The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-12
MIspLAcING THE RESPONSIBILITY

MISpIACING THE RESPONSIBILITY.
Because sudden death was diagnosed pneumonia by
the police physician and aeward declared have been one OF
the city county government 1t only succeeds in exposing It's
ng the entire public health situation in the municipality There
In, ,,r, r,rc, tho con ty,ry a
THEOLOGICAL investigation determine whether not is this or that
disease times bubonic plague first appeared here
in 1899 Health has for anxious days awaited the reports
of its bacterioogs upon suspicious The disease extremely
liable likeness of symptoms to be mistaken for pneu
monia When an unusual number OF cases OF pneumonia
health authorities been experience OF plague be
come aside from this particular and dreaded maady is
very silly to condemn the cty government lor ScheSS
medical practitioner i'll its employ may nave mace mistaken
cuen o t tsici9ns sent ease of SMALLPOX into
Che Queens Hospital after joint diagnosis made by the trio 1t is
hundreds of tombsones i'll the cemeteries might truly
bear the inscriptions "Died of mistaken diagnosis"
Here a statement however which implies an absolute msee,
genaon the responsibility for the public health rests IF
che Advertiser Territorial Board of Health gets back
snto legislature took from the better
The legislature did not take particle oil duty or responsibility from
health with regard protection of the public health from
entirely with the board of health saving the garbage service that
part sanitation but which has always been connected with the
department before county government BY annie
able arrangement with the Board of Health and in consideration of
additional the Board of Supervisors undertook to
the salaries of sanitary inspectors the staff and under the
Health also agreed in conference that
the Board Of Supervisors should conduct the free dspesay the
Board of Health furnishing the medicines but lately the Board OF
Health while the dpenary in charge OF the city physician was do
ing much and as good work as ad ever DONE TOOK pack e
tire institution solely because wanted quarters for it's bacteroOgs
and while that official is doing dispensay work large proper
ton of the service simply transferred to the private oce OF the
In addition to the things just mentioned city government
taken milk fish and food Inspections medical attendance
hospital the INDECENT sick and burial of the INDECENT dead It's
the that private practitioners furenamely
that they shall positive suspicious such
within their jurisdiction
Taking situation consideration then, Advertiser
have placed itself in position cowardy
tempting transfer the responsibility for the of
bubonc plague in CnatOwntOgeer with the danger infection
outside that the city aside
omitted by the Advertiser that the imported
Orient euded the vigilance the Federal health
which might happen without blame themte Advertiser guilty
Of suppression of the truth regarding the sanitary conditions
cOnadcted bad sanitary condition found in the locality which
due negligence of the inspector of the Board Health
body got busy forthwith AS the published stated ras
burned stable cleaned the smell of carboic
air. and thorough cleaning of filthy joint effected
few hours of yesterday"
1t is the Board of Health, the city
ponsbe for any filthy joint hobed of disease permitted
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