Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-30

Station For The
Present
brief discussion of the report Of
President Pinkham, and the reading OF
the neglected minutes of several pre-
viOus meetings constituted the pro-
2eedingS OF the Board of Health at its
meeting yesterday afternoon Presi-
dent Pinkham is making an effort to
induce the Federal Government to be-
sin at once their work of seeking a
cure for leprosy, without waiting until
the leprosarium on Molokai is COM
pIeted. 1t has been three years since
the project was first started and the
construction of the Leprosarium is not
yet started. In order that as little fur
Their time as possible may be lost,
President Pinkham proposes that the
work be begun in the Kalihi station.
, Ills plan is outlined in the report he
made yesterday to the Board In addi-
ton to receiving and approving this
report, the Board appointed G.. H.
Tracy permanently chief sanitary Of
iicer and inspector of cemeteries. The
report OF the President is as follows
TO the Members of the Board of
Health.
| herewith present for your crit
icism or approval plans for the inn
provement of the Kalih Receiving
Station. the appropriation Of $S,000.09
by the Legislature being sufficient to
cover the cost.
AS proposed, they consist Of the fol-
lowing details:
one examination room,
One dressing room,
Two rooms for nurses,
One laboratory room,
One drug room,
One disinfecting and bath room.
One operating and treatment room,
One bath room for indicated baths,
Twelve single bed rooms for pa
tients.
One Longing ana dining room,
One store room,
one screened, mosquito-proOf lanai
-9X140 it.
Sundry kitchen improvements, etc
1t is three years since the United
States Leprosarium was suggested, and
two years since the appropriation Was
granted by Congress Owing to techni-
calities, bids in excess Of the amount
appropriated, etc, no start has been
made, and there are no immediate pros
poets of the work being undertaken,
or should work be begun that the plant
will be available for two years.
| have taken the liberty to inquire Of
DR.. Brinckerhoff it the Department
would accept proposition to temper
arily occupy the improvements above
suggested and proceed at once with the
work until the station in Molokai is
established.
The buildings at Kalihi can be com
pleted on or before October LIST. If the
1 plan is approved of by all concerned
the United States scientists and prac-
titioners can begin their work at once.
| apprehend the only difficulty will.
be the Interpretation the. Auditor of
The United States may declare as to
whether the. appropriation for main
'enance of the Molokai station can be
Used temporarily for a similar object
/ carried on at the l<alihi Receiving Sta
| uon. The matter has been submitted
to the Surgeon-General at Washington
There are in addition newly built and
| repaired accommodations at Kalihi for
! tWenty-four patients.
We have now regularly employed
special nurse for the oversight of the
unfortunate ieDer girls and children
while detained at Kalihi, fact that is
exceedingly gratifying to me.
The closing of the public wash
4 houses, at lwilei, forces serious prob
lem upon the Board Of Health whose
consent is necessary to the establish
ment OF substitute laundries.
In few countries are more frement
changes Of wash clothing required than
here, and laundry bills to persons OF
| moderate means are formidable.
The Chinese i'll their way have been
able to meet this necessity at prices
Tor laundrying within reach of mod
crate incomes.
The government wash houses were
none too sanitary and embraced the
peculiarly unhygienic feature of human
habitations practically in the same
room laundry operations were carried
! on
nave stated 10 various applicants
desiring the legal approval of the
Board, that | did not think the Board
would permit human habitation in the
same room or directly connecting
room with those in which washing is
carried on.
| also have advised the Chinese to
form an association, or at least a very
| limited number of associations, these
! associations to build their wash houses
under the specification and plans the
| Board would outline in detail, which
plans while simple and comparatively
inexpensive, would insure laundrying
being carried on under positive SAN
ltary and hygienic conditions
| have stated the Board would not
approve Of numerous scattered laun-
dries, and that such projects would be
more expensive than associated facii-