The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-16
HEALTH BOARD
HOLDS SESSION
LOUISIANA LEPROSY CASE TO BE
LOOKED INTO FURTHER-MAT-
TIERS OF PUBLIC SANITATION.

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The Board of Health held it's regular
weekly meeting yesterday afternoon
those present being the president L. e.
Pinkham, DR.. w. II. Mays, John c.
Lane, and Fred c. Smith, Secretary
.Charlock and ]. d. McVeigh superinten-
dent of the leper settlement. The fol-
lowing report was submitted by the
president:
Tenders for supplies for the period
of six months, from July to December
81, 1904, were opened before witnesses,
T. l.. Lewis and H. E. Mcintyre, on
the advertised date and are herewith
presented. for your decision, in a tabu
lated form, the bids on each article that
the time of the members of the Board
may not be imposed upon.
In my communication to the super
ntendent of the Louisiana Lepers'
Home I brought up the point of the
scientific determination of each case
by the microscope. without such de-
termination there would remain the
possibility of a doubt. With the eff
forts of DR.. Cooper and Governor Car
ter to secure the highest possible
scientific skill in the study of the dis
ease we should require positive proof of
all claims and statements submitted to
us.
The Food Commissioner has paid
careful attention to the exceptions
taken. to his report The sardines in
Question were destroyed with consent of
the owner. A sample box is presented
herewith. orders for the destruction
of questionable food have generally met
with ready compliance.
Your officers are constantly met with
appeals from making sanitaryq i'm
provements on account of the depressed
financial situation. Many of the APP
peals are vital to those making them
and every possible lenency is shown.
There is however, a class who are able
to put their property in condition VINO
are reluctant to do so, although un-
questionably + is something of a hard
ship. We feel it is imperative many
of these holdings receive immediate at
tention and your president has person
ally taken these cases in hand.
Il have requested the plans for the
new Insane Asylum buildings be placed
before you for your action at the meet
ing of June 90.
The matter of inspection of inn
pOrtatiOns of live stock has had at
tention as per request of your COM
mittee and has been submitted in form
to the Acting Governor for his sug-
gestions as the execution of the law
and regulations are under his direct APP
pointees.
Mrs. Alapai has been at the Settle
ment for only two months and has no
need of a kokua hence the denial of her
request is suggested"
The Attorney General has submitted
several opinions. The one concerning
holding two offices affects the districts
of North and South Kona. where the
intent was evident that DR.. e. S. Good
hue should hold both making a total
.salary of 800 which is as small as
would induce a physician to remain in
the districts. 1t will be unfortunate
should Mr. Goodhue retire.
A number of contracts were awarded
on the tenders offered some being held
over for further consideration. The
City Mill Company put in several bids
and these were held pending enquiry as
to the citizenship of c. K. All, president
of the company. The presidents letter
anent the Louisiana leprosy case was
read and approved. 1t was announced
by the president that he had appointed
H. A. MyhTe as assistant to the food
commissioner to collect samles of milk
Upon the report of DR.. c. B. Wood of
the Board of Medical Examiners license
to practice was refused DR.. John l.
Savage, a native of Ireland and DR.. c.
! Mort, a native of Japan.
A special report was submitted by r.
Duncan, Food Commissioner and
| Analyst, on the water supply of that
part of the Moiliii district along Bere-
/ tania street from the rice field Eva of
the baseball Grounds to the Moiiiin
church
/ The report was exhaustive dealing
with the sources of the water supply
Through the whole district and -- re-
vealed a state of affairs which might
under certain circumstances prove
highly dangerous. The water is OBJ
| tanned from wells in the coral forma-
/ ton and owing to the porous nature of
coral all are expose to contamination.
From analyses made it was shown that
! the contamination was from drainage
! from cesspools, from ponds where
washing is done and from surface wa
| ter. The finding of the report is that
/ "the use of these waters under normal
conditions of health NAV occasion no
| trouble, still in case of an contagious
| disease the residents of this district