The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-17

mere Is scarcely a doubt but that the
postmortem will show that death was
due TO the plague"
Dr. Day, who had visited Mrs Board
man at noon, stated that az that tfme
she was seemingly neither better nor
worse, but even then there was no
doubt whatever, In his mind. that she
was a plague victim. She sank randi
ly and shortly before 4 o'clock expired.
The occupants or the house will be
placed in quarantine i'm the yard Tents
will be erected there for their deten-
| tion and drastic measures taken for
preventing the spread of the infection
from that locality. In reference To the
house itself, the opinion of the Board
was that the house would undoubtedly
be subjected To the same treatment as
houses in Chinatown. Ii may be
burned within a short time DIR. Day
said that there should be no question
about burning the place, and that the
locality could be so disinfected as to
prevent the spread Of the disease.
President Wood stated to the Board.
The case has occurred in a portion OF
the city which has not been infected
previously. There is nothing to prevent
the Board from taking measures 20
stamp out the infection in that locali-
ty. Expense must not be considered in
connection with the matter"
The history of the case is difficult to
trace, but the health authorities feel
reasonably certain that the rat found
in the Jordan store had some connec-
ton in carrying the infection to Mrs.
Boardman. DR.. Day. upon the invita-
ton of DIR. Augur, visited the patient
on Saturday night The symptoms
then were highly suspicious, but the
meteorological examination of the
blood taken from the lady. exhibited
no signs of the plague bacilli and no
announcement Of the case was made
until Sunday, when the Health Board
deemed the case suspicious enough to
quarantine the premises, since which
time guards have surrounded the house
and prevented any one from entering
or leaving Il.
The Hawaiian who was reported dead
from plague last night was found In
a house on River street Just above
Beretania. The history of the case
shows that the young man had been
ailing slightly for a day or two. and
complained 10 his wife OF pain I'm his
groin. He has been employed I'm one
OF the work-ganRs OF the Health De-
partment inside the quarantine district.
and worked until yesterday afternoon.
DIR. Howard responded to the call. and
found well-developed bubo I'm the
right groin. The body was removed to
the morgue The premises i'm which
the Hawaiian died were within the
district which the Board declared yes
fprdav yune in fpcapFgav,. a,vHf.g.n
and condemned. The property
owners were to have been notified To
place the property I'm a sanitary con-
dition, but the death OF the Hawaiian
will change the situation and the en-
tire premises will undoubtedly be
wiped out by fire.
II Is stated that the infection In this
case can be traced directly 20 Ahrs
place on Nuuanu street. Ahi moved
several times after Il was announced
that Block 10 would burn. and his fam
lily and most OF his household goods
were moved into the house in which
Kapahl died last night. Ahi and his
family are now in one Of the detention
camps. Therefore the logical conclu-
sion has been reached that the infec-
tiOn was not picked up during the
mans work, but came from contact
with infected persons or goods from
Ahi's notorious flth-hole.
a death occurred on Monday after
noon, that Of a Chinese woman named
Wong She. aged 63 years. who was re-
ported a suspicious case to the Board
OF Health Sunday evening. She came
from King street. near River. The
woman was too old and weak to be re-
moved TO the pest hospital. and she
was therefore guarded i'm the house.
The death was recorded I'm the even
ing, but telephone inquiries az the
Health Department from this office
ELECTED a misleading response. At mid
night the physician who had attended
a. the death OF the woman. answered
the same telephone inquiry with the re-
sponse that there had been no deaths
during the day. thus baking the Ad-
veTtiser in the publication OF an impor-
tant piece OF news. The Board OF
Health was I'm no wise 20 blame for the
matter, which was due TO one OF the
staff physicians. who Is said TO be col
lecting news for an afternoon paper. or
him more anon.
No suspicious cases have been report
ed 10 the Board since that OF the Jap
anesc woman al the Arlington Hotel,
who Is announced as being in the same
as when removed to the hos
pital.
Boards Movable Office.
Yesterday forenoon the Board Of
Health, headed by President Wood,
made another tour OF inspection and
in the unburned dis
ricts the result OF which has been the
passage OF several resolutions which
viii mean the further destruction OF
he Chinatown plague district by fire.
President Wood was accompanied by
George W. Smith, L. VI. Hatch and DR..
Emerson, Of the Board OF Health, +. r.
Iendry and an Advertiser reporter.
The Board first visited the Infected
premises Eva OF EaumaE8pIN Church.