The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-01-15

H. Health, who sent eight lepers
in two hacks from the police station
to the Kalihi leper receiving station,
must wear sackcloth and ashes for a
month.
David's allowance of Holsters and
fresh oysters will be small during jan
uary, for he is to get no pay. Having
repented of his idiocy, he is to be re-
tained as an employe of the Board of
Health, but is to be disciplined.
Executive officer Pratt of the Board
will scold him, warn him not to use
hacks for leper transportation again,
and will tell him to retire from active
life for month. AS David gets $50
month from the Board his punishment
will be the loss of that amount of mon
ey and also the consciousness of hav-
ing made an ass of himself to the dis
gust of the public.
David might have been fired bodily
for his action but that he is too valu
able a man to let go. He has been in
the employ of the Board for six years
and is expert in apprehending lepers
and in other disagreeable duties con-
nected with the routine of the Board.
When the matter was brought up be-
fore the Board yesterday, Executive
officer Pratt pleaded for Nahoolewa
Pratt said that while Nahoolewa had
been guilty of gross misconduct and
had lied about it, yet he had always
been faithful before. He was much
needed in his work of rounding up lep-
ers and he had shown energy and clev-
erneSS.
f. j. Lowrey, a member of the Board,
said the newspapers should not have
given such publicity to the fact of the
hacks having been used for lepers.
More harm has been done the city by
these publications than by Nahoole-
was act" said Lowrey.
Attorney General Dole remarked that
"it had tendency to keep people
away from Hawaii"
Executive officer Pratt said only two
of the lepers had shown aggravated
outward signs of their fearful condi-
ton.
Dole thought Nahoolewa would go
straighter than ever If taken to task
and that a new man Of his efficiency
would be hard to get.
Pratt said that Nahoolewa had sim
ply done what had often been done be-
fore. when 1 took hold" said Pratt,
II stopped this thing" Pratt said Ma
holewa admitted that he had not even
tried to get the Board of Health wag
on for the lepers.
Dole offered motion calling for
the castigation of Nahoolewa by word
of mouth and his suspension from
duty without pay for thirty days. DR..
Cooper encored the motion and it was
passed.
DR.. Emerson said he wanted to state
that while he believed the danger re-
sulting from the use of the hacks was
infnitesimal, yet the Board did not
condone Nahooewas offense.
Member Lowrey remarked that the
worst phase of the matter was that
Nahoolewa had sent the lepers un-
guarded to Kahili and risked their es-
cape.
DR.. Cooper was for some hard and
fast rules relating to the transfer of
lepers, but Dr. Pratt interposed that
he would look after all transfers him
self in the future.
DIR. Emerson drew the Boards atten-
ton to the very bad practice permit
ted by the Board of allowing lepers
who are being sent to Molokai from
Honolulu to be embraced by their rela-
tives and friends. Emerson said that
a few days ago he went to the Myrtle
boat house to battle and had his at
tention attracted to a group on the
wharf near by. There were half
dozen or more lepers there awaiting
the coming of the steamer and with
them a crowd of sympathizers. Lepers
and friends, the clean and the unclean,
were wrapped in each others arms,
their lips glued together, and, as EN-
erson said, for at least a minute or two
at time their bodies almost indis-
apart.
IT was sickened at the heart at the
sight" said DIR. Emerson, "and went
home without my swim. What use to
look for such infringements of sanitary
rules as Nahoolewa's when these