The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-09
THE PLAGUE \.
EASING Up
Bulletin Board Shows.
Clean Record.
BLOCK. 10 GUARANTEED
Board Discusses important Matters
Consumptive Retreat Proposed.
Building Sale Opposed.

The plague situation was uncnanSeu
yesterday and nothing occurred to mar
the clean record at the Health Depart
ment. The call physicians, however,
were busy throughout the day answer
ing both the calls of the Health De-
partment and the Citizens Sanitary
Committee.
DR.. Hoffman, reported the condition
of Mr.. Hartman improving, his
temperature having gone down con-
siderably during the day. The other
patients are steadily improving.
A Consumptive Home.
Mr.. F. j. Lowrey of the Board of
Health stated a proposition TO that
body which had been suggested to him
by A. l.. G. Atkinson, superintendent /
of the kerosene camp, of establishing
a hospital for consumptives in the hos +!
pital of the kerosene camp, after the
camp was discontinued as a quarantine
station. The proposition is in reality
one to provide a retreat for incurable !
consumptives, and not necessarily a
consumptive hospital. Mr.. Atkinson's
idea is to have the Board of Health give
its sanction to the establishment OF
such place, and allow the government
physician to be in attendance. From
conversations had with several philan-
thropic persons in the city, Mr.. Atkin-
son feels reasonably certain that he
can arrange for the support OF the
nurses and attendants, by voluntary
subscriptions.
1t has been suggested that, if such
home is established, it should be def
initely stated that it is not to be a
place where consumptives can be
treated, but more as a retreat where
they can spend their last days. This
matter was forcibly brought to the at
tention of the Honolulu public, short
time since, when an almost penniless
consumptive was turned into the street,
and was refused at the regular los
| pitfalls and turned away from boarding
houses; and but for the charity of an
| old friend, would have died on the
! streets. To care for such cases will
be the purpose of the proposed instltu-
ton. 1t was emphasized that if a gem
| eral statement was made. that A hos
| pital for cOnsumptives had been estab-
lished at Honolulu, it would bring a.
! large number of patients from the
Mainland to these shores. This is to be
avoided.
The Board will consider the matter
at some future date.
Homeless and Friendless.
The egress of several hundreds of
japanese from the drillshed camp yes
terday, together with releases of 9TH
| Org from hn
has brought the community face to
face with a very serious problem.
Where are these people to obtain shell
ter and where is their food to come
from? The Citizens Sanitary Commit
tee was flooded yesterday with these
people, all with the general query for
some place to sleep at night.
The Board of Health. while it has
felt the great responsibility of looking
after these people, rendered homeless
by the act of the Board in burning up
Chinatown, does not feel that it IS in
cumbent upon it to support them for
an indefinite period. This is Presi-
dent Woods opinion, as to the limit of
J responsibility incurred by the Board,
and he feels that the community at
large should make some effort to as
SAAC DOnlu III LII lhCoC pCO-
pie in some way. They have passed
through their regular quarantine and
are supposed to be free from the in
lection of plague.
The relief camps are crowded to
their utmost capacity and the Board
considers that it would be next to i'm
possible for it to grapple with the ques-
ton, as it relates to individuals. At
the drillshed Minister Cooper was in
formed, and so stated to the Board,
that most of the japanese were
provided with money and upon their
release would be provided with shelter
by friends. Those who were without
funds were to be allowed the privilege
OF remaining in the camps until they
found other accommodations. The
general exodus from the drillshed is
caused by the need of the place for
quarantining the people of Block 10.
Yesterday all were given their freedom,
numbering nearly 1900. Within a
week, several hundred will be released
from Kalihi and the city will be filed
with nearly 1000 Asiatics who will
seek homes. Many of them are with
out cent. For some reason the Jap
anese accommodations at Moiliili are
not ready, and, as result, the lack OF
accommodations was severely 1eIt yes
: terday.
Board of Health Meeting.
There were present at yesterday
session Of the Board, President Wood
Geo. w. Smith, F. NJ Hatch, DR.. Day
and F. ]. Lowrey.
The President announced that he had
carried out the text of the resolution
regarding the quarantine OF block 10
The erection of the rat-proof fence was
in progress and being pushed as rapid
ly as possible and will probably be com
pleted today.
He remarked that the people in the
block generally understood what was
: expected of them and are willing t
go into the drill shed, which will bt
made ready for them today. Minister