Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-17

dispensaries the insane asylum. the
supervision of hospitals and other mat
tersS besides the great subject of
leprosy. 1t Is q work upon which III
an unusual degree the safety and wei
fare OF the people depend and which
comes into peculiarly close touch with
them. Its nature is such that 1t re.
quires- special tact and wisdom In its
execution, as well as wide discretion
in those who control IT,. Next to the
department of public Instruction, the
1 department of public health Is the
most expensive in the territorial Gov.
eminent. or such vital importance
however. Is its work that the large
sums appropriated and expended for
it cannot well be begrudged but on
the contrary there is pressing need of
additional appropriations for the better
protection of the public health.
Financial.
From time to time for some years
past the board has been obliged to call
upon the Honolulu and Hilo so-called
wharf committees for financial assist.
ance. Such condition should not
4 exist. II is not right in principle to
expect private bodies to contribute
thus for public needs. nor il II wise
to place the guardians of the public
health in the precarious condition VI
depending upon voluntary contribu.
tons. There is special need of fur.
Their appropriations for the more ef.
|, fectual handling of lcprosy and tuber.
culosis, which will be referred to here
matter more fully.
Cooperation with Federal Officials.
| The subject Of public health is one
| in which the National as we'll as the
territorial Government Is deeply inter
, ested and in the administration OF
, which the Federal and territorial ON
4 cials, although having distinct jlris
D dictiOns-one over quarantine. the
4 other over internal health matters
q come into close relations and in re
. spect Of which there Is need of cOrdia
f cooperation. In several ways this co
o operation may well assume definite
o shape Tor economical as well as Other
L purposes. To Illustrate. arrangement,
r. have been made by which the sam,
@ Offices, equipment and officers ar,
d utilized for the enforcement of IN,
}. pure food laws of the respective gov
lernments; by which an officer Of tn,
r Federal Government has been loanCl
!. for conducting the rat campaign; ant
,. by which the officers of the two gov
} ernments are cooperating in the mat
n ter of lepro8y. There Is no DANCE
!. that the Federal government will car,
@ to take from the Territory jurisdiction
z over internal health matters 50 long a
:. the Territory exercises Il effectively
Is Leprosy. ...........
# During the last two years many ad
II ditions and improvements have boel
@ made at the settlement, among whicl
70 special mention may be made of tn
@ general hospital. the ward for person
e suffering from infectious and contagI
1. Gus diseases other than lcprosy, an,
the nursery for babies. A hospital ma
r. been erected at the Kalhi Reccivln
If Station. After vain search of scN
70 eral years for site for the boy,
IN home. II was thought best to delay II
Il. longer, and the boys were brought I
N the Honolulu Quarantine Station
IL which has been utilized az a home ia
Is about a year. during which time Il sit
W has been obtained and a suitable built
ing erected, to which the boys hayl
recently been moved. A small add
ID tiOnal appropriation will be require
re to complete the furnishing of IN
Id home. The girls home. nearby, shoul
e have the present old patchwork built
D. ings replaced by suitable new bull,
y. ings.
Is Hawaii may well take pride in tn
at generosity and humanity with whlc
as to be afflicted with this disease, bl
the facts make II clear that with eve
IA. crater humanity there may he muC
nj Igreatcr effectiveness of treatment.
n. pronounced change of policy Is d
IN manded by the conditions. Hitherl
ly emphasis has been laid almost Who'll
It's upon segregation at the settlement
on with very imperfect results; II WI
segregation that did not segrcgat
Although the policy of segregation hi
re been pursued for forty-three years,
lid Is believed by some of the most col
ig. petent authorities that there are
nit many lepers in Hawaii today as the
I'll were when segregation began, and
nj seems beyond question that the DC