The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-03-03
MORE LOCALITIES
ARE now INFECTED
CHOLERA HAS APPEARED IN TWO
PLACES nv PA1.AhHA-Ni1gR
GASES UP 10 DATE

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Two more. cases Of cholera, one Of
which Is certain and the other probable,
we're discovered yesterday, bringing the
roll Of cases thus far up to total Of
nine, out Of which there have been
seven deaths.
The disease yesterday appeared in
two localities different from those
where Il was frst observed. The frst
case was that Of q Hawaiian, about
twenty-four years old, on Dowsett
lane, who was reported last night to be
in the second stage Of the disease. The
second case yesterday, and the ninth
case in all, was that Of a Hawaiian
woman, on Alapai lane, who died shortly
after discovery.
The diagnosis in the last case is pro-
visional, but the symptoms and the post
mortem examination nave resulted in'a
verdict of it being that disease. 1t
win be verified this morning.
Each case discovered is adding to
the numper Of contacts who are being
sent into quarantine on the island
The board of health is keeping an in
spector on duty at the boards head
quarters continually. A direct line
telephone has been installed, doing
away with the inconvenience of dis
tant exchange in the Capitol. The num-
ber is 5000. The board will receive or
dispense any information over this line
at any time, day or night.
Quick Action.
The board of health, assisted to the
| fullest extent by Sheriff jarrett Of the
police, took every preeaution it could
| think Of in each case, and is fighting
the spread Of the disease bitterly and
continually, and it is due to its COM
bined efforts that the number of cases
has been kept down to bounds where
they can be handled.
Upon the discovery of the eighth
case, it was stated that the victim had
been to a luau Immediately previous
to his seizure. The names Of all those
at the luau were learned at once, and
they were rounded up by squad of
automobiles 1t was then discovered
that the luau was held ten days ago,
too long to permit it to figure in the
case.
Guards were stationed around the
tenement on Dowsett lane, with orders
to prevent any one leaving it, and the
names of those who lived there and
who happened to be away were learned.
They were telephond for at their places
| Of employment at once Some were al
ready on their way home, but others
were ordered to come to the board Of
health Immediately.
Businessiike.
The board of health headquarters pre-.
senteda military appearance yesterday.
President Mott-Smith himself is now
in the drab uniform of his department
and is personally directing the efforts
of his men from his table, going with
them to the infected districts, daily in.
specting conditions in quarantine and
performing all the innumerable details
of guarding a city threatened by the
outbreak of virulent disease, but with
a good chance of escaping from it.
The only cure yet made is that of
the little eight-year-old girl at Kaka-
akO, whom DIR. Wayson has been on
watch over. Her recovery is now stat.
ed to be almost certain. 1t is doubtful
if the Dowsett lane case viii result in
recovery.
Military Restrictions.
Military authorities are preparing tC
/. place restrictions on the enlisted men
/ and are taking steps to post them in
, the necessary steps to guard against the
disease. Liberty is granted rarely, es
pecially at Fort Shafter. There is as
| yet no restriction on the marine bat.
5 TALON and leave is being granted as
usual there.
/ The men on the H. NJ. s. Kent are
: being granted shore liberty only in
, small groups and there is a scarcity OF
uniforms of any description on the
streets
One lady chose to go in bathing al
Waikiki yesterday "just to see if the
board Of health meant what it said. y
She has been sent note saying that
she will hereafter be under surveil
lance.
DR.. clegg Assigned.
Moses II. Clegg, the famous bacteriol
ogist now working on leprosy expert
ments at the Kalihi station under direc
tion of the federal government and VIII
is an expert no less posted on eholer
archaeological work, has been assignee
e to aid DIR. Sinclair in tracing out tn
q infection
: He went to the Dowsett lane tenC
IS ment yesterday where the eighth cas-
:, was found and secured every articl
9. of food and water that was about an
n these are being thoroughly examine
n in an effort TO ascertain the source.
d As vet no progress has been made
N locating the center of infection, whiel
(. if discovered now, might put a stop t
a the epidemic.
n Launch Patrol
u Through the generosity Of Eben Low
1. his fast gasoline launch has been place
"a at the disposal of the board of healt
n aud fast coast patrol is now bein
continuously kept up. There is Al
10 solutely no chance under this arrang