The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-26
THE BOARD
OF HEALTH
Will Not Raise Shipping
Restriction.
WOOD S RECOMMENDATION
Increase Of tuberculosis
Filtration Needed--Some
Strong Talk.

The Board OF Health Will not raise
the quarantine at present. nor will it
consent TO the lessening Of any Of the
restrictions enforced on outgoing ship
ments 70 the other islands. The Board
committee appointed several days ago
TO report upon a petition TO raise such
| restrictions rendered a negative report
10 the Board, and DR.. Wood voiced
similar sentiment in commenting upon
the committees action. Lax vigilance
at this time was. in his opinion. in
| humanitarian and a danger 10 the
health OF the community. menaced as
| IL is by the increasing and alarming in
roads made by tuberculosis and typhoid
/ fever. He further contended that we're
! shipping restrictions withdrawn at
present. and plague should break out on
other Islands. there would be but one
governmental body on which 20 place
the blame. and that was the Board Of
Health.
Believing that the arduous labors OF
the Board of Health are about to relax
so that the members thereof can again
resume their usual professions. and
feeling that the time had come when
the board of Health must speak its
mind freely and determinedly upon
matters Of interest both to the gov
eminent and TO the people, DR.. Wood |
on Saturday spoke Of the dangers which |
yet threaten the health and prosperity |
OF Honolulu in the shape of unfiltered |
water, incomplete sewerage systems. |
steady increase of contagious tubercu-
losis and typhoid fever. and lack of /
system in keeping mortuary records |
The future safety of the city. from a |
health standpoint. depended largely up
on the governments attitude upon such /
grave questions as now confront the
people Of Honolulu. and the vigilance
which the people themselves are will
ing TO put forth in assisting to keep
the city clear of filth.
The Board met on Saturday at 2 d.
m. attended by DR.. Wood. DIR. Day. r.
J. Lowrey, Geo. w. Smith. DR.. Emerson.
F. NJ. Hatch and Attorney General
Cooper. The minutes of the previous
meeting were approved.
Report on Shipping.
George w. Smith read the following
report of the Board Committee on ship
ping, being based upon a resolution
presented few days previous asking
mat restrictions upon shipping be re-
Honolulu. March 2lth. 1900.
Dr.. c. b. Wood. President Board OF
Health.
Sir: Your committee to which was
eferred the resolution Withdrawing an :
restrictions on shipment of freight 9TH
r than that from Oriental ports. beg 10
eport that they are unable to recon- !
mend the adoption of the resolution.
When the matter was first brought !
o our attention, (befOre the introduc-
ION OF the resolutiOn). we were inclin- I
q 10 favor II, but further consideration !
eads us to the belief that the time e
as not yet arrived when We should '
axe so important a.step e
AS members OF business houses di- {
ectly interested in shipping goods to Z,
ne other islands we are anxious to see d
he present restrictions removed. but as +,
representatives. of the Board OF Health Y
hich Is supposed to be working for the v
ifety OF all parts Of the islands we a
link that the proposed action should q
E deferred for what il is hoped will be
My a short time longer.
We are all agreed, no doubt. that the
My absolute safety is in the prohibi-
on OF all communication between :
lrts but that has never been consid- >
ed practicable. The Board has taken o
Ich steps in its quarantine regula- al
ons as was believed would reduce the "
niger OF infection being carried to the II
oil
The action taken a short time ago II
hich permitted the shipping OF goods a.
American and European production 50
Id manufacture after as slight disin- e
cuon as was considered safe. has re- m
sved the wants of the other islands TO "a
great extent. but instead Of satisfying
% Shippers here il has only made ~
EN- more insistentthat all restrictions ~
ould De removed. Those Of us who bl
'u ahything 70 do with this matter >,
shipping freight have noted with re- -
et that attempts have been made To ~
ade the regulations adopted by the 20
'aIu- however. in the belief. to
ore tndt quarantine Is a sieve not lt
IAN, We lhlnk that a degree Of safety OF
> oeeh attained even under the cir u
instances named. m,
IN taxing the action which il has III
2 Board has assumed that +bo-o - re-
me Danger of merchandise being in
TED such infection in the case Of Rc
obs IN original tight cases beinp on -b
e outside.
ms condition was TO be met nv ar
-ayIng the outside Of such cases with no,
proper disinfectant. Without sucb IL
lntection the time will come when "a
reasonable danger Of infection has -
7sed; Just what that time is we do -.
know. but II quarantine is To be en-
Ely llited after thirty days from date %
Iast case, II is supposed 20 be with ~, =
Ihat time The time then which u
pses between the time Of possible in SUI
uon and the safety point. tends to tna
rease any danger there might be. dir
our committee has been particular IN
impressed with. and their action in bel
case modified by. a statemepl OBJ the
led rom DR.. Carmichael. the United sto
les Marine Hospital Surgeon Al this pea