The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-05-01

that Honolulu WAS face to face with bu-
Donic plague. beioIe which II stood alb
.ulutely pOWeIless, that II was only at
he beginning of an epidemic, and that
| chinatown was a menace 10 the health
Of the community as long as IL stood.
The papers OF Monday morning, Jan
IaIy 8, also contained accounts OF two
suspicious cases, one OF these being
Japanese from near Kuku lane. and OF
,he n.e Un Nuuanu street between
Marine and Queen, and the announce
mCnt that block ten was ready for the
torch. Ihe ve.y serious quest on as to
the dispos. tlon to be made OF the peo-
ale to be discharged from the quaran
tine camps began to be discussed this
week, ard the solution was already seen
10 be an exceedingly difficult matter.
A Ch.naman from book ten died in he
hospital that day. Armstrong Smith
and c. Elvin were placed in charge or
The pest hospital at the rife range. 1t
was resolved at the meeting OF the
Board of Health that it was absolutely
necessary to remove by fire the houses
the injected strivts, which were OBJ
jectionable by reason of their structure
ana situation as Il breeding place Tor
-uI ther infection.
THAT the ground upon which such
houses stand should be cleared and al
owed to remain vacant Tor at least one
ear and be thoroughly disinfected.
THAT place for the abode of the
! residents of the present injected dls-
.r4cts should at once be provided for
with proper facilities for drainage and
| water supply.
90 hat the water used in Honolulu
should be filtered and its supply aug
mented.
THAT the sewerage system should be
| extended; and
THAT systematic destruction of the
garbage of the town should be prov.d-
ed for"
| 1t was during this week that news
anne of the precautions adopted by the
ther islands against infection from
honolulu, which. in the case of Hilo,
we're destined to add so greatly to the
| ,ayety - nations. and to tighten so
lolably the local gloom.
There were two deaths on the 9th.
ut no Suspicious cases. At the Board
| meeting that day it was decided after
much discussion that certain articles
hould be considered clean freight for
sand ports, subject to the Boards
previous orders as to manner of ship
| lent, to VII:
/ INAIDtl anu Iililti
AppurtenanCes to machinery, includ-
| ng iubricating oils.
Case inc, kerosene and distillate, In
| original packages.
Drugs, medicines ard liquors, of Eu-
| 'opean or American manufacture.
| Acid fertilizers in new bags.
| American tobacco in original pack
ages.
The use of the plague serum was also
first talked of on this day; and the flu
.ure disposal of the persons detained
| I quarantine camps was eXhauSively
discussed by the Council Of State.
A member of the Ma .ional Guard, the
! lrIver of an odor.ess excavator en-
Gagged in work in Chinatown, and
| Japanese woman, were stricken down
IN the 10th, the last mentioned dying.
| IN this day the Sanitary Committee
made long and careful report OF the
| building regulations needed. Long dis
ussions Of the status of the persons
| 'eleased from quarantine resulted in
| ;arious offers of houses and land for
| leedy persons, and the scheme os re-
ief camps was first seriously gotten
under way.
Three More Victims.
Three more victims died on the 18th
If January, which also recorded an
other case-that of a/Chinaman at the
| corner of King and Richards streets.
| rhe 11th also saw the last of the in
| -ec,ed premises on Nuuanu street and
\ukui lane. On this day DR.. Wood laid
| Town the following rule as to what the
| Board of Health considered insalitary
| buildings:
| III a building IS in such an insani.
.ary condition that it cannot by any
| means be dSinfected and put in a san
| tary shape by the usual means other
| han fire. then 1t should be destroyed
| 1y fire. Secondly, if buildings are
considered by the Board as not being
| nsanitary, but by reason of their ad-
| dining infected premises and being in
such condition that rats can easily
PASS from one building to another, we
pronounce them to be infected with
plague, even though a death did not
| occur in the premises, and thereby they
IRE condemned to follow others in be-
ing destroyed by fire."
Perambullting Headquarters.
One curious feature of the Board OF
Health's meetings during this month
was the perlmbulating headquarters.
President Wood, accompanied by the
other members of the Board and Sec
rotary Hendry, used to make official
condemnation tours of infected blocks
Motions and resolutions were passed
with due forma'ity upon street cor
ners, In infected premises, over reek
ing ceespoo.s, and usually In the pres
ence of a wondering crowd OF Cees-
tials and japanese The Council OF
State on this day passed bill provld )
ing 100000 for relief camps ana the
maintenance of the quarantlned.
One death. one suspect. was the rec
ord for the l2th, Block 10 was burned,
the job being done 80 thorough tha
nothing was left except solitary brick
structure known rs the Holt block. !
\ detachment of military guards was
thrown around the Union Square
beck so suddenly that passers-by were
caught and he'd there. not being al
lowed to go olA on any pretext. The
merchants of Honolulu pnt themselves