The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-02-06
Flu" Epidemic Still
Spreading On Maui
45O Cases Thus Far-H Health Auth
critics Feel Disease Is Well In
Hand Most Cases In Wailuku
PrOper-0ther Islands, Few Cases

hdHu HUoI OdoCS Ill Wdlluhu
PrOper-0ther Islands, Few Cases
At noon today Or. William Osmers
expressed the hope that the worst of
the epidemic is over. The situation
this morning, he stated, is decidedly
| better, and unless another run Of cases
develop it may be considered that the
| disease is on the wane ii this district.
Notwithstanding the fact that Maui
health records show more than 45O
cases of influenza in the past two
weeks, there is some indication that
the peak of the epidemic may have
been reached at least in so far as the
Wailullu district is concerned. As was
| expected, the malady is spending from
| Wailullu to the other districts, but
not very rapidly. There have been in
all about Is deaths.
Up to the present time Is percent
or more of all the cases have been in
| Wailuku proper Only few have yet
occurred in Waikapu, only two miles
from the court house, while Waihee
in the opposite direction has likewise
| been almost free.
Puunene has begun to report cases
at fairly lively rate, mostly from
Camp l, from whence 46 cases had
been diagnosed and reported by ply
sicians up to Wednesday night. Sew
| eral cases have been reported in the
past two days from Camp 5, while Ka-
hului reported cases thus far this
week.
None In Lahaina
Laaaina, where the influenza
epidemic last year appeared at least
two weeks before it reached the other
sections Of the island, has thus far
escaped; while Hama, in East Maui,
has already turned in report of 8
cases
Hamakuapoko has had one case. and
were reported last week from the
Haleallala ranch.
Well In Hand
The health authorities believe that
by prompt and vigorous action they
have the disease well in hand. Both
the Malulani hospital and the tempor-
airy hospital in the armory are well
filled, the latter now having between
40 and 80 patients.
DR.. r. c. Pitcairn, chemist for the
Wailullu Mill, who was formerly prac
ticing physician, has been granted a
special license to practice and is as
sisting DR.. William Osmers. He had
similar course of experience last
year in Utah, where he was tempOrari-
ly pressed into service as a physician
The chamber of commerce held a
special meeting on Monday and after
confering with DR. Osmers and Chief
Sanitary Inspector George Weight, APP
pointed a committee composed OF e.
r. BeVins, r. A. Wadsworth, and DR..
Osmers with instructions to lend all
aid required to the county supervisors
and health authorities.
Woman's Club To Rescue
An appeal to the Maui Womans
Club for voluntary nurses and other
assistance has resulted in a consider
able amount of sewing of an ample
supply of bed linens, mosquito nets etc.
The committee charged with this work
is composed of Mrs. Frank Baldwin,
Mrs. Dan Carey and Mrs. James
Thompson.
Arrangements have been made for
supplying diets for such patients who
may need such service and a sub-cOm-
mittee consisting Of Mrs. Carey, Mrs.
Frank HOogs and Miss Edith Parsons
has been named for this duty.
Other Islands Less Affected
Thus far Maui is by far the worst
hit by the epidemic. Up to Wednes- /
day Honolulu has had a total of but |
134 cases with 10 others in The coun- |
try districts Quite a number of these |
have been cases brought in by ships /.
from the mainland. A few cases have /
been reported from Hilo, most of |
which have also originated elsewhere. /
Invented in Great Britain, London, |