The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-07


| Cottage Is feet by % Ieet containing
/ guards quarters. male patients bath
rooms with upright boiler baths. etc
Patients kitchen and dining room
/ This is an addition built onto and a
| the back OF No. Ward. one part Of
which is the kitchen where the pa
TENTS meals are cooked and the 9th
er the dining room where the quart:
and the trustworthy patients dine
The kitchen and dining room are di
vided by partition in which there !:
a sliding window. the panels OF which
are fitted with neayy wire netting
! This is kept closed EXCEPT at mea
times when the food is passed through
/ from the kitchen.
OutbUiIdines-Carpenter's shop
/ servants quarters, stables, wash
house and poi house.
The force Of attendants employed a
I the Asylum number nineteen persons
| consisting of TWO captains. twelve
guards, one matron and four female
/ nurses. The force IS divided into twC
watches Of eight hours each. TWO
guards are stationed at Ward No. l
| One guard az Ward No. =. Two guard:
! at Ward No. 8. One matron and twC
nurses at Ward no. The captains
make a round of ali wards before go
ing on watch. During the night half
hour rounds are required. SHIPS bells
are struck ali through the twenty-foul
hours watch.
In regard TO sanitation, it was stat
ed that each ward was thoroughly
disinfected every morning.
All patients with the exception OF
those confined to Wards > and dine
upon the lawns in front of their re
spective wards. In case of rainy
weather they dine on the verandas
Breakfast usually consists OF bee.
stew, rice, coffee, soft bread. crack
ers anu poi, served at $50 a. m.
Dinner-11:30 a. m.-Soups, toma
TO. vermecelli, vegetable and maca
roni. boiled beef, taro, poi, rice; three
times a week boiled mutton, once a
week fresh fish, Sundays pork and
cans.
Supper-4:30 p. m.-Beef prepared
in various ways, meat palls, etc., soft
bread, bananas, tea.
III cases u SlChHcSS- UCtI-lCd- ldPAO
ca. sage. corn starch, eggs and milk,
poi and milk, egg-nogs, etc. Private
patients get their meals directly from
the assistant superintendent house
and are charged at the rate of 80 cents
per diem.
1t was also stated that the re
straints TO which the patients were
sometimes subjected, were humane.
Irons are used only in extreme cases,
and then leather wristlet IS put On
first to avoid chatting the skin. Gloves
are sometimes resorted to as a pre-
ventive against patients removing
bandages. Whenever patient IS
placed in restraint note is made in
q book kept for the purpose.
\ monthly report of the Inmates IS
made out ar the end OF each month,
giving the number OF inmates in the
Asylum at that time, the number adj
mitted during the month. the number
discharged, and the number who have
died. with their natlonalities, sex.
age. asylum number, etc.
A patient upon being admitted to
the Asylum is Immediately bathed
and clothed in clean clothes, temper
allure and pulse taken and the same
entered in the records, etc. In addi-
tion to the regular attendants named
above there are employed in the Asy-
lum one foreman, one taro man and
helper, two cooks, two gardeners, one
laundryman and one hostler. The
foreman has general supervision CT
all the work around the Asylum. such
as taro planting and pulling. making
poi. repairs to buildings and fences,
digging graves for deceased patients,
etc. The taro man is under the fore
man and in direct charge of the pa
tients who DO any work. He has a
man 10 help him in this work. The
two cooks are employed to cook for
the patients and the working force
The two gardeners are employed IN
keeping the grounds in order, plant
ing flowers, cutting grass, etc. The
laundryman keeps all the bed linen.
bed spreads. etc. in drst-class condi-
ton. The grounds need to be seen
TO be appreciated; plenty of green
lawn adorned with coiored shrubs and
plants makes it one OF the most beau
-tiful gardens OF Honolulu.
Each and every one is treated as
though he. or she. was a private pa
tent. and as irresponsible as q child
would be- Therefore it behooves US
TO look for ailments and suffering.
and not 10 wait until lie patient ooEl-
plains. but TO observe them, and n
struct those in attendance TO watch
and note every popularity or idiosvn-
Grassy. of those under their supervis-
ion. A physician. even though resi-
dent. cannot be always with each pa
tent, and he has 20 depe-d on the
watchfulness and intelligence OF The
attendants Their physical condition
is observed and each Pause OF mental
disturbance noted
The Asylum IS visited and the pa
dents all seen daily b. me; occasion
SLY by one of ny par1srs, and fire.
Jnsn,lv by both OF US. II there Is a
case of special interest or difficulty.
invariably call on one OF them for
counsel. In case OF emergency there
i always someone on duty IN my IF
ice. who is acquainted with my
whereabouts, and telephone massage
has always been Immediately attend
ed TO. No case Of urgency has ever
been kept waiting. and when the dan
ger OF serious illness demanded il.
as many as three or four visits have
been paid in one day
When You consider that ffty-,hree
Of the inmates are incu-able and have
been over three years In the Asylum
ana forty more. doubtful. and prac-