The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-05-06

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On the right are the nine alleged !
mittee of the board will wait on the
Governor, break the news to him that
there is a case of contagious disease
at Iwilei and ask the Governor what
is going to be done about it. They
will inform the Governor that they
have investigated the matter and find
that there is no part of the city and
county act that makes the board re.
sponsible for sick Russians squatting
on the waterfront and that the ques-
ton of looking after the imported
wards of the Territory must be attend
ed to by the Territory.
They will hint to the Governor that
if all else fails he has contingent
fund that may be called upon.
One Death in Camp.
For the third time during the sew
eral incidentcrammed months that the
Russians at Iwile have resided in Ha-
waii, diphtheria has broken out and
the first fatality occurred yesterday
when the twelve year old son of Maxim
Sacharove died. The dead boy IS little
sister is now sick and together with
her the Zacharove family have been
removed by the Territorial health au-
thorities to the Kalihi detention hos
pital.
The reports that an epidemic had
broken out are unjustiied. The two
cases are the only ones known and no
quarantine has been placed upon the
camp, although tine health guards
which have been stationed around by
both the city and Territory officials
have been given orders to redouble
their efforts in keeping people away.
Those of the Russians who are work
ing, and in fact all who wish, may
leave the camp at any time.
City Physician Mackall discovered
the case only after he had been mott.
fed that the boy had died and his dag
npsis was promptly confirmed by other
doctors The father was one of the
ten arrested for unlawful assembly
and upon the pleadIngs of the mother
was released to see the body of his
dead son before burial.
"The case is no more serious than
if it had broken out in one Of the Chi.
nese tenements," said Mott Smith
speaking as the president of the board
of health. "Perhaps it would have
been more dangerous in a tenement
house. We have burned down the shack
and the effects of the family in which
the case broke out which we could not
have done in a tenement. 1t is un
pleasant, of course, but it is no NOR,
dangerous to the community than if il
had broken out among other people.
In discussing the matter further, Mr.
Mott-Smith stated that the Russian
camp was "more sanitary than Il
number of plantation camps that
have seem"
Should more cases break out, suffi.
cient in number to be classified as an
epidemic, the Russians will again be
brought over to Quarantine Island as
Mott-Smith believes it impossible to
establish an effectual quarantine over
them where they are at present. How.
ever, it is hardly likely that this will
be the case. The first time the disease
broke out, the Russians were huddled
| together in insanitary conditions five
! times worse than they are now and had
to be isolated at once as they were
! like one family. Now, however, they
are living individually and all those
who came in contact with the two
latest cases have been removed from
the camp.
The officials are taking every precau
ton.
In Police Court.
When the Russian cases came up il
court yesterday morning they wer,
again postponed and Vasilief, BilOff
Surapove and Suerbieve will be trieC
this morning instead.
Vasilieff win conduct his own cast
and has asked that Perelstrous be sub
poenaed which was done. The Rus
slams that have been arrested have al
been confined in cells and have mo-
been given the liberty of the court
yard. They have all held conferences
for the last few days and Vasilief
seems to be working along a systemati,
route in his defense, but despite hi
keenness, his little knowledge of lega
procedure win make the case as funn,
as the Atcherley trials.
The police have been very muel
amused in watching the way the pris
oners eat and initiate them with
great deal of gusto for the benefit O
those not lucky enough TO see the orig
inal procedure. The Russians, the
say, scoop up their rice and salmon II
double handfuls and bury their fac
in it, wiggling their jaws until it j