Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-15

At the weekly meeting OF the Board
of eHalth, the matter of chief public
interest coming up was the revoking OF
the decision to compel Father Wende-
lin to leave the Leper Settlement. This
action was reported in the minutes of
special meeting just previously held,
which are printed elsewhere.
DR.. II. c. Sloggett. president. DR.. w.
l.. Moore, d. P. X. lsenbefg, Attorney
General +. p. Dole. E. A. Mott-Smith,
Fred. c. Smith and Or. G. Il. Cooper
constituted the meeting. Dr.. J. S. b.
Pratt. executive officer and c. Char
lock, secretary, we're in attendance.
New Inspectors.
Commissions as agents OF the Board
of Health were voted to John II. Tay.
lor, James Mcqueen. Cloud b. Kinney,
P.McGrath, +. r. Nugent and z. Fitz.
simmons. These are the new inspec.
tors for whose pay the commercial
bodies of Honolulu have agreed to ad.
vance $500 a month.
The Attorney General to whom had
been referred request from Wilder'a
Steamship Company for regulation
TO govern steamers carrying lepers, ad.
vised against the action. He thought
the end In view might be secured by
segregating lepers aboard any steamer
employed to carry them This could
be done without q regulation.
DR.. Cooper concurred with this view
saying there was not the slightest dan.
ger.
The matter was left at that.
DIR. Oliver sent in letter of particu
lars enclosing bill for 1888 &c.. II was
referred to the finance committee.
Examinations Of Doctors.
On report of the medical examin
ers. recommending DR.. r. Uramura for
license to practice. Dr. Cooper wanted
to know II the candidate mad been ex,
amined in English. DR.. Sioggett did
not see that the Board Of Health had
anything to do with that question. DR..
Cooper differed from the president,
saying the Board had some months agu
made a time limit beyond which all
candidates for license - whether
French. German. Chinese or japanese
must be examined in the English Ian.
guage.
The report was. on motion of DR.
Cooper seconded by Or. Moore. laid
on the table until the record could be
consulted.
Yellow journalism Barred.
Miss Anderson. a nurse from Seattle
on behalf OF herself and Mrs. Frances
E. Owens, a member Of the Chi
cago Press Association, petitioned fol
permit to visit the Kalihi experiment
station. On motion the petition wal
denied.
Attorney General Dole moved tina
Miss Anderson be allowed to visit tn,
station in company with the Board
committee OF examination.
DR.. Sloggett, as one OF the commit
tee, objected to having any visitor at
, tend them on their examinations o
lepers. The motion was withdrawn.
DR.. Moore told OF a reporter VIII,
wanted photographs Of lepers for :
Chicago paper.
ItpOll vi Tue tbihHlitNtt VII CDil
: tagious diseases. adopting the old form
; of reports, was adopted.
Rev. John Keliepi pastor OF the Hoo
, mana Karistiano Naauao church. peti
toned for the privilege Of establish
:. ing a cemetery for that body adjoinin
the Insane Asylum cemetery. 1t wa
: referred to committee.
Dr. Cofer, L. S. Hospital Marine Ser
vice, sent in reports OF disease at for
eign ports as follows:
l. Sydney-TOtal epidemic of plague I
, April %, 1902, cases, 100; deaths, 20.
Sydney-Cases of plague for wee
ending April 10, cases 4, deaths 0. TIC
tai deaths &c, discharged recovered 4
under treatment in hospital 30.
. Brisbane-Total epidemic to Apr
Il %, AZ. Deaths. 10; recoveries, 10. In
der treatment l6.
Two weeks to April 23-Cases. Il
deaths, 4. Last case and last deaf
April %.
u Hongkong-For two weeks to Apr
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