The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-18

as follows:
Kalawao, Oct s, 1901
DIR. H c. Sloggett, President Board of
Health, Honolulu:
Dear Sir:-I herewith forward II you
nay report for the quarter ending Sep
| TENDER 30th, 1901.
There have been thirty-seven deaths
OF lepers during this period and TWO
deaths of non-lepers.
| An epidemic of fever has visited us
during the last two months; an ordinary
continued fever and a relaps:ng fever;
! lepers and non-lepers alike have been at
! tackled. but in every case when the sub
! ject was a leper, the fever has been az,
companied with erysipelas of the head
or face, and occasionally of some part of
| the body The fever has generally been
milo, but in some relapsing cases, the
temperature was high. In ALL the num-
Der of fever cases was 103, with five
| deaths.
There have been four births in the set
Element, one male and three females, and
one clean child has been sent to Homo
lulu
Bathing has been as usual Visits to
the dispensaries average thirty-flve daily.
| I am, Yours truly.
RICHARD OLIVER, NJ. D.,
Resident Physician, Leper Settlement.
Bids for supplying the settlement
I with paiai were opened and the con-
tract was let to John w Kalua who
offers to furnish paiai of twenty-one
pounds each f. o. b. steamers, for 10
cents apiece. The palai to be packed
in flour sacks and. to be of the best
quality. and freshly gathered The con-
tract is TO be made in the name of
Samuel Kelumo, who is the representa-
tive of the taro planters of Molokai and
Maui
There We're two other bids, one from
Lee Chun of Honolulu at $1.26 each. the
; other by s. Keluoi of Wailuku. His bid
was rs cents for paiai wrapped in Ii
leaf and so cents in flour bags.
a contract was made with the Ha-
waiian Navigation Co. for the transpor-
! tatiOn of the paiai to the settlement
. For freight from Kahului to Kalaupapa
the charge is to be seventeen cents
apiece. in lots of not less than 500 bun
dies each shipment. An average of
400 bundles must be shipped each
month, and in case there is less num-
Der. the charge will be twenty-five
cents per bundle. The Hawaiian Navi-
CATION Co. will, 1t is said, establish a
line of schooners to take care of the
business of the Board of Health. The
Wilder company refused to bid on the
proposition at all.
The letter of Mrs. Iona Lee Shu in
reply II one from the Board was read
and heartily received. it being the first
commentators epistle that has been re
ceived from any one at the settlement.
Mrs. Shu had complained that she re-
ceived her meat in Il cart, while the Sis
tiers were given theirs in a basket
She was very much pleased with the
action OF the Board in having the mat
ter attended to. She stated that her
meat was, now brought to her house in
a basket lined with green cloth, for
which she wished to thank the Board OF
Health and Supt. Reynolds,
OTHER MATTERS.
The Board recommended the grant
ing Of license to Dr. F. w. Hodgns
a request was received from Govern
ment Physician Goodhue for fnforma-
ton as to whether he would be allowed
to charge fees for the examination of
coffee shops and restaurants in his dis
trict. Kauai. This being out of his
regular line of work the Board decided
that such charges would be proper.
f. Weber. secretary of Lihue Hospi-
tai, sent in the reports of that institu-
ton for the past three months, and re-
quested that the hospital be allowed the
subsidy of $3.50 per month granted by
the legislature. This matter was also
referred to Mr.. Mott-Smith who is in
vestigating the status of these hospitals
with view to ascertaining if they come
within the provisions of the law.
The request of J. Paakaula TO have