The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-14
HOT TIME IN
LEPER VILLAGE
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the minstrel show, in which there is /
great interest, costumes are wanted /
as we'll as any other accessories.
The Board of Health's trip to in |
| spect the Settlement this time was
unique in that none of the lepers had |
kicks to make. Drs. Sloggett, Cooper, !
Moore and Pratt went, with Attorney
! General Dole, E. A. Mott-Smith AS
sociate Justice Perry, w. O. Smith and
press representatives. The steamer
Ike Au Hou was used for the trip. She
left on Friday night and returning
reached Honolulu late on Saturday
} evening.
I Three petitions were submitted to
! the members of the Board at Kalau
| papa. One OF them referred to Nc
! Weighs plans to consolidate the Set
! Element by removing patients from
| Kalawao and Pauahi to Kalaupapa. \
hundred lepers signed a petition
against this proposition, desiring to
| remain in their homes. Owing to the
| long haul from the landing to kala-
wac and to the fact that better ac-
| commodations can be provided at the
other village, at less expense, Nc
Weigh is in favor of moving all to Ka-
laupapa. The matter will be discussed
by the Board here before any action
is taken.
Kahale and Hoopinai petitioned for
permission to sell ava at the Settle
ment. There will also probably be pc
titions for licenses to sell beer and
other liquors. At present the only in
toXicants that the lepers get into the
Settlement are swipes and such other
stuff as can be Struggled over the pail.
The third petition was for permission
to import some horses into the Settle
ment.
Justice Perry, assisted by e. A.
Mott-Smith, examined applicants to
practice law. The justice did not think
any of them were entitled to certih-
Gates as lawyers, but advised Judge
Nathaniel to issue permits to four per-
sons to appear and practice before
him. These are Ambrose Hutchinson,
Pierce, Kanikau and Makakoa. In an
tcipation of a favorable result of the
examination, the visitors saw a sign
out, pierce and Kanikau, Lawyers"
The Board found that DR.. French is
making very thorough experiments
with Tua Tua Half a dozen patients
are taking the treatment regularly,
and the doctor is carefully watching
them. In three or four months he
hopes to be able to make the first med
zeal report on the effects of the drug
which has been so widely ADVERTISED as
cure for leprosy.
The usual visits were made by the
Board to the Baldwin and Bishop
homes and the Bayview hospital, ana
the water supply and taro patches
were inspected. One new industry pro-
posed by McVeigh is that of fishing. II
supplied with boats and nets the Iep-
ers might be quite successful at hsh-
I ing. A short time ago school of nsh
passed the place, and large catches
r were made.
9 Six persons were examined medical
ly by the Board. Three were found to
be free from leprosy Two are chill
dren who will probably leave the Set
Element. The other is man who was
kokua to his late wife and will prob
ably stay as a helper. The three
found to be lepers We're a woman
whose husband and kokua was recent
ly expelled, an old kokua who had
contracted the disease and child
born at the Settlement.
The business of the Board over, some
amusement was given by horse race
in which Perry came in first. DR..
Cooper second and Dr. Moore, third. A
prize of $40 was up. and it went to the
leper settlement sports fund. When
the visitors left to take their steamer
a baseball game was in full swing,
Kalawao against Kalaupapa, and ka-
: laWao in the lead.
Superintendent McVeigh's figures
show decrease in the number of lep-
ers at the Settlement They also
show that there are Is children in the
Settlement who are not lepers. These
children are practically all of them the
offspring of leprous parents, who re-
fuse to allow them to be taken away.
I Many of them will become lepers in
time There are So boys and % girls
in this class.
The leper children are mostly looked
after in the various homes. Some Of
the non-leprous may grow up 10 leave
the Settlement. In addition 70 the Is
there are 8 children under 10 years Of
age at the Settlement. There are 123
lepers in the Boys Home.
At the present rate of decrease ten
years Will see the Settlement very ma
teralIy reduced, and Superintendent
McNeigh's plan to consolidate all at
the one village of Kalaupapa is prob
ably the beginning of the contraction
of what was once referred to as the
largest leper settlement in the world.
Two years ago there were 1000 lepers
on the peninsular. The last report of
the superintendent shows $50 there
now They are divided as to residence
as follows; Bay View Home 80; Bish-
op Home, 80; Boys Home, 1873 outside
of the homes, COS. In addition to the
lepers there are 154 people at the set
| tlement. Ot these 80 men ana Is WO-
men are kokuas, rs are non-leprous
children and Is are other well persons
employed i'm various kinds of work in
the homes and about the Settlement.
Superintendent McVeigh is strongly
in favor of allowing the importation
of liquor into the settlement. He
thinks that beer and wine at least
should be allowed to the lepers as they
are ready to pay for them. 1t is i'm
possible to keep out swipes and such
stuff coming in over the pail now
said McVeigh. you can catch a man
with a bottle of the stuff, but what are
you going to do about it when you get
him? He says it was made over at
| Kaunakakai, or somewhere on the 9TH
er side of the island, or up i'm the
mountains, and it is no use trying TO
| prosecute.
CAS- 1t IS, a lot of the lepers are often
/ very drunk on this sort of stuff, and 1t
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