The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-20

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In these words President L. E. Pink
ham announced the decision of the
Board of Health on Wallach s case, i'm
mediately after an executive session of
that body yesterday afternoon. 1t was
said in presence of the members, who
had lust risen from the board. When
an Advertiser reporter appeared in the
board room as soon as the door was
opened, a member declared in favor
of giving out the written decision.
This proposaI was overruled because
the document was addressed to the
Legislature and would not be pre-
sented to the different houses until this
morning.
There was full attendance of men,
bers-President Pinkham, Fred. c.
Smith, Mark P. Robinson, d. Kalauo-
kalani, DR.. J. T. Wayson, Dr. J. r. Judd
and Attorney General E. G.. Peters. The
ATTORNEY General was the last one ar
irving and Immediately on taking his
seat moved that the Board go into
executive session DR.. Wayson second
ed the motion and it carried.
AS announced the decision is what
the Advertiser foreshadowed two days
ago.
1t transpires that among the prepos-
ferrous claims made by Wallach was
one that he had cured 165 cases of lep-
rosy in Honolulu during the past year.
The Board of Health, on the other
hand, is aware of only SO new cases
What appears like a piece of moral
cowardice on the part of the Senate
and House health committees, if not
positive treachery to the other mem
bers of the Legislature and the coun-
try at large, has come to light. This
is the suppression of a letter from the
president of the Board of Health, Civ
ing facts relating to the services OF
the bacteriologist whose salary the
Legislature has cut off as being, in the
view of the assembled wisdom, a use
less expenditure.
This letter was sent to the chairmen
of the health committees on the 18th
inst. It's information is emergent IN
nature, considering the lateness of the
session, yet it has been withheld from
the Legislature thus far. The letter
shows that great many people have
been snatched from imminent danger
of being sent to Molokai through the
scientific diagnosis of suspected cases
by the baeteriologist. 1t is as fol-
lows:
beginning with April 4th, 1906, and
ending April 5th. 1907 period OF one
year, 1O7 leper suspects were examined
by the bacteriologist of the Board or
Health. The examination through the
microscope showed twentyfour OF
these persons were free from the pa
cilli of leprosy and therefore were re-
6anfar
1eprous.
"a large majority of these LOT per-
sons came to the Board of Health vol
unfairly. Very few of the twenty
four persons found non-leprous ever
saw the Kalihi receiving station. They
usually came direct to the President of
the Board of Health, who caused an
examination TO be made at the special
room set aside in the Dispensary
building They were then invited to
return the next day to learn the result
of the microscopical examination, and
as state above the twenty-four were
found non-leprous.
ssTheir travelling expenses were paid
by the Board and in addition one dollar
per day given them for each and every
SIay they were detained in Honolulu so
thew could pay their board TO tnelr
Honolulu relatives or others.
'ewheu the suspects were children
the parent who came with them also
received all expense of travel and one
dollar per day board money
There are members of both the
House and Senate who are aware OF
these facts and can so testify if they
desire the exact truth to be known.
saThera are certain clinical symptoms
of other diseases resembling those Of
leprosy, hence the use of microscopes
examination of the ships of skin whlch
contain the bacilli. IF there are no
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