Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-03
HEALTH BOARD MEETING

At a meeting of the Board of Health
yesterday afternoon there were pres
ent the following: President Wood,
DR.. Day, Geo. W. Smith, +. NJ. Hatch,
Il. }. LOwrey and DR.. Emerson. Min
utos of the previous meeting read aud
approved.
The first matter brought up by Dir.
| Wood was the Kee Mung case of Rich
ards street. Reports of various people,
including Inspector A. A. Wilder, were
read. 1t was proved that Kee Mung
had taken sick in a house on rice
plantation near Judge Wilcox's place
in Kalihi. Since this was the case,
the Board unanimously voted that the
place be burned.
The next matter dwelt upon was the
case of Yong Look, the Waikiki China
man found in All Sans fruit store.
President Wood explained that DIR.
Hoffman had not pronounced this a
case of plague. The man was dying
and 1t might be good thing to pass "a
provisional motion consigning the
Waikiki house to the flames in case
the diagnosis should turn out to be
plague.
President Wood next spoke of the
case of Herman Levy, the Hawaiian
hotel clerk. The details of the young
mans illness were given substantially
as those contained in the Bulletins
report yesterday. The symptoms in his
case appeared very much like those of
the pneumonia form of plague. Such
cases were almost impossible of dag
nosis.
President Wood having finished his
summary of the case, the Board enter
ed into a discussion on the guests at
the Hawaiian hotel, some thirty-seven
in all. President Wood reported that
quite a number of these had attempted
in the morning to get permits for re-
moval to other part of Honolulu, but
these had been refused.
The Board finally decided that the
guests at the hotel be instructed not
to change their place of residence and
that they be examined twice daily for
fifteen days by physician of the
Board of Health.
Naturally following this discussion,
came the question of the disposition of
the servants of the hotel The Board
voted that these be placed in quaran-
tory assurance that they will remain
on the premises until further orders.
The following communication was
read by President Wood:
Honolulu, II. l., March I'd, 1900.
DR.. G. b. Wood, President of the Board
of Health, Honolulu.
Sir:-I have examined the fencing
built by Mr.. Russell since he has made
certain changes in the same as suggest
ed by my report to you, and find that
with the exception of having about
one-half of the posts placed at a great
er distance apart than called for in the
specifications, otherwise the fence is
now practically as specified.
In view of the fact that these posts
are not set as specified and therefore
the fence Is not as strong, | would sug-
gest that Mr.. Russell obligate himself
TO keep this fence in repair for one
year, unless the same be removed by
your oreds. l enclose q bond for this
purpose.
Mr.. Russell claims that yourself or
some member of the Board has assur-
ed him that the fence around Block
10 will soon be removed and that he
h'Nu hot Nut oh 'hc topo VI thS poaiuS
as required on other fences.
If this fence is satisfactory, then l
would recommend that Mr.. Russell be
paid for the fencing as per contract,
he filing the bond with satisfactory
surety before payment is made. A
Government surveyor should measure
the amount of the fencing il this has
not already been done.
Very respectfully,
Signed G.. b. RIPLEY.
The suggestions Of Mr.. Ripley were
adopted.
At about this time (3:15 p. M a
telephone message came from the
plague hospital announcing the death
of Yong Look.
The committee on shipping reported
progress and asked for futher time.
ii. M. Won Holt appeared before the
Board and asked that two families be
allowed to go into quarantine at Pu-
kaki. Granted.