The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-10-25


The cells have overhead ventilation, and
the solid doors are fitted with a small
grating.
Ward number four Is women's ward,
and had normal accommodations for
nineteen patients. yet thirty-three women
are now housed there. many sleeping on
the floors of the cells. owing to the
scarcity of cots In this ward the yenti-
lation is better than in some others. the
ceiling being of open work.
Ward number five is a private ward for
pay patients only, and is not In use.
The bathing facilities for men are good.
The women's quarters are provided with
two tubs.
The draining system of the place is to
be condemned. Mauka of the main en-
closure Is an open ditch, which runs
close to the meus sleeping quarters. In
this ditch stands continually all the slop
from the kitchen and the wash houses,
and the stencil arising Is most offensive
What runs off 'empties into a larger ditch
which receives also the slops from the
poi house. The sewage from the mems
closets empties into cesspools, but the
women's closet is built over Il vault and
the building itself needs repairs. A SAN
itary system of sewage should he In
stalled and the health of the inmates be
safcyuarded from the danger of the stag
nant bitches above described.
The patients numbered. on the day of
our visit. 156, of whom lis were men, IS
women There Is no work provided for
the inmates except for a very few in
the taro and garden patches, and about
the kitchen and wards. Neither are
there any forms OF amusement ana
there Is no music, nor are there any
appllances ior physicai exercise nor are
outdoor games encouraged lor e'ther
sex.
,ot,o "uS ho IL s' at,n ~ or rn" VI, ,a,,,.
employ ment however light be provided,
and that rational amusements and physi-
cal exercises be introduced as far as
practicable SO as to mitigate as far as
possible the condition of the unfortunate
inmates, who are deserving of the widest
sympathy of our citizens and Of the con-
siderate care of the government of the
Territory.
Finally, we would recommend to the
attention of the honorable court and to
the law making power of the Territory.
the propriety of changing the method
now in vogue regarding commitments to
the asylum.
A magistrate on the certificate of
single doctor of medicine, should not
commit any person to the insane asylum,
and in all cases the patient should be
produced in court. And we would sug-
gest that a commission of at least three
doctors. one of whom shall be "A special
list in nervous diseases. pass upon the
merits of every proposed commitment
before Judgment be rendered in the case
and we further suggest that from time
to time, Il visiting commission of three
well qualified physicians might well be
appointed to visit the asylum to ascertain
II all the inmates Thereon were properly
treated and rightly detained therein.
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