The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-23
FIRST HAWAIIAN
SMALLPOX SOURCE

fltp t| aTlt. MNINfE ufiINta uI tNe port
with n yellow nag nyiug from u-e fore
mast
Tho pilot ON going alongside found she
had ,uat OF smallpox Uu board.
The vessel WIS l.tt outside the port,
and the pilot returned 20 report che case
TO tie Board o. Health BE WAS ordered
90 anchor the vessel on WAIKIKI, whore
she then was. ana the crew with the
exception OF the sick man were brought
on shore. and uuarunuued Ia house
that stood near the former residence Of
Hon. G.. W. MaCfarlane, at hapiolani
Park.
Here the men were carefully watched
and tended by Dr. Hoffman. lest the
disease should spread The sick man
was brought 20 Homo llu, tut there was
no suitable place to put hin.
Prince Lot kamehameha then offered
/ the use OF house to the Board OF
Health, which they gladly accepted. This
house was "a large one, made of glass.
in the vicinity Of the present Quarantine
Station The house stood on an island,
and at high tide was surrounded by wa
ter. so that it served the purpose very
well.
After taking the patient to the place.
and supplying him with what was neces-
sary, no one could be found who was
willing to go over and nurse him.
For the first five days he was alone the
greater part of the time.
One of the members of the Board went
over every morning and prepared the
! mans food for the day, until he was
able to care for himself.
After the vessel had been quarantined
for twenty-one days and thoroughly flu
migated, she came into port All the
bedding in the forecastle as well as the
mems clothing was burned to prevent
any further trouble.
After loading with oil the vessel stop
ped at the Station to take on board the
| man. who had recovered and been pro-
vided with a new outfit After the man
| left the island the house with all its con-
! tents was destroyed by fire to prevent
any spread of the disease.
AS this was the first time such an event
had occurred, the Government had no
fund from which to defray the expenses
| Of this quarantine, which amounted to
fifteen hundred dollars. l therefore was
obliged to pay it myself.
When the Legislature met in the fol-
lowing year resolution was passed to
refund to me this sum, which read as
follows:
Joint Resolution for the Relief of w. c..
'parke.-Approved May %, 1853.
Whereas, in enforcing the quarantine
of the ship Charles Mallory and her pas
sengers, in accordance with the instruc-
ton of His Majestys Prvy Council Mr..
w. c. Par<e, the Marshal of the King
dom, has incurred the heavy expense
to meet Whlch no appropriation mas peeh
made;
Therefore be it enacted by the King
the Mobiles and the Representatives of
the Hawaiian Islands in Legislative
Council assembled:
That the Minister of Finance be, and
he is hereby, empowered and instructed
to pay out of any moneys that may be |
in the Treasury. to the order of W. C.
Parke, the sum of one thousand five |
hundred Q5OO dollars.
The following is the list of passengers
by the ship Charles Mallory: Captain G.
II. Lawton, Captain +. A. Newell, Mr.. |
F. l.. Hanks. Mr.. p. Emmett. Mr. e.
p. Hutchins, Mr.. H. Mcdonald. Mr.. ].
Pawtusack.
THE SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC
OF 1853
AS no new cases of smallpox appeared |
for two or three months after the de- |
parture of the Charles Mallory, the au- |
thorities felt that they had nothing more
to fear in that line: but the one case |
from that vessel was nothing compared |
to what followed. On the 18th of May,
a man called at my office and reported
that two native women living on Mauna-
isea street were i'll. and he feared that
the trouble was smallpox. On going to
the place the report was found to be
true, and guard was placed around the
house, with strict orders to allow no one
to leave or enter it. The Legislature was
then in session. and on the 10th passed
an Act authorizing the King, Kameha-
meha Ill, to appoint three commission
ers Of public health; and on the same
day His Majesty nominated Dr. G. p.
Judd. DR.. L. C. B. Rookie and myself
The first section of the Act referred to
reads as follows:
THAT there shall be appointed by the
King with the assent of the Privy Coun-
ell, commission consisting of three per-
sons. who shall act without pecuniary re-
ward. upon whom shall devolve all the
powers and duties intended and express
ed in the Act of the Sth of May, 1851, en-
titled law establishing a Board of
Health with power to extend the same
TO all parts of this Kingdom In person.
|or through their agents: and who are
hereby authorized and empowered to pro-
wide for all persons sick with the small
|pox suitable medical attendance. food,
Fodging and clothes, at the expense of
the Hawaiian Government, and to make
and publish such regulations for the
public health as they may think wise
bnd eXpedient, and enforce them by
Zines or otherwise through the courts"
The Commissioners met at once and
organized, DIR. Rookie being chairman.
hnd j. Hardy, secretary. AS there was
no suitable place in which to take care
pr the patients, We selected a building
pm Queen street, which belonged to the
Government. and had 1t fitted up for a
hospital. When the two women were to
be moved to the hospital. no one could
be obtained to pick them up and carry
hem to the wagon; SO l had to do 1t.
and drive the wagon well. The day
hitter the removal of the two women, an
Examination was made of the infected
District and some two more cases
we're found. which were removed to the
hospital
We took the utmost precautionary
IA
iisease notices were issued and widely
circulated. The Minister of Public In
Btruction was authorized to take every
hecessary step Tor general vaccination,
nd measures were taken to prevent the ,
Extension OF the disease to the other ISL