Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-10-11
Neutrality-suspicious.
PRESIDENT PlNKHAM'S LETTER
To SURGEON GENERAL WYMAN
SOME or ADVANTAGE HAWAII
HAS FOR TREATMENT OF tn.
BERCULouS PATIENTS.
ACTIVITY

President Pinkham OF the Board OF
Health In his letter to Surgeon General
Wyman dealing with tuberculosis.
says:
As the Hawaiian Islands are pecul.
iarly situated II will be impossible to
follow the order Of your inquiries In
regard to tuberculosis.
Having the great responsibility ot
lcprosy ana being exposed to such dis
eases as plague. cholera and smallpox
by the travel and commerce constantly
passing our mid Pacific ports. tubcr-
culosis has not had the extreme atten-
ton the health authorities desire. nor
have the necessary funds been appro-
priated by the Legislature.
The Territory OF Hawaii has gen.
eral law requiring physicians and
householders &c report under PEN
atty OF maximum fine Of one nun
drcd dollars every case OF disease
dangerous to public health"
Under this law the Board of Health
must be reported and among them
Tuberculosis"
The number of deaths from the six
important contagious diseases are sum
married. twice each month by the olli-
cial registrar md notice given through
the press. Vital statistics are regular
ly collected and registered.
On request the Board OF Health FUN
igates and disinfccts rooms and houses
where pulmonary tuberculosis has &C.
Cured.
II Is hoped the next Legislature will
grant means for more extended disin-
lection.
The city of Honolulu, Island OF Oahu,
has had for six years an institution de-
voted To tubercular diseases and incur
ablcs. II Is organized under the name
OF Ieahi Home. In the year 1902 II was
relocated on grounds peculiarly adapt
ed to It's needs and Is now equipped
with new and admirable buildings and
facilities. the latest addition being a
large pavilion for the open air treat
meni Oi pulmonary tuberculosis.
The institution Is supported by In.
vested funds. government aid and char
liable contributions.
Adults and children are admitted
from all parts Of the Territory.
II Is situated some four miles from
the center of the city at an elevation o.
about 800 feet.
Mountains rising to an elevation Of
three thousand feet are close at hand,
and on them, their slopes and deep val
leys rainfall Is quite frequent, while at
the location of the Home rain rarely
falls. This produces n combination OF
ireshened and dry air which Is very
favorable to the arrcsting and cure OF
the disease.
II Is found that many patients. ap-
parently recovered. are too eager to
resume their usual relations and avo-
cations, and that the INDECENT are UNI
able when they leave to properly nour-
ish their bodies, thus against the ad-
vice aud consent of the physicians tho
risk Of relapse Is assumed ana relapse
often occurs. Patients are never hast
lily discharged
Not only on the Island of Oahu, hut
even more marked ON the western or
Eona side of the Island of Hawaii per-
sons Of means suffering from tubercu-
losis could find relief. This favorable
district Is some thirty miles long and
il on the slopes OF mountains rising to
a height of nearly fourteen thousand
feet. These mountains shelter the coast
from the prevailing winds which are
East
The first nine hundred feet elevation
Is barren lava which reflects hot, dry
air. Above that to an elevation Of
twenty-five hundred feet is one OF the