Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-15
CONTINUED FROM JULY -.

uNus Hliiilit TtkufhAibiiN "tit w
keep ont persons who might he brought
in diseased condition from other
ports. Vaccination OF every person
who enters the cnnai zone Is compul-
sorry unless a good scar can be shown.
In 1908 a shipload ~ natives from
Martinique. imported 20 work on the
canal. refused Co land because they
thought vaccination was pinn 10
brand them 50 they could never re,
turn To their home They were forced
out nj the point Of the bayonet and
yaccinated. ... ~: ... IT,.
II was before these plans had been
mntured that the first and only cpl;
demic OF yellow fever occurred In the
canal zone In April. 1905. an en-
ployee IN the administration building
In Panama became silk with the fever
and from then I'm 20 September the
canal zone was In the throes OF ear
that was featured by the wholesale
departure OF employees. The news
papers gave the epidemic wide and
oftentiines erroneous publicity, With
the consequence that the government
had TO pay for the fear OF the isthtnus
thus created In greatly Increased sal,
aries and gratuities to secure Ameri
can employees.
BY october. 1908 Colonel Gorgas had
mastered the epidemic. and. although
Isolated cases have occurred since. vel
low fever was permanently FINISHED
as the hugBear 81 Punartl From
July l. 1904. to Nov. |, i.s't forty.
-four employees succumbed 10 ti,is dis.
ease While the epidemic rartd from
April TO September. i00a. there were
tKirfy.seven deaths among setni, wees.
mainly among Americans. with y hoIn
the epidemic started.
There was siege with su,ailpox
and the plague but they. too ere
eradIcated In so far as epIdead are
concerned, and malaria, pneyiEnnia
and tuberculosis remain as tlt, MOST
frequent attributed causes 81 ,leAth.
Quiuine has been bought b. Aac ton
Tor the canal zone dispensariea and
hospitals. In zoos each employee ay-
eraged about an ounce OF quinine and
was advised 10 take three grains daily.
The French had left hospital build
Ings In Colon and on the side OF Ancon
hin. Just outside OF Panama. The
Americans rGIoyated these and added
TO them until the present vast facilities
came Into form They sometimes have
more than LOO patients. A large asy
lam for the insane also Is maintained,
Hospital cars are attached to the pas
senger trtgns to bring In patients 20
the Ancon and Colon hospitnis each
day. In every town or settlenent
there Is dispensary with physician
IN charge and sanitary Officer 20 In
spect conditions OF living There are
about twenty -four employees out Of
every 1000 constantly sick.
For the canal zone. Panama and
Colon, IN 1905 the death rate was 1904
per 1000 In 1911 II was 2l.4o. or cut
down more than onelhalf In 1906 the
death rate among the Americans FROM
disease was $50. and IN 1911 II was
2S2. In 1905 aud 1910 there were more
Americans killed IN accidents or died
from violence than died from disease
II necessarily follows from an engi
neering task OF this magnitude. where
vast quantities OF explosives are han
died. where there Is considerable
railroad Hiileage aud other hazardous
features OF construction. that the death
rate from accidents would be large.
Every month since the American oc
cupatIon began In May. 1904. there has
been an average OF ten employees Kill
ed or have died from external causes
The total to Ji.,- !. lal2. was aea. and
by the time she canal Is completed
barring unusnal catastrophes. the
DEATHS from this cause will be around
LOO Under the head OF violence are
Included deaths by drowning. suicide
dynamite explosions. railroad accidents
poisonings, homicides. electric shocks.
burns. lightning and accidental trau
malistn OF various kinds.
Dynamite Explosion In CulebrR.
Scores OF deaths have resulted from
the practice OF the native employees
In using the railroad tracks MS public
highways There have been had col
iIsions and wrecks with fatalities. and
dynamite has claimed about one-tenth
Of the victims OF external violence. In
Jan. 10. 1909. at Paraiso. two killed
ten injured q
July -. 1909. on Panama railroad
four killed. nine injured.
Aug 50. 1910, at Aneon quarry. four
killed
July 10. 1911. nj Ancon quarry, -four
killed. two injured
Porty deaths from dynamite explo.
sions ARE noted for the year 1908 the
largest nuniber for amy one year OF
canal construction. and this does nor
take Into account several indiySduaI