The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-16
COOPERATION
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campaign Of education. and it IS Just
here that the responsibility fails, to a
great extent, on this society. If this
talk helps arouse you to accept this
responsibility and begin this campaign
Of education its object viii have been
accomplished
Concerning the danger from outside
infection. Doctor Hobby gave the fol
lowing resume of existing conditions:
Let Us glance for a moment at a
list OF these various ports that fringe
the shores of the Pacific Ocean. sur
round Hawaii, and with which we are
in constant communication: To the east
we have in our own United States, Seat
tie, san Francisco and Los Angeles. not
at present plague-infected but the ter
rain back Of San Francisco is, where
the disease has spread to the ground
squirrels and all three cities participate
ed in the recent epidemic on the Coast.
Next we have Mazatlan, with IFS cpl
demic Of plague and smallpox. Man
zanillo, with its smallpox, malaria and
possibly yellow fever, and Acapulco and
Salina Cruz the same. South of these
come Guayaquil, Babohoyo, Milayro
and Talti all of which are at present
plague-infected while the first named
enjoys the doubtful honor of being
doubly infected with both plague and
yellow fever. 1t was here that Doctor
Wightman, an officer of this service,
lost his life about three months ago
fighting yellow fever Still further
south are MolIendo, Callao, Lima, Paita
and eight others, all plague-infected
and all infeetible with yellow fever and
malaria while still further south are
Antofogasta, africa, Iquique and Taltal,
also all plague-infected. Within the
last three months a new steamship
route has been opened from Japan
which takes in every one of the above
mentioned ports except those in the
United States and which touches at
Honolulu both going and coming Al
most directly south we have Brisbane,
plague-infected today and all of which
have had from two to half dozen
epidemics of plague.
"Swinging round the circle to the
northward from these ports we come
to Calcutta, Bombay, Singapore, ChOlen
and Saigon all of which enjoy the I'M
enviable fame of being infected, today,
with plague. cholera and smallpox and
some of which furthermore have not
been free from any Of these diseases in
the last FIVE years.
"To the eastward and little nearer
to us lies Manila, the capital of the
Philippines, that blood and treasure
bought jewel of ours in the Far East,
infected at present with smallpox and
cholera. the latter disease alone hav-
ing to its credit, during the third quar-
ter of 1908, nearly $4,000 cases, with
over 1900 deaths. -
Doctor Hobby concluded with the
Chinese and Siberian coast cities and
with a general summing up of the rela-
tive danger of the quarantinable
diseases, in which he easily ranked vel
low fever first on condition that the
possible precautions were not taken.
In following Doctor Hobby Mr.. Mott
Smith related the efforts that the board
of health is making to rid the city
and island of the mosquito, which as
the quarantine officer stated previously
was the first step in making the city
immune from the dreaded yellow Jack.
"A mosquito campaign said Mr..
Mott-Smith, twas carried on up to last
February by subscriptions from the
shippers wharf committee. The last
legislature voted $4,000 for the eradi-
cation of rats, but from February to
the present time we have had no money
to carry on the war against the mos
quito.
E'The board of health is at present
in conference with the shippers wharf
committee and arrangements have been
made for appropriations for consider
able more money for another campaign.
eve have something like eight or
nine different departments, continued
the speaker. cone segregating and
taking care of lepers, one quarantining
and disinfeeting contagious diseases
and so forth. This system of sanitary
inspectors has been found to be of the
utmost benefit to Hawaii. There is
some Inconvenience connected with the
work and some awkwardness in telling
householders plain truths about their
sewerage and so forth, but that is one
of the feas on the dog that must be
accepted.
Gas most of you know through the
press, new tuberculosis department is
TO be opened, as the legislature has APP
propriated $4,000 for the campaign
against tuberculosis.
" In closing l want to impress on
you the value of the cooperation of
individuals. Once talking with Profess
sor Koch he said that there was here
the most beautiful scenery and the fin
est climate he had seen and that he
would like to live here six months in
the year but that there is too much
opportunity for the spreading of con
tagious diseases. He then told me that
he considered it possible to rid Hawaii
of disease altogether and that we could
get rid of all sickness by cooperation. -
Votes of thanks were extended by
the chamber to both speakers for their
addresses and it is a certain that the
earnest appeal of both for cooperation
will be answered by the members.