The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-26

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of relief when he finally got it off his
hands and signed it yesterday morning.
He says that he viii begin work at
once on his report for next year-that
from things as they happen instead of
time and in one grand rush.
The following is the Introduction to
the Board of Health report:
Honorable Walter F. Frear, Governor of
Hawaii, Honolulu.
| Sir: / respectfully submit herewith.
the report of this department for the
! year ending June 80, 1909.
| Quarantine of contagious diseases.
! sanitation, detention of the insane. and
segregation, among other duties of the
! board, are operations which interfere
with persons From the standpoint of
the community the justification therefor
is ample but not always so considered
when met with personally. At times
this has rendered the work of the board
difficult. Nevertheless, the records for
many years past demonstrate that the
board has as rule pursued its work
| with energy and sincerity, any diminu-
] ton of such work being accountable. in
part, at least, to varying contem-
poraneous conditions.
| Personally I can speak from actual
/ experience only of the period begin
ming May 7, 1901, and ending April 81,
1908, as member of the Board of
Health, and of the last two months of
the year ending June 80, 1909, as its
| president.
/, Periods have occurred since 1865
when political, commercial and other in
fiuenees have appeared to sway the
work of the board As a rule, how
ever, such influences have been good.
A great deal of good has been done
In short, the wisdom of the board g
course has been directed not by its
own knowledge only, but by the many
| Influences, good and bad brought upon
and agaist it, and the exercise of good
judgment upon such influences. I'm
doubtedly in this fashion, though slow,
the best laws have been made and the
best and most enduring policies laid,
much as the method may be regarded
eontemporaneously, or even subsequent
~, as temporizing or weak.
Within its limited principality Ha-
wall early created a means not only
!, of Kidding itself of contagious diseases.
sickness of all kinds, and insanitary
conditions, but of protecting itself
against outside contamination. Since
annexation and the establishment of
the Z. S. Public Health and Marine
Hospital Service in the islands. Hawaii
has been relieved of the latter respon-
sibility and even greater security has
been afforded thereby. In addition to
this, and as matter of further as
! surance, the Federal government has
Z been making gratifying progress in
!, the investigation and treatment of
leprosy in Hawaii.
h The close of this period marks an
: other epoch in the administration of
) health matters in Hawaii, in that a
4 dual responsibility with regard to. the
I care of the INDECENT sick, the proven
|. ton of contagious diseases and of nui
a sances, and the maintenance of SAM
e tary conditions has been created BY
d the Legislature of 1909 between the
), Territorial government and the MUM
J. cipal subdivisions thereof. This among
d other changes has been accomplished
: partly by direct legislative action, and
0 partly by definition of Legislative
d policies which it is expected will be
: county officers before the next session
:. of the Legislature. In the meantime
: and without direct legislation on
$ each subject. it is expected that the
/ municipal subdivisions viii assume
their share of the health burden, par.
: tieularly in regard to matters of pure.
: ! ~ local Importance such as local SAM
: tation. care of their own sick. and
mo ,+zpa - !.
lions. leaving to the Territory those
4 subjects affecting the Territory at
large, which would naturally fall with
in the province of state or territorial
board of health BY direct legislation
the last Legislature gave to the coun-
y ties the support and maintenance OF
IS hospitals, the inspection of meat, fish
K cattle, milk, dairies, buildings and
house sewers, morgues, cemeteries. in
) terment of INDECENT dead, care of in
& digent sick, abatement of nuisances
d and many of other duties in regard tc
n health and sanitation
le Having been in office but the re
n naming two months of the year end
Il ing June 80, 1909. the period which
% this report is intended to cover. fee
Y that this report more truly belongs Il
II my predecessor, Mr.. Mark, p. Robinson
ar who has faithfully served as Presi
s dent of the Board of Health for tn.
as first ten months of the period. Unde
a the circumstances, however, Mr.. Rob
st ipson feels, and I concur therein, tina
a this report should be made principaIl,
by the administrative officers of tn,
Board who have so viii carried on
ID its work, hence I shall confne mysel
r. to the following brief observations il
sc regard to contagious diseases and tn
IN insane asylum.
be Contagious Diseases
e The powers and resources of the Fed
n eral Government and sea isolation ar
h behind the effort and means of prevent
n ing contagious diseases from enterin
Hawaii. A comprehensive article o.