The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-15
NEW HEALTH PRESIDENT
ASSUMES CHAIR OF OFFICE
L. E. Pinkham Is Formally indicted Into Position
Vacated By DR.. Cooper and Outlines Ills
Hopes For Future Of the Department.

read. The jury condemned the present
fish market as an obstruction to a
street. DIR. Weddick will be asked to
report on the matter.
! Superintendent Mcveigh of the Leper
Settlement presented a letter asking
for the removal from the Settlement
of a. certain male. koxua, whom he
described as a loafer and general kick
! er. The Board complied with his re-
quest
The recommendation was acted upon
accordingly.
President Pinkham suggested that in
future. in order to make a government
retaliation, that a charge of 81 be made
for plumbing permits. which have here
ltofore been free OF charge.
The report of the Sanitary Inspector
of Hilo indicated that the town had
been cleaned up of the cans, and many
bad hollows had been filed up or drain
/ ed.
The report of Malulani Hospital
showed a balance of cash on hand
March 81, of s1.S5, and twenty-six
patients were being treated.
The following letter from Dr. L. z.
officer u. S. M. H.. s.. was read:
Honolulu, Hawaii. April IL, 1904
I have to inform you that the health
conditions in the Orient are as follows:
Hongkong, two weeks to March 10,
1904Small-pox cases. L; deaths L.
Plague cases, 2; deaths 2.
Shanghai, two weeks to March 20,
Smallpox cases, o.; deaths %.
Nagasaki. two weeks to March g.
1901 Smallpox cases, 5; deaths 0.
Kobe, two weeks to March 2S, 1901
Clean.
Yokohama. two weeks to March 30
1904-Ciean.
Fred. Smith offered a resolution re-
.1ating to the powers and privileges of
the President of the Board, which was
passed unanimously.
"A vote of thanks to E. c.. Winston
for his services as a member of the
Board was made at the close of the
meeting.
President Pinkham announced that
the withdrawal of aid to the INDECENT
poor and sick was bringing a stigma
upon the Territory, as well as hard
ship to the persons mentioned. He did
not believe that the citizens would
mind the burden of expense to look
after these poor people.
DR.. Mays suggested that even at the
eleventh hour the legislature might yet
appropriate something for their main
tenance. The new free dispensary
building had been completed, but the
appropriation had been cut off. Mr..
Peters also felt that this was most inn
portant to the sick and poor of the COM
munity. 1t was decided that the Presi-
dent and DIR. Mays confer with the
Governor.
DR.. Mays. chairman of the .Dispen-
sary committee, stated that he had had
in mind many improvements for the
dispensary. He hoped to have the
younger men of the medical fraternity
come to the dispensary on certain days
of the week and give their time and
attention to cases. In this way he
hoped to have them treat eye and ear
other days. and virtually establish a
clinic on small scale.
DR.. Mays remarked that he felt sure
the Board would share his gratifica-
ton at the recent action of the Senate,
in providing for the care and treatment
of the ladigent sick, and particularly
in restoring in part the grant to the
Queens Hospital. People hardly re-
alize how serious a loss it would be
to the community If the doors of the
Queens Hospital were closed against
the sick and injured, or if the charit-
able work it is now doing were Grip
pied to any great extent for want of
funds. He said we had no County
Hospital here, but for years the Queens
Hospital has been practically fulfilling
the duties of County Hospital The
amount now proposed to be set aside
for this worthy institution will help
greatly, and DIR. Mays hoped the MEM
bers of the Board would endeavor TO
assist the measure along, that it may
receive the approval of the House of
Representatives and the Governor.