The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-13

Sanitary Committee of the Island of
Maui, namely, L. Won Tempsky, w.
Ogg, Pierre COckett, H. P. Baldwin. l..
NJ Baldwin, DR.. WeddiCk, DR.. Neon
key. DR.. Winslow, K. S. Jgerdrum. DR..
McGettigan, E. Kruse, DR.. Davidson.
C. B. Wells, W. C. Cook, w. ]. Lowrie.
DR.. Sabey and J. Zumwaldt, are hereby
authorized to act as a Health Board for
the Island of Maui, during the present
epidemic of bubonic plague, and all acts
performed by them as a committee I'M
der any question of the existing regu-
lations of the Board of Health, will be
authorized by the Board of Health.
&C. B. WOOD,
President Board of Health"
Tracing the Infection.
President Wood says the residents of
Kahului, and those from other parts
of the Island as well, have reached
general conclusion as to the manner in
which the infection reachedi Kahului.
Before leaving Kahului the Sanitary
Committee gave him the following
statement:
Two months before the plague broke
out and quarantine was established in
Honolulu, eatables for Chinese New
Year celebration were imported from
China, via Honolulu, by a restaurant
keeper in the center of the infected dis
trict of Kahului and one, at least. of
the plague deaths arose in that res
| taurant. These goods were not opened
until the Chinese New Year, and it
was at about that time the plague
! broke out"
DIR. Garvin was left in general charge
of the work of suppressing the plague
on Maui. He has a complete outfit of
all that is needed for microscopical
and postmortem, work.
The Death Recorded.
| There were seven deaths in all at
Kahului. On Sunday, February 4th,
the first case was found in Chinese
wash-house by DR.. Armitage. He had
been i'll since January Goth. When
seen ON February 4th he had a tenn
Iperature of 104 and had an enlarge
tment of the glands in the neck. He
tdied the same day. The second death
Twas that of a Chinese from the same
wash-house, named Tung Yuen. On
the night of February 7th DIR. Armi-
ltage saw him, sitting up, and, as be
Expressed it, 'in a comatose condi.
ltion." He had high fever, tempera.
iture over 104. No glandular enlarge
lments were noticeable.
The third and fourth deaths were
those Of Japanese woman and hel
child three months old. On the nigh
of February 9th they were seen. Tn,
baby died the same night and the wo
man the next morning. The woman
had severe abdominal pains and higl
fever. No glandular enlargement.
were seen. These two latter were mere
ly suspect cases, and nothing is certain
as to their having plague.
All Ming was the fifth victim. HI
was seen on the first day of his sick
ness, which occurred February 7th
DR.. Armitage attended him; his tenn
lperature registered los and he hat
chills. He lived for three days. H
| had a femoral bubo with considerable
!, pain. Was bilious and vomited con
: tinually. This was the man fror
| whom the femoral gland was take
VIII ich was sent to Honolulu for ex
animation.
The sixth plague death was that G
| All Sam, who was seen first on Fet
r ruary 9th by DR.. Armitage. His TEN
e peratuFe was then only 100 The RICH
|. axiIary gland contained bubo, whic
# was very painful. He died early on tn
: morning of the 18th, the day W
h arrived. The postmortem was pei
/ formed by DIR. Garvin in the presenc
e of the physicians of Kahului and my
e self. He was perfectly black in til
r. tissues. The spleen was black an
i. large, and the left lung was also blac
d and soft. Slides made by DR.. Garvi
,e showed the bacilh of plague in larg
numbers"
A The last victim was the one visite
l. by Drs. Wood and Garvin upon the
" arrival and who died at noon of Febrl
lie airy 18th. Typical cases of blaC
Ip plague were seen by President Woo
showing how malignant the outbrea
d was in the little town.
= = Prompt Measures Taken.
lg All these cases of death occurred
a few houses right in the center OF K
= hului's Chinatown. but it did n
\ spread out to other portions of t
v town. All the houses in which t
ps cases occurred could be put in t
at back yard of the Judiciary buildil
re grounds, so President Wood states.
Orders were promptly given tn
O. lCtinatown should be burned. When {
Kauai reached Lahaina a telepho
n message was received there that CT
n lnatown had been completely destroy
by by fire.
ne Placed in Quarantine.
% The same general routine of placi
nd the people in quarantine was obsery
le- as followed in Honolulu. Nearly t
.oo hundred Chinese and Japanese, witt
- sprinkling of Hawaiians, were march
"a out to the race track where the gu
10 antine camp had already been estf
- lished. Their quarters are comfortat
- They were put through the disinfecti
O process, given clean clothes and qua
az ell from contact with the outer co
'iN munity.
Iuf Handling of Freight.
OF Arrangeme nts have been perfect