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1836: Hawaiian monarchs order foreigners screened for smallpox
Kuhina Nui Elizabeth Kaho‘anoku Kina‘u (a wife of the late Kamehameha II) takes the first documented public health measure in Hawai‘i, ordering screening for smallpox on all foreign vessels arriving at Honolulu harbor.
- Theme
- Epidemics
- Region
- Hawai‘i
Kina‘u’s order that all foreign vessels arriving in Honolulu be screened for smallpox, 1836
Courtesy Hawai‘i State Archives