The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-04-12


several eases OF salmon aud large
quantity 81 tea. aud this was hurried
down TO the camp, arriving there short.
ly before dark.
About this time Doctor sexton, who
had accompanied Pses.d,n; Mott Smith,
Doctor Pratt, G. harlock and the sher-
in to the camp, had examined the man,
and expressed doubt that 1t was real
case OF smallpox, only suspicious, and
even then, not enough to warrant the
camp being quarantned. The calling
of of the guards appeared to bo great
relief TO the Russians. However, the
police maintained a guard against out
siders going into the camp, and the
town crowd was ordered to return to
town.
The Bread Line.
It was decided, however, to distribute
the food supplies. The lamps on the
ambulance were lighted and the lamp
reversed so that its white glare shot
through the ambulance and upon the
crowd massed at the rear Interpreters
passed the word for the women and
children to come first. From all parts
Of the camp the women came, many
bearing children in their arms, often
times a women being laden with
child on each arm and other little ones
holding to her skirts. Secretary Kirk
Porter assembled the loaves and cans
of salmon and packages of tea, passing
| them to Mr. Mott-Smith, who personal
| " handed the superintendent to the
| women. Some would receive two huge
loaves, Others but one. Tea was
highly.prized article. After the women
were supplied the men crowded forward
showing huge hands toward the health
president and clutching the bread
eagerly.
! As fast as the supplies were received
| the possessors faded away in the dark
ness and soon the groups around the
| little camp fires, whore water was be-
| ing boiled, became enlarged, the Same.
vars were brought out, tea brewed and
the loaves disappeared quickly.
The people were hungry, for many
had been living on guavas for days.
For the past week crowds of Russians
have gone up into Nuuanu Valley to
nj capacious sacks with the luscious
wild fruit, and quantities were eaten
by individuals with resulting stomach
aches, particularly among the little
ones.
In Quarantine.
Meanwhile the physicians had taken
the suspicious case over to Quarantine
Island and placed him in cottage
where he will be subjected to close
observation by the physicians who have
been working under the direction OF
the board of health for several weeks.
vaccinators Busy.
When those who had been tramping
around the camp followed the patient
to the island and visited the recreation
room of the corps of health workers
there, they found that the president of
the board of health, Doctor Sexton and
the trio of trained nurses had just been
vaccinated. Then followed the entire
file of national guardsmen who have
been on duty on the island for the past
month, each one barring his arm and
receiving the vaccine. Colonel Jones,
adiutant general, who has had personal
| charge of the military force, had al
ready been vaccinated The vaccina-
ton, however, was determined on be-
cause of one or two cases which have
recently been received on the island,
one having been landed from the s. 8.
Manchuria.
Colonel Jones, the two doctors and
the trained nurses have worked assid
uously during the entire month and
have had their hands full looking after
nearly n thousand ignorant men. women
and children, who appear to understand
little of the laws of sanitation.
| Insanitary Camp.
Tho Russian camp, where the suspi.
cious case was found, near the oil tanks
in Iwilei, is a mere collection of the
rudest kind of shelters erected in a
grove of half-grown kiawes, affording
little shade. The shelters have been
erected with stray pieces of wood, COW
cred mainly with the mating or COW
! erings which arrived here as castings for
Japanese tubs of foodstuffs Some more
pretentious shelters had pieces of can
vas sewn with blankets. There is lit
tie or no privacy, and the people are
living there like animals. Their shell
tiers are mere novels.
But the greatest drawback in the
camp is the lack of any sanitary ar
rangements whatever. No sinks have
been dug and it is feared that If the
camp continues longer under the pres
ent system an epidemic will break out.
Here is where there is apparently the
greatest need of supervision by the
board of health agents, and for the in
structi0n OF tne huSSianB as TO the SIM
, plest forms of preparing their camp to
. prevent disease from gaining a foot.
hold there.
Their water supply is obtained at
distant place and many appear to be
too lazy to make many trips for fresh
water, preferring to use the almost
lukewarm product which they keep in
rude containers. Under these circum-
stances it is little wonder that the
people appear unkempt and dirty, and
easy victims for any sort of ailment.
As yet there appears to lbe little dis
, position on their part to obtain work
on the plantations, the majority APP
parently preferring the poverty, dirt
: and laziDess of thus hamlet Of novels,
to the easier life, shelter. water, fire.
4, wood and medical attendance of the
sugar plantations.