Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-26
SPECIAL PERMIT RELIEF
Flour and PfOVeDder Are Allowed Ship.
ment In UrSeIt Need.


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Day, Attorney General Cooper, +. M.
Hatch and F. J. Lowrey, members;
Messrs, Wakefield, Humberg and Shu-
rey, Of the committee on commerce;
DR.. HOFFMAN,, physician OF the pest
hospital; DR.. Pratt, sanitary building
inspector; Drs Peterson and lobe,
Board call physicians; Ed. Towse, chief
sanitary inspector; Jos. A. Gilman of
Castle & Cooke, Ltd, Arch. +. GILL
Ian and Clarence l.. Crabbe, wharf
managers respectively for the Hackfeld
and Davies corporations; T.. r. Hem
dry. private secretary to the president,
and Chas. Wilcox, secretary of the
Board.
Upon the reading of the report of the
committee on commerce, short dis
cussion resulted in its amendment to
the form appearing in that afternoon 8
Bulletin.
Fumi9ation Only Superficial.
DIR. Wood, In the discussion, read a
| report OF the bacteriologist on fumiga-
ton experiments. Bacilli exposed were
killed by the hot air process the same
as by sulphur. Those In tubes placed
in the interior Of merchandise were not
| destroyed. So far as efficiency was
concerned the hot air was no better
than sulphur, but had the advantage in
time OF one hour against SO hours. II,
In the proposal to permit the shipment
or Hour and feed, 1t was intended to
cleanse only the outside of the pack
ages, the fumigation would be suffi-
cient. The Board should not do I'M
reasonable things. Yet It should do
nothing blindly. There was very little
danger from goods. If 1t could be abb
solutely regulated the removal of re-
stfictions on great many classes of
merchandise would be a wise thing
but 1t was utterly impossible. People
would not look beyond their pockets.
Until they were absolutely sure the
danger was past they could not throw
down the bars. Merchants were show
ing indisposition to use the quaran-
tine wharf under the impression that
everything was going to be thrown
wide open, because 1t was little more
trouble and a little more expense. II
after the committee knew the results
OF hot air fumigation they allowed
shipments SO treated he had nothing
more to say.
In answer to Mr.. Cooper, the presi-
dent said thirty days after the last
case would be better than ten days for
raising the quarantine. sixty days bet
ter than thirty and a year better than
sixty days. The recent cases did not
influence the question of merchandise.
1t was a matter of lurking infection.
MIR. Smith asked IL 1t would make
fumigation more effective to separate
the bags Of flour or bran with strips
OF wood or iron so as to allow the hot
air to circulate. This need not be
put in the report, but the committee
could have It carried out. It was
known that stock was suffering for
feed on the other islands.
DIR. Wood said shipments would he
safe II Macfarlane's ideas were adopt
ed.
Mr.. Smith knew that, but favor
could not be shown to one firm that |
happened to have special facilities for |
such treatment Of goods. He moved |
to strike out the last paragraph OF
the report which extended the list OF |
permitted goods. this after consulting
with the other members of the COM |
mittee. DR.. Emerson seconded the mo-
ton, which passed without dissent.
Conditions OF Travel.
DR.. Wood spoke Of the rush of peo-
pie to take the serum injection so that |
they might travel. This condition late
ly prescribed took no account of per-
sonal effects. 1t was impossible for the
Board to do wholesale disinfection OF
baggage. This was the difficulty they
were running against, To follow ND
people in detention would cause con-
expense when necessary
housing. feeding and transportation
were included. Many who had taken
the Injection were from detention
largely of the classes among
which plague was most likely to break
out. He knew 1t was unsafe to let
these people travel unless their bag
gage and clothing were disinfected by y
The Boards own plant.
DR.. Emerson said It was not the
Boards affair in'one sense, yet II they
did not do 1t the people on the other
Stands would not be satisfied.
DR.. Wood continued that IL there was
my danger outside of emanations from
he human body, 1t was from rats and
PERSONAL effects.
Mr.. Cooper considered that having
announced that taking the serum quail
led for going away. they must see the
hing through in thorough manner. IL
DR.. Wood stated that the injection | I
amply was to be understood as saw a
ng time OF quarantine. but the neces-
ity of being unexposed and of having
ersonal effects fumigated should he
trictly required. 1t would only be
ecessary to add to the former reso-
ition the words. after disinfection of
II clothing and personal effects under
lpervision Of the Board Of Health"
Mr.. Cooper moved, seconded by DR..
Emerson and 1t was ordered that such