The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-31
The Case ouIokly isolated; Little
Danger Of Spread Of
Disease.
NO QUARANTINE NECESSARY
Immediate Action by Board Of
Health for Protection Of
City.
fFrom Mondayls Advertiser.l


part Of one of the Hawaiian guards in
the employment Of the local federal
quarantine service, case of yellow
fever has appeared in the city. Through
the extreme good luck which has mark
ed the efforts to guard Honolulu from
this most-to-bc-dreaded disease UP to
the present, the danger Of general
infection is extremely slight The only
portion of the city where infection is
possible is at the old Kalihi Camp, and
around this section. an armed guard Is
now drawn. AT the present moment
there is absolutely no possibility of in
lection, nor will there be for the next
seven days at least.
The case which has started the fed
cral and territorial health departments
into q sreater activity than ever be-
fore in the history of the Territory, is
a result of the visit to this port of the
Hongkong Maru, with yellow fever
aboard, on Saturday, the twenty-first.
When the case of fever aboard was
found, Immediate preparations were
made to fumigate the ship and watch
man frOmithe federal quarantine ser
vice, a Hawaiian named Ahopoko, TWEEN
ty-six years old, was put aboard, after
having been solemnly warned of the
danger that existed from the bite of
daylight mosquito aboard the vessel
and after having repeated for his and
the other guards benefit what has been
so constantly dinned into the ears of
Honolulu during the past year, namely
that yellow fever is contracted in only
one way, through the bite of daylight
mosquito. The man was on the ship
for about four hours prior to the fumi-
CATION and acknowledges now that he
saw mosquitoes there, hut did not re-
port that fact. Asked why, he says he
does not know.
The man worked as day Waterman from
Saturday to Wednesday, when he asked
Doctor James, in charge of the quaran-
tine station, if no might lay off for the
day, having had a strenuous time. As
he wasl like all the guards. under strict
quarantine at the station. Doctor James
gave him his days lav-off. The man,
at the first opportunity, then broke
quarantine and left the station for his
home at the 1Ialihi Camp. where he
was taken violently i'll with the fever.
At rolIcall on FRIDAY morning he was
missed, his lay.off having made his
absence from rollcall the dav before
explainable Then search of the sta
for at his home. Here he was found
He was Immediately taken hack to the
ona-antine station and his illness was
on Saturday DIAGNOSED as yellow fever
The case is typical one and unmistak-
able.
Precautions Taken.
BY most fortunate coincidence
Ahopoko s home is in portion of the
city isolated and he had few neighbors.
Yesterday the territorial health de-
partment, assisted by the federal
health officers, moved the boys from
the Kalihi home, forty in all, over to
quarantine island and moved everyone
else from the immediate neighborhood
of the infected spot out of the district
1t is impossible that any of them have
been infected, the period for infection
not having arrived. In all, one hun
dred and fifty-eight persons have been
taken from the camp.
Yesterday force of forty health
officers went into the district, seeking
every possible breeding spot for
mosquitoes, preparing the thirty-odd
honses and shacks there for fumigation,
preparing to erect barbed.wire fence
about the section and warning Others
in Kalihi-kai that the camp was tabu
for everyone without exception.
Last night guard of ten men,
patrolled the approaches 60 the camp.
Today high fence of harbed wire
win be built an around It and the
health officers win commence cutting
down every bit of vegetation within the
enclosure. cutting from the fence to.
wards the buildings, expecting that the
mosquitoes will be driven in toward
the center and possibly into the build
ings, which will be left open, where
they will be killed in one of the three
fnmigations the places are to receive
between now and next Monday. After
Monday next some of the shacks viii
be destroyed.
Then. for Mt least two months, the
spot win be guarded no one win be
allowed within the enclosure and the
guards will have orders to shoot the
first one attempting 10 break through
the line.
No Immediate Danger.
There Is not the slightest danger to
anyonesnt this time. yellow fever can
only be transmitted through the bite of
daylight mosquito. The mosquito, 10
be dangerous, must have bitten "A vel.
low fever patient, and even then it II
not dangerous for twelve days, during
which time the virus Is working it,
way through the insect.
Thua 10 one has been infected from
the one ease, although Il Il beyond
reasonable doubt TINT there are m0sqHi
toes IN and near the Kalihi camp which
Wili be dangerous ~ lhf cad 81 ihiE
week unless killed IN the fumlgntions
The mosquito does moi nY faf, nor I'll
Il ~ Across 4 eleaflnH except % 8
flondy day. Il ahnnn light hai eva
light l. fatal 10 IN
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