The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-08

At precisely II o'clock Saturday
morning the senate, after tweleve DAYS
in special session, adjourned sine die.
The last hour of the session was spent in
a rush of business. The appointments by
Governor Dole of ]. H. Fisher as aud
itor, A. N. Kepoikai as treasurer. and
Henry E. Cooper as superintendent of
public works were confirmed by unan-
imous vote. except in the case of Coop
er, two Home Rule senator's voting
against him
Immediately upon assembling Secre-
tary Savidge read a communication
from the Governor asking the use of
the legislative hall on Monday in
case the senate had not adjourned for
the Eustis meeting, and inviting the
attendance of the senators. Upon mo-
ton OF Senator Dickey the secretary
was instructed to reply that the senate
would be out of the way before that
time
i BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT.
l Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
December s, 1902.
Hon. Clarence L. Crabbe, President of
| the Senate
! Sir: Your committee on the Health
Department beg leave to report that
they have made as complete an exam
nation of the workings of the same
as time would permit. The accounts
are well kept and the system seems to
| be good one. Your committee object
seriously to the custom which prevails
in this department as we'll as others Of
carrying in the cash bills for incident
ais which have been paid by officials.
The cash balance should be entirely in
coin and cash drafts.
! Your committee had a meeting with
the full board of health and asked
them questions on certain points which
were satisfactorily answered. The lep-
er settlement seems to be working
smoothly and satisfactorily under the
new management; the number of lep-
ers is gradually diminishing and no
complaints are registered against the
present superintendent. The number
OF male children of lepers now in the
settlement is 81 and your committee
is of the opinion that these should be
removed to a home as soon as possible
The last legislature appropriated S20.
:rfn nf chill
dren of lepers, but this is not available
for building home for the boys. The
committee suggested to the board the
advisability of their asking for a
liberal appropriation for a boys home
in their estimate OF expenditures for
the coming period.
+ We were informed that in all the
years since the establishment of the
Kapiolani home for the daughters CT
lepers, only two girls have developed
leprosy They are always removed
from the settlement as soon as possible
after birth, never longer than six
months after birth. The present board
removes them Immediately after birth.
A complaint was lodged with a mem
Der of the committee that leper sus-
poets had been taken from their homes
directly to the receiving station with
out being first examined. The board
denied this and said that all such cases
were examined by three different ply
sicians before being sent to the receiv-
ing station except in cases where they
were sent down from the other Islands,
and then they had been examined by
the government physician. Your COM
mittee thinks that in all cases the first
examination of such patients should be
at their homes.
Complaints have been made in regars,
to the working of the plumbing de-
partment but your committee has had
no time to examine into them. They
would recommend the appointment of
q commission Of three members of the
senate to make a more thorough in
vestigation of the department and re-
port at the regular session.
Your committee recommends the
confirmation of all the appointments OF
the Governor in this department
Respectfully submitted,
H. P. BALDWIN,
c. H. DICKEY.
PALMER P WOODS.
THE HOME RULERS EXPLODED
BOMBSHELL.
! Senator KaIa9okaIani introduced the
following resolution:
Whereas, It is common report that
H. E. Cooper, Secretary OF the Terri
tory of Hawaii, has obtained large
sum OF money from Chinese leaving
this country for China for certificates
NJ Identification for which should be 2