Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-09-26
SATURDAY. i. SEPT a6, 1885
SANITARY CONDITION OF noso-
LULU.

AppropoS OF our statements Oh tne
filthy condition of our city at present.
the following sworn testimony in the
case Of Wong Tai Poon, brought before
the cour. for maintaining common
nuisance, will fully bear out every wore
we have said This evidence was eiver
before Judge Bickerton on last Wed
nesday, the 23rd instant, and convict'
the Government Of helping maintain
this death-nest of cesspools, whose
building only increases the danger anc
makes the systems promoters crimina
participants in sanitary crime
mcclellan, sworn, states drive
rubbish cart for Board OF Health anc
have since last July. In front of de
fendants place on King street in Homo
lulu, the rubbish is thrown into the
street instead of box. | told them tc
put it in a box, but they paid no atten
tion, and they have kept this up eve
since / have seen them throw filtf
from upstairs into the street. dom
remember if ever spoke to this man
told so many Of them.
captain Jno. Brown, sworn, states
/ am the agent of the Board of Health
/ have been in defendants premises
many times-the last time on Saturday
There had been hole sunk lately bu
had no connection with the house
The buildings are all two stories, en-
closing court yard, and the slops anc
filth are very bad. consider thes,
premises very dangerous to the healtl
OF all the neighborhood. The slol
hole that is built is Of no use as it i
now.
"Officer Reynolds sworn, states
/ have been to defendants premise
frequently within the lest six months
it was overhowing into back premises
Defendant was brought before th'
court and ordered to comply with m,
order. On his promising to compl,
with all the regulations the case was dis
continued. He sunk a cesspool anC
he was told to connect the premise
with it He promised to do this; HI
also promised to keep the premise
clean and use lime. The only thing h,
has done is to dig the cesspool. AL
the filth and water are thrown iron
up stairs into the yard. The stencil i
very bad and dangerous to health.
have spoken to defendant many time
and served notices on him but | coul,
get no satisfaction from him"
Remember this is the testimony a
given in Court of Justice and nov
appearing on the Court Records. Th
defendant in this case was ordered t,
do by the Agent Of the Board o
Health just what sanitary science
plainly forbids--dig cesspool for al
decaying matters, to be left in to peste
and rot and prove a constant DANCE
for an unknown period. We hav'
already cited instance after instance
case after case to prove that any form
Of decaying material, and worst of al
human excreta, left to decay nea
the abode of mankind is always dele
terious to health. Distinction properl
carried out removes most if not all 0
the danger; but disinfection must b.
carried on inteligently; and to thos
who know anything Of the natives kno,
full we'll that they are in a vast majorit
OF cases utterly incapable Of any cor
tinuous or sustained endeavor in an
direction AS to keeping premise
occupied by them in good condition,
would be just as sensible to set ter
year-old children at the task.
What can we do1' may well b
asked To construct system c
sewers is plainly impractlcable evel
were the question OF money entlrel
left out and for these reasons AS
well known the rise and fall Of the It'd
is only ordinarily about two feet, an
there being no streams Of any impor
ance running into the harbor, were an
sewage emptied there it would onl
be to have it promptly washed back o
our shores to make matters worse tina
they are. Besides this it would fill u
the harbor which would result intheuttt
ruin TO the place. Storing the sew
age and then pumping it from reservoir
might be made to work, but the CO.
and the length Of time required f'
construction, negatives that manner