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Although no definite policy has so far been decided upon by the 
Board of Supervisors of the City and County of Honolulu in 
regard to the enforcement of the so-called milk ordinance, it must 
nevertheless be said that the tuberculosis situation has become an 
easier solution with each reacting animal that is disposed of and 
that public sentiment regarding this subject, which was unduly 
exercised some time ago, is gradually subsiding to its normal 
level. 
The unequivocal position taken by Mr. Isenberg in forbidding 
the use of any of the milk from his many reacting animals and 
his determination to eradicate the disease from his dairy ranch 
without regard to cost has undoubtedly influenced a number of 
the other dairy owners to follow his example with as little delay 
as possible. It now seems possible that concerted action on the 
part of the leading dairymen in raising the price of all milk com- 
ing from clean dairies will lead to the voluntary disposition of a 
number of the reacting animals which are still retained in a num- 
ber of dairies. If additional assistance from the Federal Bureau 
as discussed in another part of this report can be obtained, I have 
no doubt that the City and County of Honolulu at least can be 
entirely freed from bovine tuberculosis in the course of one and 
one-half to two years. 
CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS. 
On August 31st, Mr. Bull, the manager of the Waipahu planta- 
tion, reported by telephone that several of his mules were sick 
and requested that a veterinarian be sent to his stables without 
delay. As soon as the live stock on the S. S. Luriine had been 
inspected I took an automobile to Waipahu, where I found 2 
mules dead, 1 dying and 2 severely affected with cerebro-spinal 
meningitis. Both of these animals have since died. 
Unfortunately the true nature of this disease is not known, 
but there is every indication that it is not transmissible from ani- 
mal to animal, but is of a purely endemic nature, that is the in- 
dividual cases develop from the same cause whether this is 
moulded barley as suggested by some or due to a poison which 
developed in the system as claimed by others. The treatment is 
simply dietetic, no special remedy having been found of any value. 
The following day, September 1st, Messrs. Alexander & Bald- 
win requested that a veterinarian be sent to the Mormon Settle- 
ment at Laie, stating that they were unable to give any definite 
information as to what was the matter at that place, the telephone 
being out of order and the request having been sent by wireless. 
Suspecting that it might be another outbreak of the same disease 
as above mentioned I went by automobile to Laie and found upon 
arrival that it was nothing but a simple case of colic in a recently 
unported mare and that the animal had recovered before my 
arrival. 
