The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-24
MUST
HAVE PA|A|
Board Of Health
Looking Into
Matter.
(From Thursdays Daily.)

OF the Board Of Health yesterday al
ternoon. 1t was not shown tina
there was shortage, or that there ha
been, but letter from Superintendent
McVeigh related that an expecte1
shipment of paiai had not arrived Of
the day scheduled, and the Superin
tendent wanted to know whether J
w. Kalua had thrown up his contrac
to supply the afflicted with this i'm
portant food product-and, If he had
then how the matter Of supply shoulc
be met in some other way. Kalua'!
contract runs until the first of Jul!
next. and the executive officer of tn,
Board of Health was instructed tc
send a wireless message to that gen
tleman to know what his intention!
were. If he does intend to throw VI
his contract, 1t was the sense Of the
Board that proceedings will be taken
against his bondsmen-and, in the
meantime, another paiai supply must
be looked after.
Another letter from Superintendent
McVeigh complained that there were
at the settlement a lot Of kokuas out
of a job-those who had seen the
death of the lepers they had been sent
there to look after-and as these were
little better than Migrants and were
in fact something of burden upon the
y.1o Inniln5 fn tho
rules and get rid of all those for whom
there was no employment.
The designations of DR.. John We'd
dick, Sister NJ. Bonaventure and Sher-
iff l.. M. Baldwin as the Board of Trus-
tees of Malulani Hospital, on Maui,
were received, and DR.. ]. H. Raymond,
DR.. G.. H. Wells and Senator kalue
were appointed directors. At the
same time a committee consisting Of
DR.. Mays, DR.. Moore and Mr.. Mott
Smith was appointed to draw up set
of rules to govern all hospitals under
the control Of the Board Of Health.
The special committee to look into
the matter Of the Goto remedies for
leprosy asked for more time, and so
did the committee to investigate the
territorial insane asylum. DR.. Coop
er suggested that the committee would
visit the asylum next week, and asked
that all members of the Board, wheth-
er on the committee or not, go along.
DR.. Oyama was granted a license to
practice, it being shown that he was
a graduate and an experienced physi-
clan.
The plumbing inspector made the
following report, covering the period
from April LIST to April 18th: Number
of plans filed, 16; number of permits
issued, 16; number of inspections made
112; number of final certificates issued,
"A; number of sewer connections
made, IA.
The following letters were received
from DR.. Cofer, Federal quarantine
officer:
Honolulu, Hawaii, April 81, 1903.
To the Executive Officer, Hawaiian
vi IlcdlJlI, Ilo-
nolulu, Territory Of Hawaii.
conditions in the Orient as follows:
1903, clean. Kobe, two weeks to.
April Sth, 1908. Smallpox cases, l;
deaths, 0. Nagasaki, two weeks to
April 9th, 1903. Clean. Shanghai,
two weeks to April 5, 1908. Clean.
two weeks to April /, 1903.
Smallpox cases, /; deaths, l.; plague
cases, II; deaths, Sc.
Respectfully,
(Signed) l.. e. COFER,
Passed Assistant Surgeon, Chief Quar-
antine Officer, Territory of Ha-
wall.
Honolulu. Hawaii, April 9, 1903.
To the Executive Officer, Hawaiian
Territorial Board OF Health, Ho-
nolulu, Territory of Hawaii.
Sir:-I have to report the health
at Brisbane, Sydney and
Suva, as follows:
Brisbane, two weeks to March 25th,
1903. Plague cases, g.; deaths, 0.
Sydney cases, o.; deaths, 0. Suva
cases, O; deaths, 0. Last case on
March 90, 1903)
Respectfully,
(Signed) l.. e. COFER,
Passed Assistant Surgeon, Chief Quar-
antine Officer, Territory OF Hawaii.
One of the members of the Board
If Health yesterday received letter,
rom which the following is an ex-
ract, from o. T. Osborne. NJ. d., who
s at the head of the Medical Depart
nent in Yale College, and physician
# the very highest standing on the
mainland: at was very thoughtful
,ou to send me the report OF the Board
II Health OF your Territory. 1t is
certainly most successful institution
II yours. The report would do credit
q Tho nitx Of Na.,r Xarl. L.