The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-01-18
INDECENT
SICK FOLK
,From Thursdays Adveritser)

At Yesterdays meeting OF the Board
of Health there was conversation
about the care of the INDECENT SICK
brought on by a statement the presi-
dent submitted, which is printed else
where. showing the net increase Of APP
preparations in the estimates of the
Board for the next biennial period. As
the outcome the Board will hold spe-
cial meeting to consider the matters of
government physicians and the In
digent sick.
DR.. wayson first suggested a discus
sion OF hospital expenditures.
President Pinkham said it should be
private. He had not recommended
any aid for plantation hospitals.
Nothing was asked even for Lihue hos
pital, as 1t was in that category.
DR.. wayson said there were no doubt
many INDECENT sick that were not taken
care Of Whether they had contagious
diseases or not something should be
done for them.
The president said no more matter
could be got into his report. 1t must
go into the printers hands this week
or It would not reach the Legislature
at all. They had better make a spe-
eial report on the INDECENT sick. 1t
would receive more attention.
Mr. Smith thought they should have
a special meeting on the subjects of
government physicians and the indi-
gent sick.
sick should not have attention, no mat
ter what their ailments may be-" DR..
Wayson observed.
1--WE do not need a great deal OF
money" the president said. 1T is only
the lack of very little money which
ties our hands.
The police department has with
drawn the use of its ambulance. We
have nobody but the morgue atten-
dants to operate our ambulance. Last
week they were out seven times in one
night. We cannot expect these men
to work extra time without pay. The
horses also get used up and then we
have to get a team from a private
stable.
with regard to the Settlement, as
Mr.. Charlock can testify, there has
been more work done there in the last
eighteen months than had previously
been done, in eighteen years. Improve
ments have also been made at the Ka-
lihi receiving station"
PRINTING ORDERED.
At this stage the meeting voted the
printing of the presidents reports, re-
ferred to in his business message thus:
\ THE six months report and resume
of eighteen months will be this week
ready for transmission to the Gov
ernor. We are invariably held back
by information necessary to complete |
our tables of vital statistics.
There has been SO much misconcep- |
tion of the Kalihi receiving station and |
Leper Settlement on Molokai that |
have prepared pamphlet of some nine |
pages of description and thirty-ive |
halftone pictures which | desire to |
have issued. The few human figures
are not distinguishable. The pictures
are almost altogether of buildings. |
believe its issue almost imperative for |
the right understanding of the prob
President Pinkham new said he |
lens we have to meet"
wanted to issue a special report on the |
Boys Home.
He also desired to have the Waikiki |
reclamation scheme laid before the |
Legislature-not that he expected any
thing would be done, but simply that
the status quo might be preserved. In
this connection he referred to the de-
plorable conditions in Kakaako.
THE LIQUOAONE MATTER.
DR.. Judd asked how did that Liquo-
zone matter come out.
Mr. Pinkham answered that he had
got the law on the subject. He had not
brought it before the Board of Health
They had the Pure Food law now.
There had been lots of threats from
the Liquozone people but they had
done nothing.
Mr., Smith inquired about the Pure
Food law. He had been informed it
mad something about transportation
companies. such as prohibiting them
from carrying articles that did not
aome up TO the laws requirements.
Mr. Pinkham said he had given n
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digest.
OTHER MATTERS.
The matter OF the Insane Asylum did
not elicit discussion and the presidents
statement relative to it appears else
where. There had been an increase of
two patients in the Asylum for the last
quarter OF 1906.
Chas. A. Manu- had made n protest
against the paiai contract but Mr.
Pinkham had seen the real party In
interest, who made no objection OF
moment and dropped the matter.
Two errors in tenders for supplies
We're corrected at the request OF the
bidders. iySfHE
Dr. George Herbert was confirmed
in his appointment by the president to
succeed DR.. w. II. Mays on the board
of examining physicians for the re-
ceiving station.
President l.. L. Pinkham, DIR. ]. T.
Wayson, DR.. j. r. Judd, ID. Kalauo-
kalani and f, c. Smith constituted the
meeting, Miss Mae Weir acted as Sec
rotary. II was Mr.. Kalauokalani's first
meeting and he received cordial
iandshake from each OF his colleagues.
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