The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-28
PLAGUE HOSPITAL RECORD
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE At
KAKAAKO.
The Place Where Bubonic Plague Vic
Tins Have Lived and Died-The Eight
Cases That Have Been Cured.

The plague hospital is a deserted viii
lage now. Only three patients, young
Levy, a Chinese suffering with plague,
and japanese girl with beri-beri, are
now under the care of those in charge.
The buildings that held twenty sick
people at a time few weeks ago, are
all empty but three, and the little NOR
victims Of the plague is closed. The at
PENDANTS are still there, ready for a
call at any time.
There are attendants at the hospital
who have not left its walls since the
place was opened as a hospital for
treatment of victims of the bubonc
plague. S. S. Merrill, who Is now in
charge, has been there since January
H. and Mrs. Merrill assisted as a nurse
up to the 10th of this month Morgue-
keeper Frank Miller has been at his
post throughout the epidemic, and
Charles Elvin, who is there yet, took
hold of the first case that went there.
w. b. Scott, who is now at Kalihi. was
i'll the plague hospital up to February
20.
The work in the hospital was hard
enough once to make the present rest
well earned. Plague is by no means
the only disease that has been treated
there. The list Of dangerous maladies
that have been listed on the books Of
the institution includes tuberculosis
malaria, typhoid fever, bronchitis. dys-
EMERY, beri-ber, rheumatism, menin-
gifts, pneumonia, enteritis and others
When the wards were fun there was no
lull in the work. DR.. Hoffman, paid
three visits aday to the place, and the
nurses and attendants put in almost
day and night looking after the delir
ious patients. Nearly every case or
plague made the victim delirious before
he or she reached the hospital, ard
many of the other complaints We're Just
as hard to look afterias plague.
The plague hospital is in an ideal
place for such an institution. If sun
and air kill the bacillus of the pest, it
can never live in that locality. A
strong sea breeze blows over the build
ings every day. for it is close by the
shore at Kakaako, and the sun beats
Gown as on a beach. The hospital is
divided into sections admirably arrang
ed for their purposes. There is plague
ward, into which go those cases that
are known to be bubonic plague, anoth-
er ward for suspects, where the Japan
csc girl who has the beri-beri is now
recovering, and another row of rooms
for the fortunate ones who have re-
covered and are in quarantine before
they leave the enclosure entered under
such hopeless circumstances. Beyond
all is an operating room and the
morgue. The rooms are all light and
cheerful, and constant cleaning has
kept them healthful. The patients when
they get strong enough, come out on the
lanais and enjoy sun baths and a sea
breeze that ought to do wonders for
sick people.
Among the fifty-four cases that have
gone to the hospital there have been
5 cases of malaria, 3 of consumption,
each of typhoid fever and bronchitis,
of pneumonia, and several of other
troubles. Nine people have left the
place after having passed safely
through all the terrors and pains of the
bubOnic plague. One of these, a Chi
nese was practically cured in the Chi
nese hospital before going to the plague
hospital. He was brought to the prem
Uses on February 20, and put into
quarantine as cured, two days later.
The record of actual cures of bubonic
plague in the hospital is as follows
Aiona, Hawaiian-Chinese, male, q
years old. entered January 10, cured
January IS.
Takauchi, Japanese male, 20 years
old, entered January 10, cured Febru-
airy s.
Shina Nakamura, japanese male, age
%, entered January 10, cured Februa-
ny 8.
Aka, Japanese male, age 9 months,
entered January 10, cured February s..
All Cum, Chinese male, age 5, entered
January 12 cured February ~.
Okubo Ichi, Japanese male age "a,
entered January 15 to Kalihi March Is.
]. H. Hartman, American, age 80,
entered February 3, cured February IS.
Mrs. Franz, German female, age II,
entered January IS, to Kalihi Febru-
airy 10.
Sen Kan, now in the hospital, may
be added to the list of cures though
his recovery is not yet considered GER
tain.