The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-07
APPEAL FOR
PHYSICIANS
County Supervis-
ors Asked to
Hire Them.
Board of Health Relates
Great Benefits of
the Service. |
Crank Seeks Employment-pa- |
thstic Letter From Sick
Woman.

| bOdrQ OF E1Sditn adopted the TepoF
of the committee to confer with tbs
| Board of Supervisors. in the form of 6
letter to be sent to each county board
in the Territory which was signed by
the committee, viz: Attorney General
Andrews, DR.. Mays, and DR.. Cooper
That for Oahu county was transmitted
forthwith, addressed to A. Hooking,
chairman of the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Oahu.
There was a full meeting of the
| Board of Hea1th-Dr. c. 3. Cooper,
| president; Mark P. Robinson, Fred C.
| Smith, DIR. w. H. Mays, Attorney Gen.
eral Lorrin Andrews, E. C. Winston
| and John C. Lane. C. Charlock, secre-
tary, and Miss Mae Weir, stenogra-
pher, were in attendance.
APPEAL TO COUNTIES.
The letter to the county supervisors
already mentioned says:
ION the demand of the Administra-
ton for retrenchment in expenditures
in all departments, at an executive
session held December 81, 1908, by the
Board of Health, the positions of the
declared vacant, for the reason that
the bulk of the taxes go to county sup
port, and this expenditure, which is al
most exclusively a county benefit,
should be borne by individual coun-
ties. The position of Government ply
stefan in the various districts here is
analogous to the position of county
physician in the counties of the various
States and, Territories of the main
land, and we believe there is not
single instance where such a provision
is not made"
The health section of the County Act
is quoted, as "a very wise provision
for the carrying out of this most i'm
portant measure and the duties of
Government physicians are fully quo
ted from the Territorial law on the
subject after which the letter con-
cludes as follows:
''It is impossible for the Territory to
keep up good work and accurate sta
tfstics without such force of trained
sanitarians. Our health experiences
in the past have been bitter and cost
~ enough to warrant every effort to
ward off a repetition that could be due
to any neglect of the guardians of the
interests and health of the Territory.
Leaving out, as matter of argu-
ment, the required duties of the Gov
eminent physicians, the duties per-
formed as registrars of their various
districts have barely been paid by the
small salaries received.
For the best interests of the indi-
vidual counties and the Territory as a
whole, for the protection of public
health and the efficiency of sanitary
and health conditions and statistical
records of this Territory, we would
recommend that the provisions of this
Act, as above stated, be carried out
by the BSard of Supervisors in each
individual county"
ROUTINE BUSINESS.
Time was extended for reports by
Superintendent J. D. Mcveigh of the
Leper Settlement on various petitions,
and by the Acknowledgement on CUB
sidiZed institutions and Hilo land con-
demnation.
Reports were received from sundry
health officials in Honolulu which are
elsewhere reported, and from sanitary
inspectors for outside towns. Inspector
E. S. Bowman of Hilo reported 620 in
spections in December, with other de-
tails Inspector Geo. B. Schrader re-
ported 562 inspections in WaiIuku, I64
in Kahului, 80 in Waihee, SO in Wal
kapu and % in Waiehu and Puahala.
a total of 1853 the same month. Inspec-
tor L, NJ. vetlesen reported 426 inspec-
tons for December in Lahaina
AN AFFLICTED FAMILY.
A pathetic letter from Mrs Kaaialii
Hu was read. First she wanted ser
mission for her husband to go to the
Settlement as her helper. Then she
gave information that her four chill
dren on Hawaii We're afflicted, as she
knew before she was taken away, and
referred the Board to Deputy Sheriff
Kamauoha as having knowledge OF the
facts. She implored the Board to have
the children sent 70 KaIaupapa, saying
she would rather see them there and
taken the best care of rather than
hiding themselves in the woods, as
the translation reads
The secretary was directed to notify
Deputy Sheriff Kamauoha of the com
munication.
STRANGE REQUEST.
One of those strange requests that
turn up from time to time in the
Boards mail, for employment at the