Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-02-22
BOARD Of HEALTH
AND THE JAPANESE
Every Chance Given To
Oriental Doctors In
Examination


The Board of Health held a short
meeting yesterday afternoon at which
only two questions were discussed the
refusal OF the Board OF Medical Exam
liners TO admit three Japanese doctora
to practice and the appointment of -
committee. on the recommendation OF
I Attorney General Peters. To draft law
which will allow Japanese lepers or
4 lcpcr suspects to return To their own
1 country.
The matter of the Japanese doctors
/ was taken up az first and President
/ Pinkham asked Tor a statement on the
subject from the Attorney General Mr..
| Peters said:
"ln order that each OF the Japanese
/ doctors might have every possible
chance to pass the examination the
Board Of Examiners went to the extent
Of disrcgarding the opinion Of the At
torney Generals Office. which gave an
opinion stating that there was no need
Ut giving an examination In any other
language than English. Instead of this
the Examiners took pains that an III
terpretcr should he used and allowed
the doctors who wished to take the eX-
summation every possible opportunity
To pass This was done for the first
time some five or six months ago and
1T that time, II | remember correctly,
two out OF three of the doctors passed
the examination"
Upon motion the Board voted unan-
imously that II I've recommended to the
Treasurer that u license be granted Dr.
Horrcr Hayes and that no licenses be
granted Drs. NaOtaro Tsutsumi. IL
Mijima aud r. lchikawa.
In President pinkham's report the
fact that Japanese leper suspects often
tried TO escape from the detention
camp at Kalihi was called attention to
nnd the matter offered for discussion
before the Board. DR.. Wayson sug-
gcsted that he did not think any leg
islation was necessary but that when
the Board found a japanese leper who
wished 10 go home and whom the Jap
anese Consul or his friends would take
care of, he should be allowed to 20.
Attorney General Peters stated that
he did not agree with this view and
thought that once leuer or lcper sus.
poet was in legal custody he would
have to remain 70 unless the law was
changed He moved that COMMITTEES
of three be appointed by the chair %
draft "A measure for passage by the
Legislature which should provide that
alien lepers or leper suspects should,
within u certain period after their ar
rest be allowed to embark for their
own country. The motion was passed
unanimously and Messrs. Peters, Way.
son and Pinkham placed on the COM
mittee.
President Pinkham read the follow
ing report at the meeting.
Thursday. February q, 1907.
To the Members of the Board OF
Health
herewith hand you two communi.
cations from the Board of Medical Ex'
aminers, one that OF DR.. Homer Hayes
be licensed To practice medicine and
surgery In the Territory of Hawaii and
one recommending that Drs Naotaro
Tsutsumi, NJ. Mijima and II. lchikawa
be refused licenses. The latter gentle
men were given a written examination
In their own langue, through an ac'
complished interpreter of their own
race In addition they were examined
orally that they might have an oppor'
tunity TO disclose further their knowl'
edge on some points on which they
were radically incompetent, according
to their written replies. The oral ex
animation only confirmed this def.
cheney. Much time and patience wa,
expended In these examinations and
every care taken to be fair and just tt
these candidates.
below quote from my report to the
Governor, under date of December 3lsi
1906, relative to the practice of Med
lcine and Surgery in the Territory 81
Hawaii" The general principles there
in laid down appear to be unacceptable
To the Japanese alone.
In another item of administration
some leading Japanese are defying thu
laws of the Territory.
A short time ago the laws of tn,
Territory were broken as to the treat
ment of leDrOSy and unlawful escaDt