Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-31
Board Of Health Work
For the Week

Monday, Marcn ~.
There were present AZ the Board of
Health meeting on Saturday afternoon:
DIR. Wood, president, DR.. Emerson, DIR.
Day, Attorney General Cooper, +. M.
Hatch and +. j. Lowrey, members:
Mossls, Wakefield, Humberg and Shu-
Ioy, Of the committee on commerce:
DR.. Hoffman,, physician of the pest
hospital; DR.. Pratt, sanitary building
inspector; Drs. Peterson and Jobe,
Board call physicians; Ed-Towse, chief
sanitary inspector; Jos. A. Gilman of
Castle & Cooke, Ltd, Arch. +. Gilfil-
Ian and Clarence l.. CIabbe, wharf
managers respectively for the HackfelG
and Davies corporations: Il. X. Hen
dry, private secretary to the president,
and Chas. Wilcox, secretary of the
Board.
Upon the reading of the report of the
committee on commerce, a short dis
cussion resulted in its amendment to
the form appearing in that afternoons
Bulletin.
DR.. Wood, in the discussion, read a
report of the bacteriologist on fumiga-
ton experiments. Bacilli exposed were
killed by the hot air process the same
as by sulphur. Those in tubes placed
in the interior of merchandise were not
destroyed. So far as efficiency was
concerned the hot air was no better
than sulphur, but had the advantage in
time of one hour against 36 hours. IL,
in the proposal to permit the shipment
of -four and feed, 1t was intended to
cleanse only the outside of the pack
ages, the fumigation would be suffi-
cient. The Board should not do un-
reasonable things. Yet IL should do
nothing blindly. There was very little
danger from goods. If 1t could be alb
solutely regulated the removal of re-
strictions on a great many classes of
merchandise would be wise thing,
but 1t was utterly impossible. People
would not look beyond their pockets.
Until they were absolutely sure the
danger was past they could not throw
down the bars. Merchants were show
ing indisposition to use the quaran-
tine wharf under the impression that
everything was going to be thrown
wide open, because Il was little more
trouble and little more expense. IL
after the committee knew the results
of hot air fumigation they allowed
shipments so treated he had nothing
more to say.
In answer to Mr.. Cooper, the presi-
dent said thirty days after the last
case would be better than ten days for
raising the quarantine, sixty days bet
ter than thirty and year better than
sixty days. The recent cases did not
influence the question Of merchandise
1t was a matter Of lurking infection.
Mr.. Smith asked II 1t would make
| fumigation more effective to separate
| the bags of -four or bran with strip,
| of wood or iron SO as to allow the no
air to circulate. This need not b,
| put in the report, but the committed
could have 1t carried out. 1t wa!
known that stock was suffering fol
feed on the other islands.
DR.. Wood said shipments would b,
safe IL Macfarlane's ideas were adopt
| ed.
| Mr.. Smith knew that, but favo
could not be shown to one firm tina
happened to have special facilities TO
such treatment of goods. He Tnove'
to strike out the last paragraph o
the report which extended the list o
|
with the other members OF the com
mittee. DR.. Emerson seconded the mo
ton, which passed without dissent.
DR.. Wood spoke of the rush of PEG
pie to take the serum injection so tina
they might travel. This condition late
ly prescribed took no account or per
sonal effects. IL was impossible for tn
Board to do wholesale disinfection o
baggage. This was the difficulty the
were running against To follow u
people in detention would cause con
siderable expense when necessar
housing, feeding and transportation
were included Many who had take
the injection were from detention
camps, largely OF the classes anon
which plague was most likely to brea
out. He knew 1t was unsafe TO lie
these people travel unless their bag
gage and clothing were disinfected b
the Boards own plant.
DR.. Emerson said 1t was not tn
Boards affair In one sense, yet II the
did not do It the people on the othe
islands would not be satisfied.
DR.. Wood continued that II there wa
any danger outside of emanations fror
the human body, it was from rats an
personal effects.
Mr.. Cooper considered that havin
announced that taking the serum quail
fled for going away, they must see th
thing through in thorough manner.
DR., Wood stated that the injectio
SIMPLY was to be understood as say
ing time of quarantine, but the neces
sity of being unexposed and of hayin
personal effects fumigated should b
strictly required. 1t would only b
necessary to add to the former resc
luton the words, after disinfection
all clothing and personal effects unde
supervision of the Board of Health"
Mr.. Cooper moved, seconded by d
Emerson and it was ordered that sue
voc tho sense of the Board.