
landed here at the quaran-
tine station so far as known at the
present date of writing.
'All of those attacked here resided in
the city for a year or more.
"The United States military author
tiles were promptly notified, and troops
on shore leave returned to the only
United States transport In port, the
Warren, with 500 colored soldiers for
Manila. She arrived here December
8. and as no disease was suspected in
the city the soldiers were given leave
on shore during the time the vessel was
taking on supplies and coal. She
left the harbor and anchored
outside the reef. where she will remain
until the 18th instant, when II nothing
develops she will proceed to Manila.
All on board have been bathed and
their clothing dlsinfected on the YES
sell.
"The United States transport Sher-
man arrived off port on the 18th in
slant, but did not stop. and proceeded
% Manila without delay.
mo new cases have been reported
up to this date. December Is.
Il shall adopt all measures within
ny power to insure the safety of ves-
sells leaving for United States ports, |
out the absence of plant for disin-
ection here is severely felt at the pres