The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-12-13
DREAD DISEASE
ON TWO ISLANDS
Diphtheria Worse on Maui-Out.
break Of lnfantile Paralysis
Occurs on MoIokai.

Shepherd, c. Charlock and Kane, Of
the territorial board Of health. are here
on Maui 20 take a hand at trying to
stamp out the diphtheria epidemic. Ac
cording TO the official report presented
10 the board of supervisors there are
thirtynine cases in the Makawao dis
trict and two in Wailuku, making
total of forty.one cases in all.
The number and location of premises
placed under strict quarantine are as
follows: Four at Kaluanui; two at
Pukalani or Enos Ranch; one at Kea-
hua three at KaupaRalua; six at Ha.
mahuapoko; two at Paia; three at Ka-
heia. These premises are under medi-
cal supervision of DR.. w. Z. McConkey.
Doctor Sawyer is looking after four
cases in Kula, and DR.. VIM. Osmers
looks after two in Wailuku.
Only -four public schools were closed,
being the Makawao, Kaupakalua, Paia
and Hamakuapoko schools. These
schools have an attendance of about
five hundred and fifty pupils.
Isolation Camps.
The board of health officials propose
to gather the patients in one or more
centers for treatment and to house two
hundred people exposed to the infec-
tiOn in one or more camps for surveil-
lance This plan would make the work
of stamping out the epidemic easier,
but viii increase the expense. The
county will bear some of the expense
and it is proposed to use the shippers ,
fund collected at the Kahulul wharf,
amounting to $4,000, for this purpose,
as it seems some other forehanded com
munitv had used up the emergency APP
preparation set apart by the legislature
for emergencies Of this nature. The
hospital at Paia and possibly the school
will be used by the health
authorities f the plans of the Honolulu
men are adopted.
Eighty Three Gases.
The unofficial reports place the num-
ber of diphtheria cases, at this writ
ing, Mt eighty-three. An increase in
number probably induced by the natural
process of passing it along by word of
Imagination, condition of things war
ranted to make 'pm grow faster than
nature intended.
Infantile Paralysis
Supervisor Theo. 7. Meyer reports
about ten cases infantile paralysis from
Kalae and Kaunakakai, Molokai, three
of the cases resulting fatally. The first
case was that of japanese child at
Kaae. Doctor Hayes, the county physi-
elan at Molokai and Doctor Goodhue
of Kalaupapa diagnosed the cases to
be that of the new disease known as
infantile paralysis The board of super
visors, however. did not receive Doctor
Hayes official report in this matter.
Wet and Windy.
This has been rainy week on Maui,
and in Central Maui, at least there was
a continuous downpour of rain from
Sunday morning TO Wednesday evening.
The new concrete courthouse building
in Wailuku proved to be n very leaky
affair. The rain seeped through the
walls and filed the hollow concrete
blocks with water from the outside and
now the water is finding its way into
tho interior of the building The fact
the storm is over does not seem to
change the situation at all, as the leak
ing keeps right on much to the disgust
of the occupants of the building Some
one suggested that a coat of waterproof
paint on the outside will make the
building watertight.
Military Inspection.
Lieut.. A. NJ. Pardee of the Twentieth
Infantry, U. S. A., was in Wailuku on
tour of inspection accompanied by
Lieut. John McCleery. He compliment.
ed the commanders and men of Com
panies / and L for attention to their
work and appearance.
Puzzling Situation,
The fact that the county law requires
certain official acts to be performed
the first Monday of January is puZzling
county officers, since the day will be a
public holiday. On that day the judge
of the circuit court will have to pass
on the bonds of the new board of su-
pervisors before the board can take Of
fee and approves the bonds of other
officers.
Maui Noncommittal
The talk of a reappointment of legis'
! lators from Honolulu sounds nice and
is perfectly allowable and may go on
merrily for the while, which is one
of the recognized preliminaries of the
game, but the statement that Maui is
a willing party to the Oahu plan is
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