The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-09
DIR. RAMUS AND OUR SCAREs

No estimate the of harm which is done the tourist
cover ah, the snre, IS I {. rts which, in Ibis case rest
upon the testimony Of Dr. Ramus of the Marine Hospital service which
did credit owing the conroverg testimony Of the Territorial
Board of Health The whole matter heshed out weeks
the ground As have told before Dr. s was permitted to read
the subject before the Governor and Secretary Of the Terri
tory, the directors of Chamber of Commerce the Board of Health
various local physicians including eNpresdens OF that board and the
editors of the Honolulu dae The Governor the Secretary the pres
made OFT Of c instances Of 1enry outside Of tbe
Mookai segregation settlement seventy then the detention
hospital awaiting transfer Moloa and the would be brought
in when there for them Dr. Ramus had put the number
large among the hundreds and effort this
politically against the Governor The latter disposed of his
accuer in few brief words dealing with question of fact and sent
him sammeng coventry and Dr. Ramu figures shown by
the only authority on epsr numbers here the Board OF Health be
Federal government apparently did not credit them all and Dr.
Ranus transferred to another post
As to Dr. Ramu personally he is of pleasant ways, who
has professional merits but he aarm about epidemic diseases
COMING Finno borers some Of whom had ronicol @
which he thought bound spread fearful This
malad has not spread at all and mentioned Next Homo
lulu told by this doctor that the brink of epidemic
of cholera few mmatera what cholera
occurred among Onena and natives and then this visitation
vanished Next alleged yellow fever which DR. Ramus thought
bound widespread devastation But didn't One
arrived port and the patient was soon onvecen Doctors who
ashore and the patient around the detention hospital in about
week He had been seriously i'll and probably did have the
yellow fever all Both nothing the average
of typhoid anywhere afterwards got
garden vegetables especially the Manoa valley
gardens The was likely be poisoned by this of in
paragraph and nothing else happened The community bought
vegetables from the Acs usual and continued live and thrive
Nov with his prosy and people getting the disease
in proportion the population than has been the time dur
Dr. Ramu really ought consider his
Hawaii filled his the awful pers the Pacific
under from the threat of paguenfested squirrels He is
there now and the that the squirrel plague killing
than the yellow fever does here need deter him from
the congena trade of raising the hair and agang the Of md
citizens. /
Now eprosy Hawaii For many years there have been
of it Oenas and natives principally natives Cases
among white people few and usually they those
who have mingled closely with the lower classes of the other In
the disease but fe contagious Children born of per
parents without the maady The Catholic priests brothers and
Mokai who have nrsed sick pers for generation have
supplied martyr their and faithful work 1t
here that and lead clean and descent lives wholesome
food and drink they will find these adewnd islands
among perfect sanoa the world Indeed his
report three four years the Surgeon General of the Army de-
scrbed this Territory being the most heahu place troops
Alaska 1t needless argue that region well adapted
physical welfare of soldiers equally beneficial people who
usually than soldiers have pleasant ways life
escape temptations which beset the life of the enlisted