Word: molokai
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...forming the imposing north coast of the island. The settlement is accessible from the remainder of the island only by a very steep and narrow foot and horse trail, carefully guarded. In fact the settlement is closer, insofar as accessibility is concerned, to Oahu than to the remainder of Molokai...
...leprous residents on the island of Molokai, and as one of the two physicians on leeward Molokai, I would like to clarify and correct the wrong impressions held by most people on the mainland, which were. no doubt, strengthened after reading your otherwise excellent article on Father Damien. The general impression seems to be that Molokai is inhabited solely, or, at least, largely by lepers...
...territorial leprosarium, commonly called "Kalaupapa," which cares for some 500 lepers, is located on a relatively small peninsula jutting off the windward coast of Molokai...
...incident of leprosy on leeward Molokai has been and is no higher than on any of the other islands of the Hawaiian Archipelago. . . . Amongst the causes of death in the Hawaiian Islands leprosy ranks very low. being under one percent, and, of course, all of these deaths occur in the two hospitals for lepers...
Government Physician and Registrar Kaunakaki, Molokai, Hawaii...