Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-09
HEALTH BOARD MEETING

There was full house at yesterdays
meeting of the Board Of Health, viz:
Drs. Wood, Emerson and Day, Messrs.
Cooper, Smith, Hatch ami Lowrey.
On motion of Mr.. Smith it was re.
solved to ask for an increase in appro-
priation for support Of lepers Of $l2,-
600, and for the Kalaupapa store 500
GOO additional. II should be explained
that the store Is n paying institution,
its cash sales for the past two years
having been more than $4,000, which
went into government reaiZations and
left the cost Of all lepers' clothing
shoes and other necessaries except ra-
lions only about 50 900 for the period
Several bills were approved includ-
! ing one of SGi5 from the Honolulu
Iron Works for repairing No. | engine
damaged in the Chinatown fire.
A petition from the livery stable
men, to be allowed to send horses ont
of Honolulu to pasture, Was discussed
and on motion of Mr.. Smith. seconded
by Mr.. Cooper, il WAS resolved that
after disinfectiCn of the animals under
. super lSlOH VI Il NNltl lhttA sui N'fb4l
they may be removed across the Pali
to some special pasture and there
kept fifteen days without minglmg
with other animals.
On motion Of Mr.. Lowroy. sccon led
by Mr.. Hatch It was resolved that
Lyman Bros. be allowed to ship i.i27
bags rice paddy in ocean," warehouse
to Koolau, the rice to be there cleaned
and put in clean bags, and the old bags
and chaff to be burned.
Waimea hospital, Kauai, vas voted
an allowance Of 800 a month.
The report Of DIR. WauShop, received
before the plague excitement. regard
ing tuberculosis on Kauai was con.
sidered. It gave the startling infor-
nation that 80 per cent of the stock
killed there was tuberculous. The
doctors bill for 5000 was approved.
There was talk of bavirg commits
sion to investigate tuberculosis, hot
only on Kauai but all the islands. It
was agreed to adopt this course. The
sense of the Board was chat there was
more danger to the islands from tuber-
culosis than plague.
Castle & Cookies application for
leave to send "a mules for blowing TO
Eva plantation was granted on condi-
ton that the animals be clipped, quar-
antined for fifteen days and disinfect-
ed before transportation.
DR.. Wood, in reply TO Mr.. Cooper,
reported on the condition Of Mr.. Levy,
explaining the protracted diagnosis be-
ing made.
Mr.. Cooper was granted leave o: alb
sence for two DAYS,
An application Of Hirosha for per-
mission to use the old Chinese theater
for q warehouse was referred to the
sanitary committee for investigation
and report.
!, President Wood submitted form of
poster announcing tina. persons not In
quarantine at Kalihi detention camp
must pay for rations from a certain
date. This was suggested by Super:n.
, tendent McVeigh. In n discussion OF
, the matter reference was made to the
existence Of relief camps and Dr.
Wood expressed the opinion that there
should not be haste in turning people
out of camps before the plague was
finished. In this conn ection he spoke
Of danger Of measles or varioloid
which might occur. The proposition
OF Mr.. McVeigh was tacitly approved
though no decided action on ,he gen.
eral question was taken.
For many meetings before the lst OF
, February the reading OF minutes had
I been deferred Secretary Wilcox wa:
ready with 100 pages OF typewriter
record, but owing to the late hour the
reading was postponed.