The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-11-03
HEAR OF !
DANCER EXISTING
Federal Doctors Speak Before a
Number in Y. N. C. A. Hall
on Present Situation.

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Either the people Waikiki Of Fort
know all that r. necessary about fight
ing mosquitoes, or interest in the cam.
paign that has not yet been begun is
waning. Whatever the reason, fewer
than two hundred citizens turned out
for the mass meeting at the Y. NJ. G. A.
yesterday evening, a meeting that was
held under the auspices Of nearly all
the highbrow societies of the city. A
majority of those attending were
women.
Mrs. y. F. Dillingham; presided, the
first speaker being DR.. Currie, who
dwelt upon yellow fever symptoms and
told of the devastation the disease
made when it attacked New Orleans
some nine years ago. The fact that
yellow fever in its earliest symptoms
resembied some of the minor fevers
made it particularly hard to stamp out,
he said.
The Mosquito Fight
DR.. Hobby talked for more than half
an hour on the yellow fever mosquito
and the necessity for its eradicationj
repeating his remarks of various oc-
casions before, that without the yellow
fever mosquito in Honolulu, it made no
difference how many fever ships came
to this port or how many persons af-
licted with yellow fever came ashore.
and walked around the city. The only
way in which the disease could be car
ried is by means of the mosquito. 49,
About Shubbery.
In regard to the cutting of shrubbery
and trees from around the houses in or
der to destroy the mosquito DR.. Hobby
! told his hearers that the banana plant
was about the only plant which held
water long enough for wrigglers to de-
! velop into mosquitoes, aud that they
could also he Matched in the knot-holes
of the algaroba trees.
Ferns in pans on the lanais would
! breed the mosquitoes, but if they were
taken out into the bright sunlight FREE
| quently the danger would be done away
| with. There is no danger that the
authorities will despoil the homes of
the city by cutting down everything
that grows.
1 Cutters Should Go.
Cutters, DIR. Hobby believes, are bet
! ter down, but if the heart of the house
holder is in the fight, an inspection and
i cleaning of the cutters each week, the
4 boring of holes a foot apart so that
II the water would drain out, and the
trimming of branches of trees which
drop their leaves in the cutters will
fix them so that they will not need to
be taken down.
From this DIR. Hobby went on to a
discussion of the particular case of yell
low fever in the city. He told how it
was brought here and the precautions
being taken to stop the disease where
1t was, stating that it is impossible to
know until the latter part of next week
whether there will be any more cases
or not.
/ He then told of the fight at Havana
Ito rid the city of yellow fever, of the
volunteers who went Into the two hos
:. pitfalls and subjected themselves to tests
ito show how the disease was carried,
and at the last painted a picture of
what was bound to happen in Honolulu
if the mosquito was not eradicated.
He told of the quarantine against
the port if the mosquito was not wiped
out now, in cease other cases should
come in the future, the loss of business
and the naming of Honolulu as a yell
low fever hole.
What 1t Would Cost.
, Such an epidemic would cost thou
sands of lives and hundreds of thosands
, of dollars, in addition to the money
that would be necessary to eradicate
, the mosquito then, while if this be done
now only the last named expense viii
, have to be borne.
DIR. Hobby impressed ON his hearers
that the yellow fever mosquito il
no respecter of persons, and would bite
{ the resident of the most exclusive sub
nrb as soon as the dweller in the lower
quarters of the slums.
Il He made plea for the hearty 60
, operation of everyone in the campaign
which is to start next Monday morning
and told the audience that he had triet
TO make them understand the gray,
danger threatening the city withou
/ needessly alarming them.
: Army Is Warned.
Major Kennedy, medical corps, ha
4 prepared memorandum to the differ
h ent posts in the department of Hawai-
e to the effect that yellow fever is il
the city of Honolulu, laying down rule
), for the conduct of all soldiers, telling
them of the disease, how il is carrie,
o and specifying that all must sleep un
h der nets.