The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-01-18
Board of Health Selects Doctor
Sexton as Executive Head
Of the Campaign.
WAGE WAR ON WHITE PLAGUE
Active Measures Will Be Taken
at Once to Put Work on
Business Basis.
tFrom Saturdays Advertiser.)


taken to lessen the ravages of the
White Plague in these Islands. Yes.
terday afternoon the board of health,
in pursuance of the action taken the
preceding day at the open meeting at
which the tuberculosis question was
discussed, adopted a resolution Great.
ing bureau to be called the tubercu-
losis bureau, for the prevention and
cure of the disease in this territory.
Doctor Sexton, on motion of j. +. Nor
gan, was chosen to be the executive head
of the bureau, at a salary of $3.50 a
month. He will probably take up his
duties as soon as he can return from
San Francisco, whittier he is obliged
to go for about two weeks on business
The resolution by which the bureau Is
created had already been prepared
when the meeting came to order. and
was introduced and promptly adopted
without criticism. 1t is as follows:
Resolution.
"Resolved, That a bureau to be call.
ed the tuberculosis bureau for the pre-
vention and cure of tuberculosis in the
Territory of Hawaii be created under
the charge of a suitable and qualified
physician to be appointed by and sub
ject to the board and its president
whose salary shall be $3.50 per month,
and who shall hold office subject to the
pleasure of the board; that the duty
of such physician shall be under the
direction of the board and its presi-
dent, the organization and direction of
such bureau, the preparation of forms
for proper records and reports. of neces-
sary instructions and directions
to government physicians, sanitary
officers and others and of neces-
sary rules and regulations; that said
bureau shall concern itself mainly with
! the maintenance of statistical records
concerning tuberculosis acting therein
in cooperation with the secretary of
the board as recorder of vital
statistics, the detection of cases and
infected localities, working to this
| end in cooperation with govern
ment physicians, local physicians, sani-
tary officers, and others, the fumigation
and disinfection of premises and other
precautionary measures in connection
Herewith cooperating therein with the
fumigating and other bureaus of the
board, the care of cases and of con-
| facts not under the care or supervision
of other physicians, here such cases
cannot be removed from their homes,
the inauguration and execution of a
system of education and instruction as
to the prevention of the spread of
tuberculosis and as to the precautions
necessary to be taken by the person
having the disease and by those not
having the disease living with such
person, the visitation and investigation
of cases reported where there is no
physician in attendance, and of other
cases when requested by physician or
by any person or organization carrying
out similar work.
"Further Resolved, That it shall be
the duty of the physician in charge of
the bureau to confer and cooperate so
far as possible with the executive CON-
mittee of the central antituberculosis
committee, and that in addition to the
duties above enumerated the physician
in charge of the bureau shall perform
all other duties which from time to
time may be required by the board OF
its president.
Expert or Executive.
There was some discussion as to
whether the head of the bureau ought
| to be an expert or an executive
primarily, but it was decided in the
end that what is needed most just now
| is a man who is able to organize the
work and get it on running basis
Later, if necessary an expert may be
| 4 Il, hoA lie
very probably will not be necessary. An
expert, it was estimated, would cost
not less than $500 a month, and the
salary just now would be out of the
question.
New Position for Wayson.
President Mott-Smith announced that
he had appointed Doctor Wayson physi
, elan of the Kalihi hospital and the
.. . boys and girls homes, at a salary OF
$3.50 month, he to devote his entire
afternoons TO the work. The board ap
proved the action of the president.
President Mott-Smith stated thai
there might be some doubt as 10 wheth
or or not Doctor Wayson could remain
/, n member OF the board and al the sam'
: time be salaried officer of the board
: Sanitary Work.
end for that reason Doctor WaysoR dis
r not vote ON any proposition. The ques
!. ton WAS passed mp 10 the attorney
i, general for an opinion.
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