The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-02

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WHtH aui means vrfr discussed Fs t1
huN hr 600 PERSONS Ul thr block BOB
question we're tu lr housed aud fel
while thp vurt of demolition aud con
s.MDluu was EuirF ON The people
would hIsp tu leave their belongings
behind them. which would eventually
ln the GroatCr part. bc destroyed 90
Was pointed ont that hp BOARD in MAX
ing wholesale combinations and
mrninrs was laying itself open tu "a
tremendous responsibility. but they
stated positively that u the plague was
90 be stamped out the people would
have To be removed elsewhere from
the district and provided for. There
seemed to be no other remedy
President Cooper: There are two
methods to pursue one to condemn
the block and give the owners and
tenants notification to leave; and an
other to go right I'm and burn the
places down.
l.. 4. Thurston: What induced me
to come here and see YOU was n con-
versation | had with DR.. Wood this
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the Nineteenth Century concerning
the plague in Oporto. II stated, among
other things that the methods pursued
thereby quarantining people in the in
fected houses were more liable to
spread the disease than prevent it. If
there was infection in building there
was every possible chance for the peo-
| pie in the building to catch the plague
| in that manner DR.. Wood agreed with
me that the balance of people in n
house after it has become infected
! should be removed Fire and destruc-
| ton of the places are the best meth
DDS. | inquired why this had not been
done He stated that so much had to
be done that they had not been able
to come to this phase of the question.
| He told me that he had personally
gone to Nuuanu street house and
found the people had all been shut in.
He had the bedding of the infected
room taken to the street and burned
In few cases have all the belongings
been destroyed: more than using dis
infectants literally, destruction of be-
longings had not been carried out
81 have not come here with view
to finding fault, but, to the contrary,
/ W itlll ldl 40 'Alls any bboSipi'
assistance, and give suggestions to
take what seemed to me. stronger
measures for action in stamping out
the plague in order to save ourselves
from ruinous catastrophe. | under
stand the plague has been running
four or five years in Hongkong, and
unless we can meet the thing right
here now, and stamp it out, we are
/ liza blp IN bppnmp nlDUIlp- ridden Ennt
for years.
| My idea is to adopt by resolution
new regulations for instance, that as
soon as a certain building has plague
patient in it certain measures should
be taken to prevent the disease spread
| ing. Wherever practicable, ! say, the
building should be destroyed; the soon
err the better. ] understand it is a
question of rats coming into a house
and going out of it that spreads the
disease. My suggestion would be this:
Remove the inmates to some other
| place, where they can be cared for
and then proceed to the work of de-
stroying the building, and / would
suggest this be done now while there
are so few cases. | have drawn up
few suggestions which | desire to make
to the Board as follows:
Let the Board adopt regulations pro-
viding that upon each case of plague
being reported, the following action be
| taken:
The patient be Immediately removed
to the hospital or morgue.
That all other occupants of the build
ing be Immediately removed from the
building to quarantine quarters 10 be
provided for that purpose and there
| thoroughly disinfected and quaran-
tined.
That all furniture, clothing and bed
| ding about the premises be immediate
ly burned. An inspector to have the
authority to exempt therefrom articles
not easily infected such as metal, etc,
| these to be Immediately thoroughly
ldisinfected.
All wooden buildings in which a case
of plague occurs, and all wooden build
| ings in immediate communication
Herewith to be burned as soon as pos
sible, precautions being taken to pre-
vent the fire spreading.
In addition to disinfecting the lot on
which the case has occurred, the same
to be. covered as soon as practically
possible with combustible material and
| the same burned, so as to thoroughly
burn the surface of the soil.
| If a case of plague is found in brick
or stone building the same methods of
disinfection to be followed above set
forth, except that the building shall not
be destroyed All floors of the same
and all portions which are brought in
contact with the inmates to be removed
and burned.
| The question of providing places of
shelter for those VINO were put into the
barracks quarantine" was discussed at
length, and 1t was decided to prepare
the Kakaako Rifle range quarters for
service and TO build up temporary bar
racks which will accommodate several
hundred persons, President Cooper
stating that he intended ITO request the
Minister of the Interior to construct
barracks to hold 1000 people. Mr..
Thurston stated he was ready to as
sist in any way possible, in carrying
out any of the suggestions ne made.
DR.. Day stated that the only way to
combat the plague was ITO remove the
people from the infected houses, and
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