The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-01-28
ENDOWMENT !
FUND need
Leah Home to Care for |pt,l
tuberculosis Patients, u,,s]
Have Funds. |
DOING VERY LAUDABl s u,.I
Reports for Past Year shove,
Much Has Been Done AMI
More Can Be,

The annual meeting of II.
Home was held on wednesd., =
noon at the offices of Thee. =
a Co, Ltd. Mr., Alexander Ye,.
president, was in the chair -
sides the members there were 49,
Doctor Sinclair, medical sure,,..
Of the Home, and Doctor HObsy
had been asked by the trustees
tend in order to address thu ~
on the question of the antitubs,.,
campaign now being inaugurated /, 1
city.
After the reading of the MINT,
treasurer, Mr.. A. w. T. Bottonsr
scented his report, which is rrip,1
low in full. This showed that !,
to the policy of the trustees az -
refusing deserving applications 4 !
could possibly avoid it, the exuspe,.
for the past year had exceeded u,
come by $l5So.76. Out Of to!
revenue Of $l7,423.555 only $-sQ,5a
been received from subscriptions j,
ether $l6,642,60 being raised from NJ
ernment and county subsidies nam,
patients, ana interest on endor,s
fund.
Doctor Sinclair then read his pS
resume of which is printed M
He showed that los patients had b.
treated during the year of vhes I
were Hawaiians and part HaWsiu,
the rest being divided up pretty spt1
between l6 nationalities, the priBsa
being Americans (born) IS and 81
tuguese 10, The total number Of 1saI
at the home during the year va, :
and Of all the los cases treated drr,,
the year, Sc, or 81 per cent, We're ass
ing from tuberculosis of the lungs
Special Committee
The president Informed the menssl
that at the last meeting of the truta|
a committee consisting of Messrs. A VI
T. Bottomlev and G. F. Davies III
Keen appointed 10 make rerommssa
ton to the members as to the best VI
in which they could join in the VII
g IL, l,ra,,locic .o,n,a;.rp ~,
ont conflicting with or overlapping isl
work of the central antituhertpha
committee. He called on the commits
TO present their report, which is as h
lows:
1.-The committe appointed by thetr'I
tees at their last meeting to maze !
recommendation at this meeting IS .
what. if any, part the Leah Hon
should take in the antitubercnlosis tss-
paian, hegs to report rs follows;
we have consulted with lai1s
Hobby and Brinckerhoff in order tofa
certain first what was actually lFE:
contcmpla ed by the central eomHi's
dlIit ~ hit ilt|i ifN Nd0 az y
wisest course for the Leah Hone
pursue. We learned from these gfl'F
men that if is proposed to estahfl
3av camr and instruction classes y
tuberculosis patients; The day eaHi
to treat incipient or remedlable esss
see that thev have suitable 1901 Y
surroundings at least during ne y
time. and 10 ascertain where 'EF y
t1ents live and 10 improve the fala
tions under which they sleep, ID RF
words the present nlans of the celH.
committee deal with what NAV ne e
ed durable eases. At the sane y
there viii always be certain NUM-
of cases which are so far aaFaa'
that constant nursing and nleilfa
tcntion is required not only 10 sm.
crate their condition but to Pe'a
them from becoming serious S''
Of infection TO others.
"It is here that the Leah HOME !.
bear its part We already ns's !,
necessary Institution, land. location :,
equipment to deal with this Psh
the campaign; All that is needed
extension Of the present equiPh'4,. !
staff and the provision OF NE 81
sarv funds for carving on the "g ns..
"Both Doctor Hobby ana wv
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