The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-06-08
HONOLUL.U'S
TURN NOW
San Francisco Declared
Infected Port.
HEALTH BOARDS ACTION
Australia Is Guaranteed and Cargo
VIII Be Fumigated-- Other
Vessels Also.
(From Thursdays Daily.J


Nov comes Honsluiu's turn. sar
Yraneisse Is an infected port. Thu
California State Board of Health. thu
Federal authorities In San Francisco
and tho Hawaiian Board OF Health
have GO declared. Honolulu will TAXI
precautions to prevent the plague from
reaching here through infected mer
ahandise from San Francisco.
The arrival Of the Australia yester'
day without a clean bill of health pre-
cipitated action by the Board Of Health
here. The Board called meeting yes
terday afternoon and adopted the fol
lowing resolution:
THAT the freight of the steamship
Australia ne required to be discharged
on the channel wharf there to bt
handled at the discretion of the Boarc
Of Health. Goods to be fumigated t.
be removed from said wharf to fumiga
ton chambers. Other goods to be prop
erly disinfected on outside of cases
with solution of sulphuric acid to the
satisfaction of the Board of Health
All of the foregoing to be at the ex'
pense OF csnsignee."
At the meeting of the Board, DR.
Wood presided. Those present were
Dr. Emerson, George w. Smith, f. c
winston and F. ]. Lowrey, members OF
special guest.
Sau Francisco Injected.
DR.. wosd said the Board must con
slider the question of cargoes from Sar
Francisco. Under date of May &c, the
Executive Council had voted that the
Channel wharf be set aside for unload
ing cargess from infected ports. But
the wharf was not ready and the Coun-
Gil could not have been aware of the
condition of the wharf. as there was nc
fumigating plant on it and cargo would
have to be lightered. DR.. Wood had
explained to President Dole. On May
80 he got q reply. he having asked Mr..
Dole alse whether San Francisco was
included in this order. DR.. Wood rep
resented to the Cabinet that he knew
there was plague at San Francisco,
though no official notice had been given
Honolulu, and vessels up to May 80 had
brought clean bills of health. The fol-
lowing was the reply from the Execu-
tive:
Honolulu, II. l., May 30, iN0.
DIR. c. b. WOOD, president OF the Board
of Health. Honolulu
Sir: 1t was voted in the Executive
Council this morning that the following
letter be sent you:
"Iou are instructed to carry out the
resolutions of May 18th, received by you
May 18th. with this modification, that the
your discretion, may be used for dis
charging freight, as well as the channel
wharf
regarded as an infected port, or a port
where contagious disease has appeared
within sixty days. SO long as the present
conditions there continue.
ALSO that the Executive Council ap-
prove of q wise discretion by the Beard
Of Health in regard to the question of
fumigation and disinfection of the differ
via San Francisco. from different places
in the United States and elsewhere, and
from other ports, and in the eXecut on or
the authority of the Board OF Health"
/ have the honor to be, sir. your ODE
dent servant,
KATE KELLEY,
Clerk Executive Council.
No Precautions Taken.
DR.. Wood said to the Board that ves-
sells from San Francisco had MOI been
kept there the requisite distance from
wharves, nor had their cables been
"rat-guarded." This morning he had
official information of the presence OF
plague in San Francisco DR.. Wood
read the AuStralia's bill of health and
also a communication from the state
Board o. Health.
The bill of health said that there had
been no plague since May l6, and that
the United States quarantine officer re-
ported ten authenticated cases Of bu
bonie plague in San Francisco, all with
L. IL L.
being on May 16. AT the present time
no eases are known to exist" said ths
bill.
The state Board of Health's commu-
nication was as follows:
Sacramento, Cal. May 22d. 1900.
To the Secretary, Board of Health, Sand
Dear Sir: Reports outside of this State
of the existence of bubonic plague here
have been greatly exaggerated. The
State Board OF Health OF California has
carefully inquired into the facts, and off,
cially report them to you as follows:
There have been n ne deaths on the
following dates: First case, March 9Th;
March nth; fourth case, March 18th; fifth
case, April 2Ith; sixth case, May nth;
seventh ease. May nth; eighth case. May
18th; ninth case, Nay 18th.
All the cases were Chinese found dead
In their insantary quarters, known as
Chinatown. That they. died of bubon'c
plague was established by bacter illogical
investigation by the City Board of
Health. and confirmed by DIR. Kinyoun,
the United States Quarantine officer of
the port OF San Francisco.
At this time there are no known cases
Of bubonic plague in California, The
Board OF Health OF the city of San Fran.
cisco Is taking every precaution TO pre-
vent the recurrence OF the disease, with
every hope OF success. No other part OF
the State has been nor IL now affected.
Should any further danger arise we OBJ
hgate ourselves to Immediately notify you
OF IL Yours truly,
w. p. MATHEWS,
secresrv California State Board OF
Health.
Plague is Certain.
DR.. Wood said, I'VE have private in
formation of plague in San Francisco