The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-30
INTERESTED IN
LEPER STATION
NIEDICOS AWAKENING
TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
WORK BEING DONE.

The Board of Health met yesterday
afternoon those present being President
L. E. Pnkham. Dr. w. II. Mays Mark
=. Robinson, John G. Lane, Fred {.
Smith and the Attorney General, Lorrin
Andrews
The president reported that the City
Mill Company had withdrawn its bid
on lumber to avoid the possibility of
producing friction. He also announced
that as Plumbing Inspector E. G. Keen
had to take two months leave of alb
sence under doctors orders, he had
appointed James Mott, Jr., as tenn
pOrary substitute.
DR.. Mary f. Barry reported eXamin-
ing 204 girls in the Honolulu schools.
Certificates of health were issued to 200
and 4 were refused.
The president reported that while he
had been soliciting subscriptions for
the 4th of July celebration he had been
given a sum of $3.50 in addition for
the celebration of the day at the Leper
Settlement.
Health conditions in the Orient were
reported to be as follows by the chief
quarantine officer:
Hongkong, two weeks to May 20
Smallpox cases ?, death 2; Plague
cases 81, deaths g..
Amoy-Numerous cases.
Shanghai, two weeks to May %
Smallpox case is, deaths 6.
Kobe, two weeks to June 3.-Clean.
Yokohama, two weeks to June s.
Clean.
F. w. Beardslee of the firm of Boards
lee & Gill, architects for the new In
sane Asylum building, was present to
explain certain details in connection
with the structure. Two two-story
buildings will be erected this year be-
hind the old building and when these
are completed the old place will be
torn down. Next year the third ward
will be buiit. The two new buildings
will have accommodation for $50 pa
tents and the whole place when COM
pleted will accommodate 300 persons
Concerning the visit of DR.. c. b.
Cooper, to the mainland the president
made the following satisfactory report:
Private advices From DR.. G. ..
Cooper indicate his mission has been
successful in arousing interest in the
problems that concern us at the Leper
settlement. The conference at Wash
ingtOn was greatly interested in the
subject, particularly Surgeon General
Wyman as the head of the United
States Marine Hospital Service, who
will undoubtedly urge this matter 10
the serious attention of Congress.
THE annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Medical Association at Atlantic
City, attended by over $500 physicians
from every part of the United States
afforded an opportunity to form public
opinion.
THE official and executive body of
the Association, termed the House Of
Delegates, took practical interest in the
matter and, under the leadership OF
Pref. Schoenberg of Philadelphia, mo-
ton was PASSED that the House of Dele
gates of the American Medical AssO-
citation Tetition the United States Con-
gress to the effect: That a properly
equipped experiental station, with
hospitals, laboratories and other neces-
sary equipments be established at the
Leper Settlement on Molokai'
Apparently We are proceeding in the
right direction when we secure the
influence of the great Medical AssO-
citation of the United States. Incl
IDENTIFY DR.. Cooper was elected a mem
Der Of the House of Delegates"