The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-23

| HAfnf rlufri which had been used b
this Victim was taken out and q ne,
cessp0o. was due and a patent waite
closet put In
'it was stated yesterday that ihi
JHpaneae plague victim had worked n
the Hotel Stables up TO the 20th o
January and that after that q maj
had been substituted for him VITA tn
Intention of decelylng the inspector
when he made his rounds. that whef
the Japanese had Jeff on account %
sickness. another Jap, answering 1,
his name, took his place. think thiI
requires some explanation, and as Mr.
Buckley Is here now ! think ID would
be well to call upon him to explain
matters. II that is the sense Of the
meeting"
The latter part of DR.. Woods state
ment had to be repeated, as MIR. Buck
ley, being somewhat deaf, did not hear.
Mr.. Buckley's Statement.
DR.. Wood: Mr. Buckley, how long
was this Japanese who slept at the Ho-
tel Stables in January, and who after
wards died of the plague, working for
your"
Mr. Buckley: About seven or eight
days"
q. "Is Il fact that when he was
taken sick and removed to the place
on Nuuanu and Kukui streets, that
another man was secured in his place,
answering to his name in order 20 de-
ceive the inspector on his rounds"
A. when the Jap went away sick,
he sent another man in his place, as IS
the custom with Asiatics."
q. WAS this done in order 10 de-
ceive the INSPECTOR"
A. mo"
q. did this substitute answer to
the same name as the first man?'
A. II do not know that he did; the
first man left. 1t was necessary to
have another one, and, as the first
man had sent a man in his place, 1t
was all right. ! do not know what
name he answered to. / heard that the
Japanese who afterwards died OF the
plague had been previously working at
the Pantheon Stables"
q. do you know where the second
victim from the Hotel Stables, Ah
Hung, had spent his nights in Kaka-
ako or Pauoa valley?"
A. mo; when first the fellow was
sick and wanted to go to his friends
house in Pauoa valley, got DR.. Coop
er to examine him. DR.. Cooper said
he was all right; that he had only a
little cold. Then / went down to the
Citizens Sanitary Committee TO get
him a moving-permit. l was gone
about two hours. They informed me
at the committees Office that | would
have to get a recommendation for the
man from the inspector of the district
In which he slept-Kakaako. When
got back to the stables All Hung had
gone; l don't know where"
DIR. Emerson: do you know If the
substitute sent to you by the Japanese,
the first victim from the stables, an
swered to the same name as the Jap
who afterwards died of the plagde?"
A. NO"
Mr.. Smith How long did he work
for you?"
A. "Seven or eight days"
DR.. Wood: What were his duties |
about the stables?"
A. Washing carriages and cleaning
horses"
DR.. Wood: That will do Mr.. Buck
ey."
DR.. Wood. speaking further on the
subject, said:
In regard to the first victim, the |
man who was reported to have been |
sick on the premises, the only informa-
ton we had on the subject was after |
the man had been found dead; then |
We learned that he had been in the |
Hotel Stables. He left the stables on |
he goth and was dead on the 22d, ac-
,ording to the inspectors report. An
)ther story was that he had not been |
II the stables for five days before his |
ieath. | also learned that he had been |
at the Pantheon Stables pre-
yious to his employment in the Hotel |
stables.
Sickness Not From Soil.
Now concerning the case OF Ah
lung: The postmortem examination
bowed no femoral bubo and the indi-
atlons were that infection had not
'een taken from the soil. Neither OF
he last two cases, Chinese (the one
aiken from King street and the Wal
Xxi road and the victim from the Ho
ell Stables), were cases of soil iBfec-
ion. DR.. Hoffmann's report clearly |
hows that, and the symptoms in both
ases point conclusiyely to the fact that
he disease was contracted through the
ating of infected food or through
it into the lungs. Bronchial
,neumonia characterized both these
asst cases.
THE question of the disposition of
he Hotel Stables must be dealt with
n one of two ways: If the sickness
vas contracted on the premises. then
he place should be condemned and ex-
rene measures taken; If Infection
vas taken through foodstulfs or
through the lungs, then no such eX-
rene measures are necessary"
Mr.. Hatch: How long was All
lung at the Hotel Stables on Monday
ist? ?"
DR.. Wood: Il understand he got
here about 1880 in the morning; that
)r. Hoffman, was called about 7:45,
nd that the man was removed to the
esthouse Immediately"
Mr.. Buckley was again referred to
nd substantiated the above statement.
Mr.. Lowrey: Did All Hung use the
water closet at the Hotel Stables while
he was there Monday morning?"
Mr.. Hatch: whether he did 1r not.
think We should take for granted that
he did"
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