The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-30

hmptlon, pneumonia, and typhoid 10
yer. During more than one of IN,
months when the whole city was auar
lntlned and business brought to 3
StandstilI on account OF the plague. ths
victims OF consumption and OF pneu.
roma were In each case mauv NOR,
man these or plague. An enormous
Number or deaths from copsumntior
occur in Honolulu every year. vet nc
special attention was ever given IN
until the past epidemic called Il nm
There was no place for these neon.
o go. since the hospitals would NOT re-
ceive them; but now the Victoria Hos
pital for lncurables is getting on IT'S
feet, and a great want will he made
good. This is one OF the benefcent
permanent institutions which have
been ordained because of the plague.
Honolulu's Hard Lesson.
Honolulu has learned in a very hard
school the lesson of cleanliness. and
has learned 1t at the time when it Will
do the most good and the least harm
Constant watchfulness is the only nos,
5ible way to keep Chinese quarters
from becoming foul and dangerous. ana
The need OF inspecting these will never
cease. We can only hope that the good
citizens of Honolulu will not forged
IN the days when the epidemic be-
comes haZy memory, to be told about
as picturesque incident of the old
Honolulu before the American influx
began, what the plague h 3 taught us.
and what will come to he city again
il its teachings are disregarded. II
must be confessed that there are
doubts on this point.
Foremost Men in the Fight.
a review of the plague would hardly
be complete witnou, some mention o.
the men who have been foremost IL
ngntlng the epidemic and ne ping to
make Honolulu clean port. DIR. G.. Il.
wood has probably had more than any
other man to do with the long battle in
all 1t phases, from the fires TO the exam
lnation OF plague victims, and from
perambulating meetings of the Board
with motions passed over eesspools to
Journeys to Maui to put Kahului in
lighting trim, and from trying the
serum on himself to calling down the
Board of Health of Hawaii" He de-
voted himself to the battle day and
night for months, and probably no Ho-
nolulan has better cause to be glad il
is over.
Secretary Hendry has also had a long
and trying siege, and has borne his
part well. He has been DR.. Woods
right hand man through these long
months, and his faithfulness and eff
cheney have done much toward the sue
cessful conduct of the fight.
DR.. Garvin has been one of the most
earnest and jealous among the doctors
engaged in the struggle. He was prom
inent among the call physicians, and
he was the leader in the campaign in
Kahului and at Hilo, at the time when
thep lague broke out on the other ISL
ands.
One of the men who could least have
been spared Is DR.. Hoffman,, Govern
ment bacteriologist. whose scientific
knowledge has been positively invalu-
able at the recent juncture. He had
some of the most disagreeable work of
all to do-the post norton examination
of bodies for bacilli; and he invariably
did It to the entire satisfaction of Dr.
Wood and the Board of Health.
A vast amount of very important
work was done by Messrs. Ballou,
Thurston, Carter, Cooke, and their
brethren of the Citizens Sanitary Com
mittee. Putting aside to a large ex-
tent their private business interests,
these gentlemen from business and pro-
fessional life devoted themselves
earnestly and faithfully to .heir work,
throwing into II an amount OF zeal.
energy, and enthusiasm which secured
its accomplishment in the manner cal
culated to do the most good. They
secured the services OF some 300 inspec-
tors, gave them instructions and help
Of all sorts, and backed up their in
vestigations promptly and strongly.
They brought to light a large number
Of places which needed cleaning up or
tearing down. and the moral effect OF
the presence OF their inspectors was
undoubtedly excellent, both upon filthy
Orientals and upon apprehensive ha-
oles.
Mention must also be made OF Arm
strong Smith. the volunteer nurse at the
pest hospital. whose services were
given freely Just when and where they
we're most needed, and who nnally
broke down in harness. recovered, and
returned to his post to take care OF
Levy. Scores of other persons deserve
credit for their good work In this cpl
demic. but II is impossible to mention
them all