Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-18

result 22.s97 rats and mongoose were
taken.
To show the Importance OF the WORK
Surgeon Trotter 10 quoted in his, re
port 10 the public health service as
follows: q 49, .-t -
The Hawaiian Islands, and espe-
cially the port OF Honolulu. have dur
ing the past year been brought into
closer commercial relations with
ports Of the east coast of the United
Stite3 and Europe through the open
ing of the Panama canal and there.
fore the chances OF Infection from
quarantinable and contagious diseases
have likewise increased. Therefore
from the standpoint OF plague, the rat
work being conducted in this city Is
considered Of the greatest importance
for IL infection Is introduced, II wifi
be promptly detected, and the work
Of control and eradication rendered
much easier.
because this port is the key of
the Pacific. and the number OF vessels
touching here viii increase each year,
the work Of rendering the wharfs,
bulkheads, warehouses and in fact all
the buildings in the city Of Honolulu
rat proof should be taken up and
pushed as fast as financial means per-
NIT. There is only one way of keep.
ing plague out OF a port and city, and
that Is by keeping the rat out"
On the island Of Hawaii IL, 6I7 rats
and nongoose were trapped during
the year, the territory contributing
SIS. 036.23 &c the campaign. Trapping
was carried on especially around the
sugar mills of the outlying districts,
and in HiIo. h. =: g.. =
include Dispensary Report.
The physician to the government
dispensary acted somewhat IN the ca.
pacity of government physician for
the district OF Honolulu. SO the re.
port OF the dispensary Is given with
that Of the government physicians.
On April 80, 1915, the dispensary
was closed and the work formerly
done by the board was assumed by
Palama settlement, acting under an.
agreement with the city and county.
At the free dispensary $500 cases
were treated, Of which number 3636
were surgical and 1864 were medical.
There were 2409 prescriptions filed
aud y different Hationalitias were
treated.
Those nationalities receiving the
most treatments we're as follows:
Portuguese, 1911: Korean, TT; Fiji.
Pine, 70l; Hawaiian, SAC: Spanish.
1903; Russian. 35f; American, .sS5;
Porto Rican, 204; japanese, 1876; part
Hawaiian. 1876; Chinese, rs.
The physician in the dispensary also
examined the public schools OF Homo.
lulu The number OF pupils examined
was 1888. or this number health Ger,
tifcates were granted to all but 35.
. There were 26 government physI
cians employed and the cost to the
territory In salaries was $40, GAO. They
made 1891 house visits, 1881 office
calls, and filed 16,829 prescriptions
During the year, work in food In.
spection was enlarged to include all
OF the islands. Food Commissioners
A. w. Hansen made INSPECTION trips
over the territory at various times,
and on each island a deEuty food com
missioner was appointed by the board
Large quantities OF food were de
ctroyed during the year. and several
prosecutions were made OF the de-
stroyed during .the year, and several
OF milk, $50 pounds Of frIits. $4,000
pounds of Halifax goldfish 2S23 pounds
OF fresh fish, % 1-2 n0Hnds of salt
salmon. 1909 tins of canned fruit and
vegetables, SIG pounds CT dried Ash
70 pounds OF sea foods, and foji,
quarts of saponin mixture. Saponir
is dangerous poison used as a foam
roducer In soda water.
Only 80 persons were admitted t.
the insane asylum during the year
against 1I6 OF the year previous. o.
the 80. there were 81 males and 20
females. or the discharged patients
who were completely recovered there
were Is males and IL females.
Nationality Of Insane.
Patients under treatment at the hos
pital during the year, rated by nation.
aiitfes, are as follows. American
British. German and Russian, 90; Chi
nese. As; Filipino, 10: Hawaiian. 80:
Japanese, GO; part Hawaiian. IL. Por-
tuguese, So; Porto Rican,. liz: Span-
ish. 8. and all others, 40.
This list shows that the Japanese
had during the year the largest num-
Der of insane persons. but this Is due
to the fact that the japanese popula.
ton is so much greater than that OF
any other race here The japanese
rate, according to population. is
near the bottom Of. the list. be-
ing but 6.S9 persons for every 10000
japanese In the territory. OF the dis.
tinct races having insane in the asy-
lum, the Porto Ricans lead the list
The Chinese hare a rate Of 21.l3 per
10000.
{ The asylum death rate was less by
so per cent than that OF the year be-
fore. The largest number of deaths
of patients was between the ages of
40 and so. Compared with the death
rate In similar institutions on the
mainland, the rate here is. about &C !
per cent less than the average.
The average cost OF each patient at |
the asylum each day was s.446, max
ing the cost for each patient $162 - |
in a year. This cost is less by $40 |
than the same cost in the state Of