The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-04-24
CH0LERA'S SPAWN BED.
FOUL CONDITION OF THE CHI
NESE QUARTER
Report of the Committee on Sanitation
OF the Board Of Health-The
Need Of Action.

AT the adjourned meeting of the
Board of Health the following report
was made by the Committee on SAM
tation:
AT the request of Health Officer Rey-
nolds your committee visited the region
about the Chinese Theatre, inspecting
the tenements, the theatre itself and the
surrounding low lying lands
A large wooden building to the west
of the theatre has been fitted up as a
Chinese tenement and the proprietor
applied for a licerse from the Board Of
Health. An inspection shows an intol-
cradle condition OF the premises. The
foundation rests uponposts and at high
tide the ground is saturated or even
overlooked, and at low tide there is a
swamp OF green, sinking mud under
lying the whole premises, The cess
pools are excavated OF or two In
the mud and the plank sides form a
kind of Golfer dam, which contains foul
water and waste to the level Of tide
water
The privies similarly empty their
contents at tide level and foul odors
are the rule. The theatre is in similar
condition, though the immediate sur
roundlngs appeared as clean as might
be and garbage was apparently carefully
removed. The lands lying mauka OF
the theatre are honeycombed by stag
nant pools, several Of them having no
outlet to the sea.
Your committee would reiterate the
advice often given the government that
steps should be taken to ill up this
whole basin, within retaining walls
leaving ample channels for the storm
water of Nuuanu Valley and the tide
reaux A large amount Invaluable lane
would thus be rendered available fol
building purposes; its value would prob
ably be greater than the cost Of the i'm
provement, thus making it good in
yestment for the government
The wash, houses, too are a standing
menace to health, and a persisten
effort should be made to have them re
moved to a more eligible spot.
! We have also made inquiries as t
| disinfectants
| Copperas or sulphate Of iron is recog
nized as one Of the most efficient ant
the cheapest. This is furnished to tn
| Board at three cents a pound by 20
pounds weight Creoline, one Of tn
| CarboliC acid series, is a very efticien
agent, also has the advantage Of NOR
convenient application. One pound wi
make twenty gallons Of fluid for use i
sewers, Cesspools, etc. 1t will be ful
nished at four and three -fourths cents
gallon or sixty cents a pound
quarter or at most a half pound woul
suffice for purifying a large cesspooL
G. y w. Pr P. Andrews Committee
: The following property is within tn
: district which stands in peculiar nee
: of sanitary discipline
Achew premises, formerly stable
1 owned by Hon. S. c. Allen; Ahunl
t saddlery, owned by Akana; Wash-hous
f No. FL, carriage shop, Poi Merchar
and Kemong Hip Chung's store, owne
by Akana; Bay View Restaurant, owne
by Frear; Quadros' store and propert.
store No. 7, owned by Nee Wo Char
i store owned by an unknown perso
and the Chinese Theatre and WasI
e houses, owned by the Hawaiian Cover
S ment
S In discussing the committees repo
the Executive officer stated that /
n though it undesirable to move the wa:
:. house to Kaholaloa and recommends
= a site on the esplanade near the ne
: market The matter of site for wa:
d houses was referred back to Santa
Com n,ittaa