The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-10-16
VACANCIES
NOW FILLED
Appointments Are
Made by Board
Of Health.

DIR. c. b. Cooper president, DIR. w. II.
MAYS and Fred. C. Smith waited long
for another member of the Board OF
Health to make a quorum yesterday
afternoon. l.. C. Winston arrived at
$3.50 and business proceeded. DIR. j. 5.
y. Pratt, chief health officer; c. Char
lock, secretary, and Miss Mae Weir
stenographer, were in attendance,
ACT OF ACCOMMODATION.
DIR. w. A. Schwallie wrote from Pa
hala asking that he be appointed an
agent of the Board at that place, CIV
ing as his reason the fact that now
people have to make round journey OF
thirty miles to and from Naalehu for
burial certificate. People at kapapala
ranch have to travel forty-two miles
for the same purpose. Manager Sher-
man of the Hawaiian Agricultural Co.
Joined in the request. There being no
salary attached, 1t was voted that DR..
Schwallie be commissioned as agent
and as register of births, marriages and
deaths.
CAUTIOUS ABOUT CEMETERIES.
DIR. w. II. Mays, chairman OF the
committee on A. l.. Perrys site for n
cemetery at Kalihi, read a report. AL
first adverse to the application. he had
after personal inspection Of the ground
come to the conclusion that the pro-
nf 10
TO the public health 1t was sfnail
niece Of ground with soil eight feet deep
situated against the mountain "here
the building of homes was not proo-
able.
President Cooper hoped the Board
would proceed only with caution. Ihey
were considering the matter of a larger
cemetery near Honolulu and he did not
wish to see a number of small ceme-
ferries started here and there.
1t was voted to accept the report LOT
further consideration.
PARTLY GRANTED.
David II. Madison applied by letter
for permits to two Mormon elders to
visit the Leper Settlement and stay
there a few weeks on mission OF their
church. After some discussion it was
decided to grant a permit to but one
of the missionaries.
DOCTOR PASSED.
The board of medical examiners re-
ported favorably on the application OF
DIR. ]. Campbell Douglas for license to
practice, which was accordingly order
ed to be recommended.
APPOINTMENTS
DR.. w. II. Mays was appointed acting |
superintendent of the Insane Asylum
from October /.
DR.. C. A. Peterson was appointed |
government physician for the districts
of Koolauloa and Koolaupoko, Oahu
from October /.
Dr. j. c. Douglas was appointed gov
ernment physician for the districts OF
North and South Kona from october !.
w. A. Naylor was appointed dispenser |
at the government dispensary, Homo
lulu, from October l. He served in the |
Spanish war with the hospital corps |
and has had considerable experience.
Robert Kamakaea was appointed as
sistant fish inspector for Honolulu.
George b. Schrader was appointed
sanitary inspector for the districts of
Wailuku and Kahului, Maui.
REPORTS.
Reports of the city sanitary officer
and inspectors and the plumbing in
spector of Honolulu We're read and ac-
cepted.
ID. S. Bowman, sanitary inspector of
Hilo, reported on his work for last
month. He had made 80 inspections.
PESTILENCE IN ORIENT.
DR.. l.. l.. Cofer, chief quarantine Of
hcer, by letter reported the health con-
ditions in the Orient as follows:
Hongkong, two weeks TO Sept. 15-
Plague cases 8, deaths 8.
Shanghai, two weeks to Sept. 1S-
Cholera cases 5, deaths SO; smallpox
cases l, deaths 0.
Nagasaki, two weeks to Sept. 2lst-
Clean.
Kobe, two weeks to Sept. 2i-Cholera
cases 8, deaths l.
Yokohama, two weeks to Sept. l2-
Plague cases 3, deaths 2, doubtful
plague cases G. deaths 3.