The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-06-05
White P[lGUE
IS VERY AGlNE
Fiftylfour New Cases and Thirty
two Deaths Reported for
Month Of May.

The prevailing normal number Of
monthly eases and deaths was sustain
ed for May. There were ifty-four cases
throughout the Territory, representing
one case more than for April. The
total Of thiftyitwo deaths represented
foif less than the previous month.
Honoluln's Qnota.
Honolulu furnished As Der cent Of the
total new cnses, or 90, and so per cent
OF the dehths, or 10.
or the twenty-six cases reported for
The first time from the city of Homo
inlo, ten were reported after death ana
three died between the time Of report
and the end Of the month. This is so
per cent OF the total number Of new
eases and 6s per cent Of the entire
number Of deaths In the city.
OF the twenty-eight new eases re-
ported from the balance Of the Terri
tory, 10, or 80 per cent, were reported
after death, making a total Of 40 per
cent Of the entire number Of new
cases that were reported post-mortem.
During the month FIVE Filipinos regis.
tered for tuberculosis, one japanese
and one Norwegian returned to their
native countfies, IN the case OF the lat.
TER before the report reached this Of
fee.
There were also taken of the register
three more names reported as apparent
cures from Leah Home and two names
discovered TO be duplicates OF previous
~ registered cases There were thus
twelve cases snbtracted from the record
against the thifty-one continuing eases
added to II during the month.
Supervision for May.
The record Of supervision for May IL
as follows:
A total Of thirteen cases represent.
Ling both new and previously registered
cases were placed under supervision, as
1 follows; Leah Home, A; Pnnmaile
! Home, 3; Paauilo Hospital, Il; Kalihi
4 Hospital, j; Lihue Hospital, j; Japa.
nose Charity Hospital, 1; waimea Hos
Ipitnl, !; personal, !. Only two cases
| were discharged from supervision be.
side those already mentioned as leav.
1 ing the Territory, Ave Of whom had
'been under supervision.
/ A certain percentage Of the remain
ing cases viii be placed under super.
vision BY the district nurses, whose re-
ports have not yet been received.
The bureau has been informed Of
several cases leaving supervision which
were not reported to u by the institu,
tions concerned on the blanks provided
them for that purpose.
Examinations at Laboratory.
During the, month the Honolulu labor
atory examined twenty specimens
Of sputa admitted as follows: Dirpen.
sary, IL; private persons, ., Palama
Settlement, a; private physicians, q;
Leahi Home, p PERSONAL "a. OF these
SIX specimens were positive for tuber-
eulosis.
With the beginning Of May, Miss Ma
bel Wilcox succeeded Miss Ida II.
lL'Orapge as district nurse on Kapak
The hitter has informed this Office that
she has turned over all properly to her
successor bnt Miss Wilcox has not yet
communicated with the Office The lat
ter spent q week In the local Office pre-.
yfous to taking up her duties on Kauai.
Publicity BY Advertiser.
Daring the month in the neighbor.
hood Of 10000 words have been pub.
lished in the Honolulu papers regarding
the campaign and several papers have
been sent to the island press. The Ad.
yertiser, ON its own initiative, com
menced a press campaign on material
Furnished by this Office, which awaken
ed considerable attention, the paper GO
ing TO considerable expense Co carry ont
its plans,
This Office has written TO the subsid.
larry and cooperative Institutions for
the material necessary to complete the
annual report at the end Of June.
The customary tables are, attached.