The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-15
A CLEAN
RECORD
No Plague Deaths for
Eight Days.
FROM WAIALUA
Board of Health Meeting = Queen
Hotel Bill Various Freight
Matters Considered.

ApOuL the only news winch caused
any trepidatiOn in health circles yes
terday was telephone message from
Waialua, stating that specimens taken
from Japanese who had died the day
before had been forwarded to the
Board of Health for archaeological ex-
animation.
Telephone inquiry of DR.. H.
Wood at Waialua, last night, gave al
most conclusive evidence that the man
had not died of plague, but of beriberi.
However, as the man had died rather
suddenly, the doctor took the wise pre-
caution of obtaining specimens from
the body for examination by DR.. Hoff-
mann. The latter did not receive
them last evening, and therefore he
can give no opinion as to the nature of
the Waialua death. The man had been
i'll for seven days prior to his death,
and was plantation laborer.
The body of young Hawaiian Wom-
an was brought in last night to the
morgue from Kalihi valley for post
norton examination. DR.. Hoffman,
found nothing suspicious from his ex-
animation, and signed a certificate at
tributing the death to nephritis.
A health physician was called to a
residence opposite the premises of W.
o. Smith on Nuuanu street to attend
a Chinese child, which appeared to be
suspicious to the inspector who sent
in the call. Swellings were found on
the neck, which more resem bled
mumps than infected maxillary glands.
A report of nothing suspicious" was
recorded.
Excellent reports were received from
the pest hospital last night, all the pa
tients being recorded as progressing
most favorably.
The Board of Health yesterday or
dered the health guards removed from
the premises at Kalihi, where IAluli
died on Sunday. -,.s>.s.
No deaths from plague have occurred
in the last eight days; the last being
THAT of Yamaoko, who died On Febru-
AIRY 9th. $50
Board of Health Meeting.
Yesterdays session was attended by
Attorney General Cooper, acting pres
ident of the Board, George W. Smith,
F. NJ. Hatch. F. ]. Lowrey and DR..
Day.
Minister Cooper announced he had
appointed as the investigating com
mittee of the Board Messrs. Arthur
Wilder and Lyle Dickey, with which
committee he would also associate
himself.
DR.. Herbert reported a pneumonia
case of a Chinaman, who had died at
the Chinese Hospital in the morning
and asked whether a postmortem
should be held. The Board considered
that postmortems should be held in all
pneumonia cases, without respect to
persons.
A second Chinaman from the same
hospital was reported to have died
there of consumption, and the body
had been sent to an undertaker's es-
tablishment without having had a bur
ial certificate issued by the Board. A
physician was sent to investigate, and
returned with the information that
consumption was the cause of death
The Queen Hotel Bill.
\ communication was received by
the Board from the arbitration com
mittee appointed to settle upon an
amount for the use of the Queen Ho-
/ tel as quarantine hosiery. The fol.
| lowing communication to President
| Wood shows the results of their inVes.
| tiga,ions:
The undersigned having conferred
with Mr.. AZbill, proprietor of the
| Queen Hotel, and having visited tbs
premises and seen the conditions there
recommend that the sum of 81 800 be
paid TO him for the use of the hote
| for one month.
j. ALFRED MACON.
IF. r. DAY,
/ w. F. ALLEN,
"Arbitrators."
| In his bill Mr. Azbin, the hotel pro.
prietor, asked for $3.50, the last item
on the itemized bill being $50 for arbi
| tratiOn expenses. The Board disallOw
ed this item, saying that was a pay
ment which rested entirely with the
proprietor, inasmuch as the Boar(
knew that two of the arbitrator made
no charge for their services.
Opening of King Street.
Prof ingalls, made a report upon tn,
condition OF King and Nuuanu streets
recommending that both be opened
his explanation being as follows
The President of the Board of nealth
Honolulu, Oahu.
Sir: | have to report as follows: A
far as my work as disinfeCtOr and fumi
gator is concerned there is no reason
why King street, Nuuanu street an
Hotel street should not be opene
Thursday, February 10, 1900. But ther
is yet work TO be done by some Othe
department.
There is a very bad ". c. on the Wal
kiki side OF Nuuanu street midway be
tween Hotel and King streets. Thl
needs pumping out; but should not b
done until the new one now in process
of construction is completed and read
for use; so that the use of the old on
may be discontinued when pumped on
and II may be filed with clean cart
Immediately after pumping.
On the Eva side OF NuUauu street