Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-07-17
MATTERS Of M0L0KA|
BUSINESS DISPATCHED
BY BOADi HEALTH
Several Questions Submitted by Sup
erintindent MCVeigh--Remo
Of Pigpen -Pestilence in
Orient.

There were present at the meeting of
the Board of Health yesterday after
noon DR.. II. c. Sloggett, president; DR..
w. l.. Moore, ID. p. X. Isenberg, Fred.
] G. Smith. Attorney Geenral L. +. Dole
and DR.. c. b. Cooper. Officers IN at
| tendance were Dr. }. S. b. Pratt, eXecu-
4 tive officer; c. Charlock, secretary, ana |
}. d. McVeigh, superintendent leper /
settlement.
Petitions from Molokai were read.
The first was from denizens OF Kala. /.
wac, praying that they should no, be |
removed to Kalaupapa, but that their
houses be repaired. Mr. McVeigh stat |
ed the policy he had started was to pre-
vent any more newcomers from going
to Kalawao. so that in time the settle
ment would be entirely comprised IN
kalaupapa. The suggestion that Hala-
wac people whose houses had grown
dilapidated might remove to new
houses at Kalaupapa was not well re-
ceived. They had formed attachments
to their little homes. He recommended
the granting OF the petition, which was
done.
Another petition was to permit the
licensed sale of ava at the settlement.
Mr.. Isenberg wanted to know from the
medical membefs whether or not the
effects of ava were harmful. DR.. Moore
answered in the affirmative, saying he
had been led to understand that the
use of the herb even predisposed the
user to leprosy. The petition was de-
MED.
Finally, a petition was read, asking
that every resident of the settlement
might keep a horse there. After n
statement by Mr.. McVeigh, that some
of the horses already there had sur
vived their usefulness, and the infor-
nation from DR.. Pratt that there were
1880 head OF animals at the place, the
Attorney General moved that poor
horses might be substituted with good
ones but no increase in present num-
bers be allowed. After some talk the
matter was left in the discretion OF
the superintendent, as were some other
small matters pertaining to water sup
ply and taro growing.
MIR. McVeigh further brought up the
matter OF two insane kokuas, asking
II they might be transferred to the in
sane asylum in Honolulu after medical
examination. 1t was the sense OF the
meeting that there would be no trou-
BILE about adopting the suggestion. Next
the superintendent submitted the case
of there being nine aged and decrepit
kokuas, who might perhaps be removed
to Lunalilo Home in town. No action
was taken except to lay the matter OH
the table.
It was voted to grant the request Of
two Sisters for permits to visit the
settlement, where they desired to see
the mother superior.
The matter of a certain piSpen al
Pauoa was determined by vote tina
the proprietor be notified to remove
the establishment within three months
DR.. l.. L. Cofer, Federal quarantine
officer. sent in two reports of diseases
In the Orient, the latest under date o
July Is showing: Yokohama week.
to July 5, cholera in Tokyo, Is mile
distant; Shanghai, 2 weeks to June q
cholera epidemic; Kobe, 2 weeks L
July 2, cholera 2 cases, deaths; Hong
kong, 9 weeks to June "a, cholera case
IA, deaths 10; smallpox l case, death
, plague so cases, II deaths.
Il. G.. Keen. inspector OF PLUMBING
and house sewers, reported for the frs
half of July; plans filed, 43; permit
issued, 43; final certificates issued, 43
inspections made, 1888; sewer connec
tions, rs.