Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VIII, Number 3, 16 January 1869 — English column. [ARTICLE]

English column.

Thf Coard «f īlili & (he Sman Pox.

T. •• . oi j^ e B<wJ of Heaiih r»»gTird. »nr : v Pcx. has t>ecn one of ble trst n:•> >ncy and v.->caiatioo. On the 26th of Dccember, the lMot »ho V>oanlfd th«? ' leiaho," without ha»ling her to knov *ij€*thf r she b»d anvcont«g»ousdi?cas€» «■#* «j,y tpritfil bv the Min)ster of the ]ntericr uuo is also a member of the Board of Hea.ih. But on the ensuing day, the • ttearncr * T«?» ! !owedtocnterand tocomea!oog *idc ū\r \\'a \\\. aty\ v\me \o A\schaTge her «argo —u nh a yc)iow fljg waveingover her! Tbe Capuin atid Purser, who had heen in mofet c''»r»tact wuh the diM'asQ on board, were *)}owed to ua and eome as they cbose. Th« eahia pas«ng«rs, who next to those ju« mentioned, had l>een the most exposed f were ahowed to go on shore, (irst taking a jnn, ar»u jn le<s than a week, taking all ihr:r hie^-e; whi'e thestedr»ge pa.«?sengeri, who ha»l ix»en comparatively unexposed, were to a Quarmtine in the harbor, where they were confined with a Chinese passenger who because suspected of Small Pox had heen &hut up with the sraall pox patient in ihe forecas'.le of the steamer. The crew «cre supposed to be conftned to the steamer, tnit of cour*e got en shore and mingled with native crowds, and were finaily locked up in ihe Station House, there to comtnunicate what they eouM of the d»sej«se. I)iirinc those days, the wonderful "Board of Dtsease," were telling of the abandonmont of quarantine regulations in civiiized Unds. And in last weew'sGoverninent Newap«per=, there were br.n*e declarations of no danger, and tauuts at the featful souls who < alled for the dismissal of therecreant Board. iJvfore thtn articlcs could appear, n eahin pa*senger of ihe "Idaho" was walking our ireets with :he disease in full viewuponhis fa aud contmued to do so from Tuesday to Tiijr«dav. Strange to say,—or is not ?—he was under the care of the Port Phv>K ian ! We honor Dr. iMcKibbin for his proini't of the ofliee. It was the lea.><t l«c <:ouid do be(ore an outraged eominunity. i>r. Hutlum was, it was said, appointtd to t!ic vac»nt c>tTice, l>ut ius cotntnission w«s tict out; and upon liie arrival of the 4 Comct" on the 10th inst M there was no Phvsic»Qn t«i the Pon.

On rrhl,*v, January Sth, the Board of H*nlth passL\l severa! j<tringent regulal«ms; whieh ap(>eariii the next day on liule *i»ps, jnste&d of being pub!ished in the "Kuokoa'* and "Advertiser M of ihe 9th, —Tegulat!oos iq inoM astonishing contrast with their «nres<ioi»s and doings of but a few doys Un thc 10th, thc "Comet" arrived, anaVM£<? pa?sengers eame directly on shore. On the night oi ihe llth, the "AlonUina" arrivc>l, m;d the i>ext day she was allowed to eome along side oi what mnst becnlledthe •• Wharl," aud di^charge; but | iier ps*:»engers \vcrc dctained on board! |

Meanunie, the clothes of the passengers ©f thc 4 idaho" have been washed by various ptrties tftrou£h our lown; and it woulū doubtIcss but draken the ptcture to kuow who w»»hed the clothes vf thc passenger taken since his nrrival here, befose his diseasc was dctected l»y our sapient medical authorities. Our hearts sicken within us. Jftheabove i.Kts do noe prouounce (he condemuation o( the iin£takenly ca)led Board ofHealth, notlijii|j wiil. That they shou!d resign, or be v, iU we trast becomc the dewand oī an nation. We wou!d exhort nll tohastenevery possiHe ?tep to mitis«tc tho evil by vaccination. The 6oard of Heallh last week issued a ciroular on the subject in the Uovemmental Journa!.s of verv liiuūcd circutation —puneiill»out cf prerogative to the deadly end! Let ail who aie allowed, co*operate with whatevcr fecble eii*orts may made by the itovcrnment ior pretecting our people; but we wo«ld urgc that there bc no trusting to official aul. Let tbe n»atter l>e lakenup by torctf« and oative. Let the mntter be dis* cu*9od in our £vangelical As»Oi.'iations, and lct sorocthin£ l»e speedily dcne. Sukc thc above was written Dr. HiUe* lranJ's rrport has appeard on "The Geoerai vaocmation of the Native Popuiation of Honolulu," īn nhieh he supposes that M thc t nly wvak poini yct existing (in Hnnolulu) oar Chuu se |>opulōtton;" and hesays 4, 1n onē wi>oth more the populution of Oahu will be |*n>tectt\l. and il ta safe to assert that in t«6 iuoiiths that of the wbot« archipetago will K.'." \Ye thought we were prepared for *ny dcgree of stolul assuranee on the part of *tae Meilieal Authorities. But we give up. Wha« nett?