The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-05

Indiana-Dr. ]. N. Hurry
| Iowa-Dr. F. w. Powers.
Louisiana-Dr Edmund Souchon.
Maryland-Dr Jno. S. Fulton.
Mrfigan-Dr. II. B. Baker.
Minnesota-Dr II. NJ. Bracken.
Montana-Dr T. d. futile.
New Jersey-Dr. Henry Mitchell.
North Carolina-Dr. Richard H.
| Lewis.
North Dakota-Dr. H. H. Healey
Pennsylvania-Dr Benjamin Lee.
Rhode Island-Dr. Gardener t.
Swarts.
Texas-Dr. George B. Tabor.
Utah-Dr F. s. Bascom.
Nermont-Dr. c. S. Cayerley
The Surgeon Generals private secre-
tary, Mr.. A. ]. McElhone, acted as sec
retary of the conference.
DOUBLE CONFERENCE
Both conferences were held at the
New Willard hotel The second annual
conference of the State health author
tiles with the United States Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service
was presided over by Sur. Gen. Walter
j Wyman, and the nineteenth annual con-
ference of State and provincial boards
of health of North America by DIR. ].
n. Hurry of Indianapolis, Secretary eff
the State Board of Health of Indiana,
lasting from 10 O'Clock in the morning
until nearly II o'clock in the evening.
Sur. Gen Wyman in calling the con-
ference to order said the first conference
held last June had effected permanent
organization and called attention to the
Committee appointed at that time which
would be expected to keep UP the work
of cooperation all over the country. The
past year, while a very busy one, had
hardly developed anything of such great
or pressing Importance as to call for spe-
cia1 attention at this conference. How
ever it was called in accordance with the
aforesaid act of July I, 1902. Abiding
to his visit to Mexico in January, at
the request of the health authorities of
Texas and Louisiana, he SAID the Mex
ican authorities had promised every aid
in the work of suppressing yellow fever.
He also alluded to the hygienic labor
atory of the service to- which had been
added two new divisions, namely. phar
macology and zoology, a division of
chemistry being now forming.
THE COMMITTEES.
The Surgeon General then introduced
Assistant Surg. Gen. H. D. Geddings,
who read the Committee membership as
follows: Scientific research and santa
f. WEIGH, William G.
Woodward and u. o. B. Wingate Pre-
vention and spread of epidemic dis
eases-N K. Foster, Edmund Souchon
and ]. n. Hurry. Morbidity and mortal
ity statistics-Henry B. Baker, Graduer
T. Swarts and H NJ Bracken State
egislation-Benjamin Lee, c. o. Probst
and Irving A. Watson; New Hampshire
Education-C. a. Lindsey, Paulas A.
Irving and ]. A. Albright
Special committees on diseases: Cho-
lera-Samuel w Abbott, Daniel Lewis
and Andrew C. Smith Yellow Fever
VIM. II. Saunders and T. Grange ST.
mons. Plague-F. F. Westbrooke, J. s.
Fulton and Andrew c. Smith Small
pox-H Mitchell, c. E. Young, s. n.
Myers, T. B. Beatty and J. u. McCor-
mack. Tuberculosis-C. E. Cooper, Col
orado, and w. G. Hope. Leprosy-J. C.
Nolte, c. B. Cooper, Honolulu, and J.
F. Smith. Porto Rico. Typhoid Fever
VIM. c. Woodward, ]. A. Egan, S. w.
Abbott. J. n. Hurry and J. S. Fulton.
ADDRESS ON PLAGUE.
I was especially interested in the re-
ports of DR.. Foster of California on
1ubonic plague He said the disease had
1een practically eradicated from the Pa
;ific Coast. and explained the methods by
which It had been exterminated. saying
he shaCks in Chinatown where il bred
most productivity had been destroyed. He
ldvocated thorough disinfection OF in
oming vessels by system which would
prevent the rats leaving during the dis
injecting process and in which sulphur
would be used; also thorough sanitation
4 the location frequented by Chinese
nd low class immigrants. the disease Z
eldom being found elsewhere
Gen Wyman explained regarding DR.
7oster's suggestion as to international
greement for prevention OF rats being
2rTled by vessels. thus disseminating the
lague genus throughout the world, that
e had been Tor some time endeavoring
o bring such a plan into effect and
oped to accomplish that end
VARIOUS REPORTS.
DR.. c. z. Cooper Of Colorado (who
assed through here as Surgeon IN the
,olorado regiment when that regiment
assed through on their way 70 Manila
the outbreak Of the Spanish-American
lar and vino recalled orr former meeting
a lunch given the officers by our Ma
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