The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-09-26

HueOn-NfGUeIdls w hAACh ~ y man u
X the public health and marine
4 hospital service, greatly modify !
X ing the quarantine regulations
X in regard TO vessels arriving
X from South American ports, and
X vessels ON that run outward
X bound from the Coast need no
X longer be fumigated at Salina
X Cruz and Manzanillo as for y
r merly. !.
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These orders have spread consterna
ton among territorial health officials
and the business men o. the city, as it
is estimated that this change of rules
lust doubles the chances of yellow fever
in the port of Honolulu and consequent
" in the Hawaiian Islands.
Preparation is being made to enter
emphatic protest with the federal gov
eminent at. Washington.
Certain requests from the territorial
health officers made to Doctor Ramus,
asking for even more stringent regula-
tions regarding it, have been forwarded
by the head of the federal service here
to his departmental headquarters. The
requests, which were formally made by
Doctor Pratt, president of the terrific
rial board of health, were sent in before
the orders were received from Surgeon
General Wyman.
I,,... Terrible Menace.
The exact procedure which has been
now ordered from Washington is that
all vessels on the run are to be fnmi-
gated at the port of Honolulu, but need
not be fumigated- on the South Amerl-
can or Mexican coast at their ports Of
cali although each 81 them swarm with
MOSQUITOES, and at all of them yellow
fever is constantly present, in spite OF
the denials of the Mexican government.
All vessels ON this run fly the flag OF
the Togo Kisen Kaisha.
After they have been fumigated here
the chief quarantine officer according
to the new rules, may make investiga--
tion Of the sanitary history of the yes
.,-w6IIe en- route and if he deems it
advisable he may detain the ship. OH
erwise the ship must be released.
The order is apparently the direct re-
snlt of a protest made to Washington
NV the Toyo Kiseri Kaisha, complaining
abont the way South American vessels
were held up here owing to the strln-
gent regulations to bar out infectlve
yellow fever mosquitoes and all posi-
Bile chances of an epidemic OF that dls-
ease.
Local people acquainted with the new
order have come to the conclusion that
the Japanese company secured THESE
radical and dangerous changes through
the influence of its mainland raliroad
ally, the Western Pacific, at Wasnlhg-
ton.
The requests of the board of health
regarding the South American steamers
were to the effect that all of them be
detained six days after fumigatlon be-
fore being released, that time being the
incubation period of the disease.
When seen yesterday Doctor hamns
stated that he had forwarded this re-
quest in written form to the depart
ment at Washington and that until ne
received an answer from Surgeon-Gen-
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board of health IS request and detain all
vessels for that period Of time.
The board IS letter to the chief quar-
antine officer win probably receive an
answer today.
The problems presented to the local
health officers by the new orders are
much more serious than appears at nrst
glance.
Under the old rules the ships left the
southern coasts after thorough fumiga-
ton, which was calculated TO destroy
all mosquitoes that might have got
aboard ship while in the roadsteads or
at the wharves of the fever ports, and
consequently at arrival here the vessels
were much easier to handle.
Grave Danger.
Under the present rules the vessels
theoretically arrive OF port full Of
mosauitoes and there can hardly be any
doubt chat any of them, after stay at
the ports In question, can escape with
out some Of the dangerous passengers
on beard. The time of the voyage
across the ocean Is we'll within the term
Of lite Of the mosquito. II has been
demonstrated recently that a mosquito
will live for eighty daya In "eold st0F-
aaeP a. Il were, shut up Ia an Ice box
or Refrigerator and ut the end OF that
timetgan resume hia tEade btislSly.
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stance. bites q yellow fever patient
within the frat three days Of the lat.
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