The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-11
Subsidies for Honolulu Hospitals May
Eventually Be Used to Establish
Such an Institution.
harmonious Conference of Supervisors With
Health Board on County Physicians
and Division of Work.

Members of the Board of Health and
the County Board of Supervisors held
a joint conference at the Health De-
partnlent Office at o'clock yesterday
afternoon relative to the division OF
the health work on this island, main
tenance of hospitals and appointments
of county physicians. The conference
was harmonious and indicated that the
Supervisors and health officials are in
clfned TO take hold of health matters
in unison.
One of the important matters dis
cussed was the probability of the coun-
ty having in the near future to main
tain a county hospital and alrnshouse
and the discussion ran to the Incur
lied In this double capacity. The
Health Department gives the hospital
monthly subsidy of S625. The Super
yisors will confer with the hospital
trustees relative to maintaining the
Leahi hospital under county auspices.
Dr. C. b Cooper. president of the
Health Beard, presided. Attorney Gen
eraI Andrews and Dr. Mays of the
Board, and Supervisors Lucas, Gilman
and Harvey were present.
kauai SUPERVISORS ACT. =
A number of letters from government
physicians on the various islands We're
Read in which they noted the abolition
of their positions. A letter was read
from the Supervisors of the County of
Kauai, in which they stated they had
reappoinfed the government physicians
as county physicians, in compliance
with the provisions of the County Act.
The letter was as follows:
I've beg TO notify your honorable
Board that according to Chapter 8, sec
tion Is, of the County Act, we have APP
pointed DIR. r. j. Wilkinson, subject to
your approval, as chief health officer
for the County of Kauai, he also to
act as county doctor for the district of
Lihue, DIR. 3. F. Sandow for the dis
trict of Waimea, DR.. NIcClain for the
district OF Koloa, DR.. Putnam for the
district of Hawaiian, each to serve for
$50 per month salary. w. E. H. Deverill.
health officer for the district of Hama
lei. for the time being, to serve with
out pay"
DOCTORS IN QUANDARY.
From the tenor of the letters of the
government physicians they seem to be
in a quandary as to what course to
pursue The positions they held under
commission from the Board of Health
as Territorial physicians having been
abolished, the sub-positions they held
riages, etc, were also cut off. The peo-
pie in the districts in which they serv-
ed have therefore been cut off from
medical aid of a charitable nature. Sew
eral physicians stated that even under
these circumstances they had continued
treating patients, as, in the cause of
humanity they could not permit the
sick to be without attention.
One physicians said he had a number
of empty bottles. cleaned and ready for
disposition as the Board saw fit. An
other said he had already acted as gov
ernn1ent physician for a week before
the receipt of the letter abolishing his
position In many cases! however, the
physicians said they would continue to
make up vital statistics for the Board
of Health
JAIL. HOSPITAL AND PRISON.
The question of a surgeon for the
Police Station. physician foy the prison
and the subsidies for the Queens Hos
pitai. Hospital for Incurables and the
Maternity Home came in for a long
discussion.