The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-02

| eoneNnatr making IL N some partlc J.
lars stTicter, and in other particulars
more liberal
| AS the bin stands, il would require.
in the opinion OF your committee, sev-
eTal changes and amendments. and as
/ the Legislature has before IL more
xork than it can faithfully accomplish
| before the Termination of the session.
we recommend that the bill be laid n
the table.
d. KALAUOKALANI.
DAVID KANUHA.
II. p. BALDWIN.
Mr.. Baldwin then read the following
report of the Committee on Education
and Public Health, TO whom was refer
red Senate Bill No. 90, entitled. AN
Act relating TO licensed physicians" !"
The report was laid on the table to e
ceiye further consideration with the
bill The report reads as follows:
The object OF the bill is to make il
easy for the Board of Health to Sc
cure medical assistance in cases of un-
usually serious epidemics or unusual
public disaster.
Your committee would recommend
that the words free of cost to the
Territory of Hawaii on lines and 5.
Of section /. be stricken out, and that
a new section be inserted as follows:
Section 2-The Board of Health is
hereby authorized TO remunerate ply
sicians they may call upon TO assist
in suppressing any unusual epidemic,
or in case of any unusual public dis
aster. by paying them an amount not
exceeding one hundred dollars
month: provided, however. that this
provision does not apply to physicians
in the employ Of the Board of Health
who are drawing regular salaries"
The insertion of this section will
change the numbering of the remain
ing sections of -ae bill.
ID. KALAUOKALANL
I concur in the above report, except
ing that I recommend the physicians
be allowed to the extent of two hun
dred dollars, in the section it is pro-
posed TO insert in the bill.
H. p. BALDWIN.
The last report to receive attention
before the recess was the following
minority report of the committee 10
whom had been referred House Bill
9 and Senate Bill 43, both relating to
vaccination and repeating the laws
making vaccination compulsory, which
was presented by Mr.. Baldwin:
The minority of your committee does
not recommend the passage of either
of the above bills. for the following
reasons:
Since the discovery of vaccination
hos M haQn tho
terrible scourge to humanity that it
was before this discovery.
Scientific and medical men agree as
to the efficiency of vaccination as
means of preventing the spread OF the
disease In former centuries, before
the discovery of vaccination. no dis
ease was more dreaded, or destroyed
more victims.
IL has been calculated that in the
last century from to 12 per cent of
deaths from all diseases were due to
small pox.
At the present day. in countries
where vaccination is regularly prac-
ticed, the proportion has been reduced
to 7-10 of 1 per cent: and, in coun-
tries where vaccination has been COM
pulsory. small pox has been almost
entirely suppressed. Formerly human
vaccine virus was often used, and
methods of vaccinating were imper-
feet. and there was danger of trans
mitting other diseases from one per
son TO another. Now. however. moth
ing but the best of bovine virus is
used. taken from a healthy calf. and
all danger of transmitting disease is
done away with.
We must not forget what terrible
scourge small pox was in Hawaii IN
the year 1853. before the people were
vaccinated. when several thousands OF
people were carried off by this terrible
disease. Small pox has been brought
to these shores at least twice since
then. but largely owing to vaccination.
did not spread.
All important lines of steamers in
the Pacific touch at Honolulu, and
travel and commerce in the Pacific
is RAPIDLY increasing. There is always
more or less small pox in the Oriental
countries bordering the Pacific, and
lust now there are cases of small pox
scattered throughout the United
States
II behooves us. therefore. to be
more vigilant than ever in our efforts
10 prevent this dread disease from
spreading in Hawaii. and we should
not. In the interest OF the Hawaiians
snd of public health. entertain for
moment the proposition of repeating
the laws relating 10 vaccination
II. p. BALDWIN.
A prolonged discussion of the mer-
its and demerits of House Bill No.
and Senate Bill No. 4s relating TO vac
cination occupied share OF the time
devoted to the afternoon session II
was brought about by the receipt Of
the minority report Both Senators
Carter and Brown spoke in favor of
sanitary vaccination Instances were
cited where similar precautions nad
been taken on the mainland where
small pox had manifested itself Vac
cination was claimed to be the only
preventive of the dread scourge. II
was also claimed that the poor would
be greatly benefited by the passage OF
the measures. c. Brown maintained
that in cases Of epidenics the rich
could invariably take the necessary